Chapter 6 Chapter 05 The Huang Qiaosong Uprising Frustrated

In the battle of liberating Taiyuan, one thing that needs special mention is the uprising of Huang Qiaosong, commander of the 30th Army of the Kuomintang.Although the uprising was unsuccessful, it demonstrated the power of our military policy and exposed divisions within the enemy.Moreover, martyrs such as Jin Fu and Huang Qiaosong who died heroically for this purpose are also worthy of people's eternal memory and praise. In the late autumn of 1948, our People's Liberation Army ended the Jinzhong Campaign and marched northward, approaching the city of Taiyuan.Yan Xishan lost his troops and lost his generals. He hurriedly dispatched troops and generals to strengthen the defense of Taiyuan city like a dog in mourning.At this time, Commander Xu Qianqian of our army took advantage of the victory to launch a battle for Dongshan's "Four Fortresses".Just as the cannons of Hanshan were rumbling and the battle was still raging, a very important task was being carried out secretly.

That night, in a village in Dongshan, Taiyuan, Comrade Wang Xinting, the commander of my Eighth Column, spoke a strong Hubei accent, and was explaining a new task to a young cadre.This cadre is Comrade Jin Fu, Chief of Staff of the Eighth Column.As a representative of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, he will go deep into the enemy's nest and go to Taiyuan City to negotiate and accept the uprising of the 30th Army of the Kuomintang. Although Comrade Jin Fu is only 36 years old, he is already an "old revolutionary".As early as the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, he left Kaifeng Middle School and joined the Anti-Japanese Armed Forces in Xinxiang, Henan. In May 1938, joined the Communist Party of China.In the second year, I went to Kangda University to study.Later, he served as a company instructor, battalion instructor and staff officer in the army.During the long-term revolutionary war, he accumulated rich combat experience and experience in political and ideological work.Therefore, Commander Wang specially selected him to complete this important and arduous task.

Commander Wang explained the mission to Mrs. Jin, introduced the situation, and finally gave him a letter from Commander Xu Qianqian to Huang Qiaosong, commander of the 30th Army of the Kuomintang, and asked him to forward it to Commander Huang. Jin Fu stood up and said decisively: "Please rest assured, Chief, I will resolutely complete the task!" When he was about to leave, Commander Wang took off an old sweater, put it on his shoulders, and said earnestly: "Qiu Shen attaches great importance to it, and the task is arduous. You must pay attention to your body." The corners of Jin Fu's eyes were wet. He shook hands with Commander Wang excitedly to say goodbye, and immediately went to make preparations before leaving.

Instigating the Huang Qiaosong Uprising began in the summer of 1948.At that time, Commander Xu Xiangqian commanded the 18th Corps of North China and the 7th Army of the Northwest Military Region to launch the famous Jinzhong Campaign, which achieved brilliant results of annihilating 100,000 enemies and forced Yan Xishan to retreat to the isolated city of Taiyuan.In order to strengthen the defense of Taiyuan, Chiang Kai-shek airlifted the 30th Division stationed in Xi'an to Taiyuan in batches in October.The 30th Division was expanded into the 30th Army.Huang Qiaosong was appointed as army commander, and Dai Bingnan was also promoted to division commander.Later, Chiang Kai-shek transferred the 83rd Brigade from Yulin to Taiyuan and expanded it into the 83rd Division.Because the former brigade commander Chen Zhan was unwilling to cooperate with Yan Xishan, shortly after arriving in Taiyuan, he ran to Shanghai in the name of receiving military pay.After the brigade was expanded into a division, Ma Longhai, the deputy brigade commander, became the commander of the division.

Yan Xishan saw that his troops suffered heavy casualties and were defeated, so he handed over the important task of defending Taiyuan to Huang Division and Chen Brigade. The 30th Army was in charge of the important positions from the east of the Fen River to the Dongshan Mountain of Taiyuan, and the 83rd Division was in charge of Hexi ( Later transferred to the south of the city to defend the city).In order to cheer up the borrowed generals, Yan Xishan often said: "Taiyuan is the 'Iron City', and the east of the city is the 'Iron Barrier'. It is the strongest of the strongest in Taiyuan's city defense, and the strongest of the strongest. It is defended by the 30th Army. It will be as solid as gold, preventing the communist army from advancing."

Huang Qiaosong, commander of the 30th Army, was from Weishi, Henan.In the early years, he joined the student corps of the Northwest Army, and later served as platoon leader, company commander, regiment commander, brigade commander, and division commander in the Northwest Army.During the War of Resistance Against Japan, he fought bravely at the front lines of Taierzhuang and Niangziguan, and dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese invaders.At that time, the regiment he led was one of the few units in the Kuomintang army that could fight bravely against the Japanese invaders. Huang Qiaosong originally had illusions about Chiang Kai-shek, but during his tenure in the Northwest Army, he heard and witnessed what Chiang Kai-shek did, and gradually grew dissatisfaction in his heart.The reactionary corruption of the Jiang family dynasty disappointed him greatly.Chiang Kai-shek's passive anti-Japanese and active anti-communist policies made him even more indignant.He said: Doing so will only make the Japanese invaders more rampant and China more humiliated.During the War of Liberation, he marveled at the brilliant achievements of our army and praised the strategy and tactics of the PLA as "invincible".After being transferred from Xi'an to Taiyuan, although Yan Xishan tried to win him over and reused him, he still kept a certain distance from Yan Xishan.

After learning about Huang Qiaosong's situation, our army took Huang Qiaosong as the main target while launching a powerful political offensive against the vast number of enemy officers and soldiers.It was learned that Huang Qiaosong had a deep personal relationship with General Gao Shuxun, and an officer named Du Jian under Gao Shuxun also had a certain friendship with Huang.Our army first used Gao Shuxun and Du Jian to instigate rebellion against Huang. Gao Shuxun was originally a senior general of the Kuomintang.He served as a soldier in the army of the Beiyang Warlord in his early years, and later transferred to Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army.Later, he successively served as the division commander of the 2nd Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army of the Northern Expedition, the division commander of the 17th Division of the 26th Route Army of the Kuomintang, the commander of the New Eighth Army, the commander-in-chief of the 39th Group, and the deputy commander-in-chief of the 11th theater. In October 1945, he led an army and a column to revolt on the front line of Handan, opposing the civil war and advocating peace, which had a great influence in the whole country.In order to further divide and disintegrate the Kuomintang army and fight for the uprising of the Kuomintang army, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China called on the officers and soldiers in the Kuomintang army to follow the example of Gao Shuxun's troops, abandon the dark and turn to the bright, and make meritorious deeds to atone for their sins.After Gao Shuxun accepted the task of instigating Huang Qiaosong's uprising, he wrote to Huang saying: Northeast China is divided, and North China and Central China are becoming increasingly tense.Chiang Kai-shek's plan of "withdrawing from Northeast China, consolidating North China, and securing Central China" may be difficult to realize.You have been transferred from Qin to Jin this time, and it is difficult to support it even if you think about it. I advise you to make another calculation.

After that, our army sent personnel to advise Huang Qiaosong.Commander Xu Xiangqian also wrote to him, hoping that he would put the lives and properties of the 300,000 people in Taiyuan as the most important thing and consider it carefully. Inspired by the political work of our army, Huang Qiaosong weighed repeatedly, and finally decided to go with the trend, revolt before the battle, and lead his troops to break away from Jiang Yan's rule. On October 31, Huang Qiaosong sent his personal staff officer and intelligence team leader Wang Zhengzhong to our army to inquire about the uprising.The frontline headquarters of our army warmly received him, and agreed that after Huang Qiaosong led the uprising of the 30th Army, our army would immediately attack the city, cooperate with the inside and outside, and gather and wipe out the bandits.

In order to command the 30th Army to cooperate with our army's actions, our frontline headquarters decided to send a capable comrade to the army to discuss the specific combat plan with Commander Huang Qiaosong on behalf of Commander Xu Qianqian.In this way, Comrade Jin Fu went to the 30th Army with Wang Zhengzhong in the name of the Minister of Propaganda.In order to prevent accidents, the frontline headquarters also sent Comrade Zhai Xuyou, staff officer of the Column Reconnaissance Office, to accompany him as a guard of Jinfu. After Comrade Jin Fu left, he lived in the home of Commander Huang Qiaosong.After many discussions between the two sides, Commander Huang decided: Before the PLA attacked the city, the 30th Army would secretly withdraw most of its troops from the front line and deploy a regiment on the line from Xiaodongmen to Dongshan in Taiyuan to form a corridor to guide the PLA to attack from here. Entering the city, use a regiment to guard Xiaodongmen, Dadongmen, Xiaobeimen, Dabeimen, Shuiximen, Hanximen, Dananmen, Shouyimen, etc., as well as important strongholds such as Houxiaohe and Drum Tower, so that Yan Xishan's The army was isolated from inside and outside, and then a regiment went straight to the Taiyuan Appeasement Office. Commander Huang Qiaosong personally led the guards into the tiger's den, and captured Yan Xishan alive by means of military advice.The rest of the troops are left as reserves, ready to respond to all parties at any time.In the end, Commander Huang Qiaosong suggested that the best time for our army to launch the siege is November 4th.

After everything was agreed upon, Huang Qiaosong sent his spy captain Wang Zhengzhong and spy Wang Yujia to accompany Comrade Jin Fu and Comrade Zhai Xuyou back to our army's frontline headquarters to report. However, at this time, the plan of the uprising was brought to light. On the morning of November 3, the day before the planned uprising, Army Commander Huang Qiaosong called the commanders of his divisions and told them the uprising plan.Unexpectedly, Dai Bingnan, the commander of the 27th Division of the army, is a guy who is greedy for profit and resolutely makes an enemy of the people.He pretended to support Huang Junchang's decision in person, but after returning to the army, he conspired with the deputy division commander Wu Dehou and others to rebel.At night, he handed over the troops to Wu Dehou, and secretly ran to the Taiyuan Appeasement Office in a jeep to inform Yan Xishan.

Yan Xishan was horrified when he heard about it, and hurriedly called his chief of staff, Tong Chengbo, and other important officials, and got together to make an elaborate plan. Yan Xishan withdrew to occupy Taiyuan City Wall, pinning all his hopes on the 30th Army.Now, when he heard that Huang Qiaosong was going to rebel against him, he was so angry that he cursed: "'Outsiders' are unreliable!" With things in sight, what should I do?Yan Xishan was so anxious that he was sweating all over his body.Can a glass of wine release military power?It doesn't work.Come on, Huang Qiaosong was born in the army, so he can't do it.It seems that there is only a "Hongmen Banquet".Therefore, he decided to trap Commander Huang Qiaosong in the name of holding an emergency meeting that night. Yan Xishan first dispatched troops from the relegation department to quietly surround the residence of Commander Huang Qiaosong.Immediately, he sent someone to invite Commander Huang to the Taiyuan Appeasement Office to attend an emergency military meeting. The first time he sent someone to invite him, Commander Huang didn't go. The second time, Tong Chengbo, chief of staff of the Taiyuan Appeasement Office, called for an invitation, but Commander Huang did not agree. Yan Xishan was in a panic.For the third time, he personally called to invite, and at the same time sent his own car to pick it up. Several successive invitations did not arouse the vigilance of Commander Huang Qiaosong, and he was finally deceived. Before the car arrived, Yan Xishan sent Zhang Wenshao, a senior staff officer and chief of the adjutant's department, and An Zhonghou, the deputy chief of the adjutant's department, to wait at the adjutant's office. As soon as Commander Huang Qiaosong entered the door, Zhang Wenshao came up to block and search.They found letters from Commander Xu Xiangqian and Gao Shuxun and other generals from Commander Huang's pocket.Using this as a reason, Commander Huang was immediately arrested and detained in the Taiyuan Appeasement Office. Then, Yan Xishan mobilized his cronies to arrest all the personnel assigned by Commander Huang to be in charge of liaising with our army. In the early morning of the next day, our armies from all walks of life were assembled in concealment, waiting for the time for the general offensive to arrive.Jin Fu, Comrade Zhai Xuyou, and Wang Zhong and Wang Yujia sent by Commander Huang Qiaosong set off from Yangjiayu in the suburbs of the city to meet the uprising troops.Walking to the front of the position, the enemy sent out the agreed release signal.However, as soon as the four of them entered the enemy's trench, they were tied up and escorted to the Taiyuan Appeasement Office. In the early morning of November 6, a military vehicle drove out of Taiyuan City and came to a barren valley in Hexi.The gendarme threw several bulging sacks from the car. Comrades Jin Fu, Zhai Xuyou, and Commanders Wang Zhengzhong, Wang Yujia, and Huang Qiaosong were all tied up in them, and a sponge was stuffed in their mouths. Comrade Jinfu spat out the sponge and calmly said to his comrades-in-arms: "We died for the people, and the death is glorious..." Before he could finish his sentence, he was thrown to the ground by the military police, kicked and punched, and put on the rack. A plane, took away. On November 11, the Puppet Military Justice Bureau conducted the first interrogation.Only then did Mrs. Jin find out that he was being held in the detention center of the Puppet Military Law Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense at No. 18 Yangpi Lane, Nanjing. On the 17th, the enemy held a trial.The chief of military law, the false judge, and the presiding judge personally appointed by Chiang Kai-shek sat high on the bench.In the plaintiff's seat, sat that despicable and shameless Dai Bingnan.The enemy sentenced Comrade Jin, Commander Huang Qiaosong, and Wang Zhengzhong to death on the basis of the so-called "crime" of "Huang rebelled against the party, treason the country, and adultered bandits" and slandered Comrade Jin as a spy for joining the national army. , Wang Yujia was sentenced to life imprisonment. The enemy asked Comrade Jinfu to sign the verdict. Comrade Jinfu smiled contemptuously and retorted: "I am here to accept the uprising of the Thirty Army. You are the ones who are guilty!" The enemy asked Huang Qiaosong to sign again, but Army Commander Huang refused: " I am not a traitor, I am not willing to help Chiang Kai-shek fight the civil war that slaughtered the people." Then he said impassionedly: "I invited the propaganda chief of the People's Liberation Army, and I ordered him to go to my staff. If they want to kill me, they will kill me." Not guilty." Comrade Jin Fu said sharply: "Commander Huang, you are not guilty. They are the ones who are guilty, and they are the ones who should be killed. Death will not frighten us. The people will avenge us!" The enemy couldn't continue the trial, so he had to transfer to a special court for another trial. That afternoon, Comrades Jin Fu and Zhai Xuyou were taken to the special criminal court of the enemy's Ministry of Defense.On the way, the criminal vehicle was blocked by people who were looting rice.Comrade Jin Fu stuck his head out of the window and shouted: "Fellow folks, I am a member of the Communist Party, a soldier of the People's Liberation Army..." The crowd immediately rushed over upon hearing the sound.Comrade Jin Fu went on to say: "The Kuomintang reactionaries launched a civil war, searched the people, and forced you to have nothing to eat. In the liberated areas, there is land for everyone who tills it, and everyone has food and warmth... Now that the Northeast is liberated, Nanjing must also be liberated. The reactionaries are almost finished. Unite and fight them!" The enemy guards escorting the vehicle panicked, quickly found two trucks, dispersed the crowd, and drove the torture vehicle away quickly. In the special criminal court, the enemy used all kinds of torture to get Comrade Jin to admit that he was Hu Yaobang, director of the Political Department of the 18th Corps, in an attempt to extract the secrets of our party and our army from him, but what they got was a pile Sternly reprimanded righteously. The enemy has made a murderous move. On the night of November 27, 1948, the enemy secretly escorted Comrade Jin Fu and Commander Huang Qiaosong to the Yuhuatai execution ground.Before his execution, Comrade Jin Fu shouted: "Long live the Communist Party of China! Long live Chairman Mao!" Commander Huang Qiaosong also raised his arms and shouted: "Long live the national liberation! Long live Chairman Mao Zedong!" After the death of Commander Huang Qiaosong, several poems written by Commander Huang were found on the prison wall where he was held. May art die!" Afterwards, Yan Xishan promoted Dai Bingnan to be the commander of the 30th Army.At the same time, Dai Bingnan was rewarded with 20,000 silver dollars, and he introduced a wife to Dai Bingnan, thus tied Dai Bingnan to his chariot. At midnight on April 20, 1949, the peripheral operations to liberate Taiyuan began. Our artillery unit first launched a surprise artillery attack on the enemy.Suddenly, puffs of smoke and clusters of fire rose from the enemy's position.The enemy woke up from the dream, panicked, and fell into chaos. After that, our army launched a massive attack on the enemy strongholds on the outskirts of Taiyuan with a strong force.Amidst bursts of gunfire and explosions, our army quickly broke through the enemy's forward defense.Dozens of heroic troops drove straight in, interspersed and divided, and fought ruthlessly, causing the enemy's defense line to collapse quickly.The 5 armies and 14 divisions of the enemy outside Taiyuan all fell into the pincer attack of our army. At 11 o'clock in the night on April 18, 1949, in the enemy's Western District General Headquarters in Dawang Village, west of Fenhe River, there was a rush of telephone ringing. "Commander, Taiyuan Sui Department is calling." The adjutant on duty woke up Zhao Gong, the commander-in-chief of the Western Region and commander of the 61st Army, who had just taken sleeping pills. Zhao Gong put on his clothes and got off the bed, and asked impatiently: "Which phone number?" "Commander Wang of the Taiyuan Garrison Command." When Zhao Gong heard that it was Wang Jingguo, he muttered: "Hmph, it's nothing good. It's either sending troops or asking for food." He picked up the microphone while muttering. From Zhao Gong's expression, it could be seen that what Wang Jingguo said was really not a good thing. "Oh, Commander Wang, send the 83rd Division to defend the city? ... How difficult! There are only 5 divisions in such a large area in Hexi, and the Jianzhen Division is not up to the task at all, and the Engineer Division is also a rarity. Most of the 69th Division and the 72nd Division are lacking. Well, there are quite a few sick and disabled people. If you transfer the 83rd Division to defend the city, what a problem!" Zhao Gong reported eagerly. The opponent is obviously tough.Zhao Gong had no choice but to take a step back: "If Commander Wang has to transfer, why don't you transfer the 83rd Division? Right now, this division is still the strongest." He seemed to feel that he had slipped his tongue, and immediately changed his words. When it comes to defending the city, the engineer division is the most suitable." It seems that the other party is not negotiable.Zhao Gong had no choice but to take another step back: "The 83rd Division is stationed at the foot of the West Mountain. It needs to be handed over. How about entering the city in a few days?..." Wang Jingguo's loud shout came from the microphone, and even the adjutant on duty heard it: "The 83rd Division is the battle reserve team. It will be deployed to guard the city wall when necessary. This is the arrangement of Chief Yan before he left. Right now, the enemy is approaching, and the defense of the city wall is tight. If you lose the city, can you afford the crime? Immediately let the 83rd The teacher is heading for the city!" The veins on Zhao Gong's forehead popped up, but he kept saying yes in his mouth.As soon as he put down the phone, a "close the door scold the emperor" came: "Damn it, Wang Jingguo, a bastard, knows how to shit on my head! From the Fenhe River to the foot of the West Mountain, on such a large ground, there are only a few bear soldiers, and they still want to smoke. The goddamn Lord Yama doesn't mind it." Skinny!" Lou Fusheng, the deputy army commander at the side, saw this scene, and hurriedly shouted at the adjutant next to him: "What are you doing here in a daze? Tell the 83rd Division quickly and move out immediately." Zhao Gong immediately added: "Let the 83rd Division keep all the shells and half of the rifle bullets!" Just as the 83rd Division was marching into the city, our army's attack on the outskirts of Taiyuan began. To the west of the Fen River, our army divided into two routes along the river bank to carry out a north-south pincer attack against the defending enemy.One route was attacked from north to south by a certain unit of the Northwest Military Region, occupying the starting line of the attack on the front line of Xiaoliu Village, breaking through from Huyan Village, going straight to Ruicheng Village, and controlling the Xialan Village Railway Bridge.The first line is composed of a certain unit of the 19th Corps and the independent brigade of the Jinzhong Military Region. From south to north, it breaks through Nantun Village and Yijing, and goes straight to the Fenhe Cement Bridge.Close the Hexi enemy's escape route to Taiyuan City. The commanders and fighters of our army, attacking from north to south, broke through the enemy's northern defense line from Huyan Village, and then rushed south in three routes.When a certain regiment entered Xizhang Village, it suddenly encountered stubborn resistance from about 200 members of Yan Xishan's steadfast division.The enemy's machine guns screamed like crows on the left side of the troops, trying to block the road from Huyan Village to Ruicheng Village. At this time, Liu Guiyou, the battalion commander of the leading battalion, ordered to immediately suppress the enemy with firepower, and at the same time sent the third company to attack the enemy at Yangjiacun in a roundabout way.He led the main force to continue to advance rapidly. When the troops entered Chai Village, the enemy defending there used bunkers to block my way forward. Battalion Commander Liu remembered the words of the head of the regiment, "Don't love to fight in the middle, and rush to the destination, the sooner the better." Their task is to go straight to the railway bridge and cut off the enemy's retreat.Therefore, Battalion Commander Liu made a decisive decision and gave an order: the second company draws a platoon to clamp down on the enemy in the north of the village.The rest is divided into nine roads, from the west of Chai Village, and continue to advance. As soon as they passed Chai Village, scouts suddenly came to report: "A regiment of the steadfast division of Ruicheng Village is going to flee to the city. Now, a company has been dispatched to seize the railway bridge." No matter what, this nail must be taken away. unplug.The company commander Wang Lianfu was about to organize the blasting team to go up, when suddenly, there was a flash of fire in the bridgehead, and the sound of exploding grenades was heard. It turned out that Wang Zhenshui, a soldier of the first squad, took advantage of the enemy's shooting gap, quickly jumped to the blind spot of the bridgehead, and stuffed a grenade through the shooting hole.Seeing that the enemy's machine guns had stopped firing, the company commander immediately commanded the troops to rush up.As soon as the first company stepped onto the railway bridge, they heard sporadic gunfire and shouting from the west.This is the reinforcement of the enemy who seized the railway bridge. The soldiers immediately rushed to dig the shooting bunker.When the enemy rushed over, the soldiers used the light of the tracer bullets to attack the enemy fiercely with various firearms.Flesh and blood flew across the enemy bushes, and fell down one by one.At this time, our main battalion also arrived, and immediately cooperated with the first company to quickly wipe out the remnants of the enemy.Then, the soldiers built several blocking positions west of the railway bridge, demolished a section of railway track, and cut off the special railway wire.The railway bridge was firmly controlled by our army. At the same time, the main force of the division quickly rushed to Ruicheng Village and surrounded the enemies in the village.The enemy tried to break out of the siege, first rushing eastward.As a result, I was hit back by a hail of grenades and machine guns.The enemy then moved south again, but nothing was found except for a piece of corpse.Finally, they rushed west again, and as soon as they reached the entrance of the village, they were driven into a large temple by our soldiers pressing from all sides. The soldiers rushed into the courtyard and shouted to the enemy: "Hand in the gun and don't kill!" Seeing that the gate was blocked and there was no way out, the enemy had to raise his hands and surrender.In this way, all the enemies of a regiment of the steadfast division were taken prisoner. Then, this force headed west with two battalions to wipe out the enemies at Sangshupo, while the main force continued to go south and plunged into Wan Bolin. The first part of our 64th Army and one part of the independent 4th, 5th, and 6th brigades of the Jinzhong Military Region, which attacked from south to north, quickly broke through the enemy's attack from Nantun Village and Yijing with the strong cooperation of dozens of cannons. line of defense.Before dawn, Nanzhuang, Nanshangzhuang, Xinzhuang, Shagou Village, Yijing and other points were occupied respectively, and a part of the enemy's 69th Division was annihilated.Then, along the west side of the Fen River, cut northward and go straight to Dawang Village, Xiaowang Village, Dajingyu, and Xiaojingyu to control the Fenhe Cement Bridge. At this time, emergency calls were made one after another to the enemy's Western Region Headquarters: "The communist army has occupied the railway bridge!" "We only have the division headquarters and one regiment left in our steadfast division." "Xiaowang Village, headquarter of my 69th Division, was besieged." Zhao Gong was restless and his temper became even more irritable.Hearing that the People's Liberation Army was making a detour to Dawang Village, he jumped up from the sofa: "Damn it, it's a bad thing! Immediately order the 69th Division, 73rd Division, and the Engineer Division to quickly approach Dawang Village, tighten the defense line, and hold on firmly. Hurry up! Hurry up!" He turned around on the ground like a trapped beast. After walking around, he shouted again: "Also, hurry up and draw a battalion nearby to strengthen the defense of the cement bridge!" After a burst of hysterical screams, Zhao Gong was sweating profusely.He took the towel handed over by the guard, wiped it for a while, and then whispered to the guard: "You find two people, quickly make a hole in the back wall of my house, and drive the car behind the house to wait for me." The guard nodded knowingly and went out.Zhao Gong roared again: "We are soldiers of the national army, and we have been trained by Commander Yan for a long time. In this critical time, we must do our best, be loyal to our duties, and swear to survive and die with the battlefield! We must never run away and cherish our lives. Will be punished by military law!..." At this moment, the adjutant came in and reported: "Guo Hongren, the commander of the 69th Division, and Han Youyu, the deputy commander, fled into the city by car, and Xiaowang Village, the division headquarters, was occupied by the communist army." When Zhao Gong heard this, he was in a cold sweat again.Dawang Village is only a stone's throw away from Xiaowang Village. If Xiaowang Village is occupied, can Dawang Village be held? "However, he was not reconciled to waiting for his death, so he quickly ordered: "Tighten the front line, strengthen the defense, and fight to the death with the communist army." At 9:30 a.m. on April 20, 1949, a regiment of the 64th Army, the leader of our army on the right wing, occupied Xiaowang Village. Go straight to Dawang Village. From Dawang Village to the east to the Fen River, the enemy dug two trenches.There are barbed wire fences outside the trench, mines inside the trench, and a blockhouse about 100 meters away.In order to cut off the back route for the enemy from Dawang Village to escape into Taiyuan, Commander Yang ordered that the mortar company destroy the blockhouses on both sides of the trench; . After receiving the order, Ma Dechen, the commander of the fifth company, quickly formed the vanguard squad with the seventh squad as the backbone.With an order, the vanguard squad, led by Qian Zongmin, the leader of the seventh squad and an expert in demolition, avoided the bullets fired from the bunker, and quickly approached the trench by leaping forward.They crawled on the ground and dug the charge hole.There was only a loud noise, and a large section of the barbed wire was blasted, and the trench became a slope.Then, they detonated the mines in the ditch, installed explosives on the north inner wall of the ditch, and blasted out a slope.At this time, the bunkers on both sides had been lifted by our artillery, and the enemy's machine guns were silent.Qian Zongmin led the seventh team and approached the second trench by running.After a short effort, with a loud noise, a tall column of smoke rose, and the second trench was successfully blasted.At this time, the soldiers of the fifth company immediately jumped up, leaped over the trench like a raging tide bursting a bank, and rushed towards the Fenhe cement bridge. The Fenhe Cement Bridge is one mile long.It is located about four miles southwest of Shuiximen in Taiyuan City, connecting the urban area and the vast area west of the Fen River, and it is a necessary place for east-west exchanges.Yan Xishan once said: "The Fen River flows from north to south through the west side of Taiyuan City. It is a natural danger in the west of Taiyuan City. As long as this bridge can be guarded, anyone, as long as he has no wings, will never be able to cross the river." Therefore, Yan Xishan built a large number of fortifications near the bridge, known as "four-layer three-dimensional firepower network." At 20 meters from the east entrance of the bridge, there is a large cement plum blossom bunker.Around it, there are three small forts, and there are tunnels leading to the concrete basement next to the bridge.Here, the bridge deck is blocked with firepower, which is the first fire net.On the north and south sides of the plum blossom bunker, there are many fortifications and bunkers.There are 11 small blockhouses in the north, 12 "hero blockhouses" in the south, and 7 large blockhouses in the southeast, forming a second crisscross fire net.Further on, there is the ring railway in the west of the city. The road base is above the ground, and 6 high towers have been built beside the road base, staring at the cement bridge. This is the third fire net.After that, there are the bunkers and fortifications on the West City Wall and West Pass.They are condescending and the blockade is very tight.On the east side of the Fenhe Cement Bridge, a four-layer three-dimensional fire net is formed from near to far and from bottom to bottom.The defender here is the 196th Regiment, which was awarded by Yan Xishan's order.And the ninth company of the regiment, boasting as "Iron Soldiers", is at the forefront. After Ma Dechen, the company commander of my fifth company, led the whole company to the Fenhe Bridge, he immediately killed a squad of the enemy guarding the bridge and occupied the bridgehead.After that, he transferred Yang Desheng and Liu Shaowu, the machine gunners of the second platoon, to act with the seventh squad to strengthen the firepower of the vanguard squad. After our army suppressed the enemy in Plum Blossom Fort with fierce and dense firepower, the vanguard squad divided into two groups and moved forward quickly along the railing of the bridge... 300 meters, 200 meters, 100 meters,... when the distance When the enemy's Plum Blossom Tower was only 4 or 50 meters away, the enemy suddenly started shooting. The seventh squad leader Qian Zongmin immediately issued an order to the whole squad: "Machine guns cover, and the rest speed up." The machine gunners Yang Desheng and Liu Shaowu quickly lay down on the spot and fired fiercely at the enemy block.Squad leader Qian Zongmin led the soldiers Wang Wenzhi, Lu Gengyi, Zhang Wanyou, etc. with submachine guns in their hands, sweeping and rushing all the way, heading straight for the Plum Blossom Block at the head of the enemy bridge. The Plum Blossom Block was blocked by my machine gun, and the enemies inside were terrified, dropped their weapons, and fled. Soldiers from Squad 7 rushed into the Plum Blossom Tower like a gust of wind.The soldier Wang Wenzhi quickly planted the red flag on the top of the Plum Blossom Tower.Immediately afterwards, 6 soldiers from Squad 4 and the entire platoon also rushed across the bridge. At this time, the No. 3 bunker behind the Plum Blossom Bunker suddenly burst into flames.Wang Wenzhi and Zhang Wanyou fell down.After Block No. 3, a wave of enemies came out, trying to recapture the Plum Blossom Block.When the soldiers saw it, their eyes turned red with anger.Yang Desheng and Liu Shaowu held two machine guns and fired fiercely at the enemy.The soldier Miao Xiaodan felt it was inconvenient to shoot in the bunker, so he jumped out and started shooting outside.The counterattacking enemy scrambled back, and the machine guns in Block No. 3 stopped roaring. After a while, the machine guns in the enemy's No. 3 bunker rang out again.The enemy started a second counterattack.Qian Zongmin, the leader of the seventh squad, decided to surprise the enemy.He let the machine gun lure the enemy from the front, and he and Wang Shoushan led two soldiers respectively, reached out from the left and right wings, and surrounded the enemy on both sides.After they quickly circled around to the enemy's side in concealment, they suddenly swept and knocked down all the enemies.Then, they approached enemy bunkers No. 3 and No. 5 respectively.Wang Shoushan shouted loudly: "Hand in your guns, you won't kill me if you hand in your guns!" The enemy heard the shout and stopped firing.But no gun was handed over. Qian Zongmin took advantage of the momentum and shouted: "If you don't surrender, you will have to set off explosives." These words were very effective, and white flags were stretched out of the two bunkers.However, bunker No. 4 was still firing.The fighters are on fire: "Blow it up!" The machine gun immediately turned around and blocked the hole of the No. 4 bunker.Squad leader Qian Zongmin picked up the explosives, rushed to the bunker, leaned against the explosives, and lit the fuse.Unexpectedly, with a "boom", only a small hole was blown up.The machine gun perforation is still spraying fire. "It seems that this kid is too small and wants to eat a big one!" Qian Zongmin said while picking up a 20-jin explosive bag and leaning on it again.Now, let it eat to its fullest, and the internal organs of the bunker are all blooming. At this time, the fifth company had all crossed the bridge.After a fierce battle, the Fenhe Cement Bridge and more than 30 "Plum Blossom Blocks" and "Hero Blocks" to the east were all occupied by our army. So far, our army's attacking troops from the north and the south have completely occupied the two bridges on the Fen River.They are like two big iron tongs, tightly strangling the enemy's throat and cutting off the way for the enemy to escape into the city. Under Zhao Gong's order, a battalion of the enemy who came to reinforce the Fenhe Cement Bridge saw the red flag of our army planted on the bridge from a distance, and ran back without firing a single shot. At the same time that the fifth company captured the cement bridge, the head of the division organized various regiments to attack Dawang Village, the general headquarters of the enemy's western region.The head of the division deployed a regiment to the east and south of Dawang Village, and sent two battalions to cross the trench from the west bank of the Fen River and attack in a roundabout way to the north of Dawang Village.Due to the many and strong enemy fortifications, our bombardment did not completely destroy them, and the troops responsible for the roundabout attack had not yet arrived, so the encirclement was not achieved, and the first attack did not work. The two battalions serving as detours failed to arrive on time because they encountered the enemy's reserve team on the way.Chen Jie, the commander of the Ninth Company who rushed to the front, immediately commanded the whole company to quickly seize the favorable terrain, open fire first, and attack the enemy quickly and bravely.After 20 minutes of fierce fighting, one part of the enemy's reserve team was wiped out and one part was defeated. At this time, the head of the division readjusted his troops and firepower according to the enemy's situation and terrain in Dawang Village.To the east of Dawang Village, another battalion and two artillery companies were added, and a regiment's reserve team was also ordered to join the battle. At 12:30 noon, our army launched a new offensive.The artillery first bombarded the enemy with accurate and violent artillery fire, destroying the enemy's fortifications one after another.With brave and quick actions, the blaster blew up the remaining enemy firepower.Half an hour later, a regiment succeeded in breaking through from the east.Armed with bayonets, the soldiers engaged in fierce street fighting with the enemy. The enemy's Western Region Headquarters was in chaos like a bombed hive.Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhao Gong took two guards and his wife to get out of the tunnel in the back room, climbed into the car, and ordered the driver to drive towards the cement bridge of Fen River in an attempt to escape into Taiyuan City. In Dawang Village, our heroic soldiers used bayonets, grenades and shouts to solve the enemies one after another.After a while, the enemy's Western District Command was surrounded.The soldiers of the first company of the first battalion rushed in first, and searched out the enemy officers hiding in every corner one by one.Lou Fusheng, deputy commander of the enemy's 61st Army, was also captured alive, but Zhao Gong was nowhere to be seen. "Where is your commander-in-chief?" the soldiers roared angrily. The ashen-faced Lou Fusheng was speechless, unable to answer.An enemy who claimed to be Zhao Gong's guard stammered, "Run away from the hole in that house..." The first company commander waved his hand: "The dog chaser." The soldiers suddenly chased northward. As soon as Zhao Gong's car rushed out of Dawang Village, it was discovered by soldiers from my third battalion, eighth company and third platoon.The soldiers knew that there must be a "big guy" in the car, so they shot and chased after it.Sitting in the speeding car, Zhao Gong urged the driver angrily, "Hurry up! Drive!" When approaching the Fenhe Cement Bridge, the driver saw the red flag on the bridgehead and the People's Liberation Army walking back and forth on the bridge.He hurriedly stopped the car, turned around and said, "The bridge is occupied by the communist army!" Zhao Gong suddenly felt dizzy, his eyes sparkled. "The communist army at Qiaotou shot at us!" the guard continued.But Zhao Gong still kept his eyes straight, like a clay puppet. "Hey, the communist army is chasing us!" His little wife screamed. Zhao Gong finally woke up.He waved his hand: "Hurry up...reverse the car...go west...go to the west mountain." After finishing speaking, it was like a puddle of mud poured on the back of the car. The car turned around and fled towards Xishan. At this time, the eighth company and three platoons of soldiers from Dawang Village were chasing desperately.Some soldiers ran away with their shoes, and didn't bother to wear them, so they simply chased them with bare feet.The soldiers had only one idea, even if you fled to the ends of the earth, you should also arrest the "big guy" in a car and bring him to justice. After chasing and chasing, a little soldier shouted: "Look, that car has turned around again and is heading west!" He Zhen, the leader of the third platoon, waved his hand and shouted: "Go north, straight into the road!" Zeng Shaofa, the machine gun squad leader, carried a light machine gun, threw off his long legs, and ran in the front. Getting closer to the road.Suddenly shots were fired from inside the car, and one of our fighters was wounded.Zeng Shaofa accelerated his pace, stepped into the middle of the road in a few steps, and shouted repeatedly: "Stop! Stop!" Not only did the car stop, but it also fired a few shots, and the bullets brushed Zeng Shaofa's ears.He Zhen shouted: "Zeng Shaofa, hit the wheels of the car!" Zeng Shaofa lay down on the spot and fired a burst at the oncoming car.I saw the car tilted to the right and fell into the ditch beside the road. The soldiers gathered around and pointed their guns at the car together: “交枪不杀！赶快出来！” 第一个钻出来的是汽车司机。他被摔碎的玻璃扎得满脸血污。接着，又爬出了一个卫士。 从汽车门往里看，另一个卫士摔昏了。赵恭的小老婆直着眼发抖，汗水顺着粉脸往下淌，留下条条黑道道。赵恭蜷伏在座位上，一动也不动。 贺真上前推了赵恭一把，见他还是不动，就一把把他拖了出来。只见赵恭歪着脑袋，胸前一片黑血。贺真气得骂了一句： “他妈的，死了！” 曾少发搔了搔头。喃喃地说： “怎么搞的？我没想打死他，怎么倒让他吃了一枪呢？” 战士们“哄”的一声笑了。 大王村的敌军西区指挥部，被我攻占以后，我主力又马不停蹄地向北挺进，直扑万柏林。 在万柏林地区，有敌坚贞师师部和一个团。说起“坚贞师”，实在是又可怜又可笑。自我军开始攻击太原东山四大要塞之后，敌第八、九两个总队在我军沉重打击下，只剩下了1000来人。1949年元旦这一天，阎锡山以这些残兵败将为基础，加上刚刚由民卫军改编成的保安团，又抓了些市民和学生，拚凑了只有2500人左右的一个师。给这个师授个什么番号呢？阎锡山想来想去，就把这支乌合之众定名为“坚贞师”。他解释说：“这是一支既坚决勇敢，又忠贞不二的部队。”坚贞师的师长，名叫郭熙春，绰号“郭大胆”。可是，就是这样一支“坚贞”的部队，又有一位“大胆”的师长，当我军外围作战的炮声刚刚响起时，一触即溃，一打就降。“郭大胆”吓破了胆，丢下部队就往城里逃，跑得比兔子还快。 向万柏林地区南北夹攻的我军两个团，以风卷残云之势，很快肃清了敌人。接着，又将逃到汾河边企图涉水渡河的“坚贞师”残部300多人扫净。我军南北两支部队，在万柏林胜利会师了。 之后，我军立即分成数路，扑向东社、南社、贸流和西铭、南寨、西北洋灰厂等敌72师的驻地。 这时，敌72师已经混乱不堪，当官的不去指挥，当兵的不听命令，各自做逃命的准备。我军各部队以迅雷不及掩耳之势，一下子包围了各村的敌人。有的敌人是在我们一阵猛打之后，纷纷举手投降的。有的是经我们一番喊话，乖乖放下了武器的；而西北洋灰厂有一个营的敌人，则早已排好了队，将所有的武器都放在地上，等着我军去收缴。 我军占领了敌第七十二师师部后，到处搜查，找不到敌人的师长。 “你们师长哪里去了？”敌工干事赵森向一群发抖的军官问道。 一个胖胖的中年军官结结巴巴地说：“九点钟的时候，他接了个电……电话，叫我们向……大……大王村靠拢。王师长，不！不！王楫正说了个'撤'……就不知道他去哪里了。所以，部队……就乱……乱了套了。” 72师师长王楫正最信奉阎锡山“生存即真理”的哲学。他一看到形势不妙，就独自一人悄悄地乘汽车逃回城里去了。 王楫正跑了，但他手下的官兵却没能逃掉。72师占据的所有村庄，很快被我军占领。指战员们在工人纠察队和各村农民的大力协助下，迅速搜捕逃散的零星敌人，清查战利品。接着，部队指向西南，配合晋中军区部队，歼灭敌人最后一个师——工兵师。 由义井、大小井峪地区，向西猛扫的晋中军区部队，在司令员兼政委罗贵波同志的指挥下，分兵数路，直接向敌工兵师防守的神堂村、聂家山、观山、桃杏村等点猛插。战士们沿着山间小路，不顾丛生的荆棘，踩着滚动的石块，翻过了一道道陡峭的峰峦。在太阳偏西的时候，接近了敌人的阵地，并准备对敌人发起进攻。 突然，传来了几声惊天动地的巨响。只见观山、聂家山两处，土石迸飞，火光冲天。指战员都不知怎么回事。 原来，敌工兵师奉赵恭之命，在向桃杏村集结，并向大王村靠拢时，把观山，聂家山两处的弹药库给炸毁了。刚才那阵巨响，就是弹药库爆炸的声音。 我们的侦察员报告了这一情况。司令员立刻决定，以一部兵力占领神堂村、观山、聂家山诸点，其余部队，迅速向桃杏村挺进。 这时，敌工兵师的两个团已陆续赶到桃杏村。村内外顿时人喊马叫，混乱异常。在桃杏村一所大院里，敌工兵师长王同海如同热锅里的蚂蚁，焦急地走来走去。自从赵恭命令他向大王村靠拢之后，一个小时过去了，再也没有接到催促的电话。这到底是怎回事呢？大王村的电话打不通了，接连派了几个通讯人员，也是一去不回。全部人马已汇集在桃杏村了，而大王村的情况，现在到底怎样，却不得而知。王同海怎么能不着急呢！ 这个王同海追随阎锡山已经20多年。他对阎锡山是言必听，令必从，竭尽犬马之劳。打起仗来，又是个亡命之徒。为此，阎锡山大为赏识，称他为“虎将”，并封为工兵副司令兼工兵师代师长。我军过去曾几次劝降，但他仗恃阎锡山兵多地险，顽固拒绝，并且多次扬言：“我王某人准备当俘虏，但到死也不向共军投降。”随着阎氏小朝廷的日趋败落，王同海嘴上虽然还是又臭又硬，但心里却一天比一天发虚起来。 正在王同海又急又怕的时候，他的一个副官慌慌张张前来报告： “共军从南边和北边向我们攻过来了。” 王同海听罢，马上变了脸色，不知如何是好。 “师长，我们赶快走吧！”作战科长瞪着一双鼠眼，恐惧地说。 “往哪里走呢？”王同海脑子里翻腾开了：“往西山走吗？如果共军在那里守住山口，我们只有挨打。往东去吧，指挥部又没有一点消息，吉凶未知。对！还是往东，即便赵恭他们有个好歹，离城也近。城里的人，还会接应我们的。”想到这里，他扯起公鸭嗓子命令道： “马上向东边大王村方向开拔。二团在前，一团在后，师部在中间！” 王同海说完，一头钻进屋里，叫卫士从皮箱中找出一身士兵衣服来，慌慌忙忙地就往身上穿。 他刚穿上上衣，副官又匆匆进来报告： “共军离我们只有三里地了！” 王同海听了，拿着裤子的手马上抖了起来，牙齿颤得“咯咯”直响，语不成声地说，“知道……啦，……快……快走吧！” 他边说边向裤子里伸腿。怎奈腿肥裤子瘦，咋也穿不进去。此乃生死存亡之际，顾不得再想，他把牙一咬，两手使劲往上提裤，胖腿使劲往里伸。只听“嘶啦”一声，裤腿撑裂了。王同海胡乱系上裤带，三步并成两步，窜出门外，逃命去了。 敌工兵师千余人的队伍，又是步兵、炮队，又是牲口、大车，杂七杂八拖了一长串。里边还夹着士兵的吆喝声、叫骂声，和官太太的哭啼声。那员“虎将”王同海，夹在队伍中间，不时前顾后盼。他脑子里虽然很乱，但有一个念头却很清楚，无论如何要找条生路，决不能当了俘虏。队伍正走着，先头侦察搜索连的连长骑着马回来报告： “报告师长，大王村已被共军占去了！” 王同海如同当头挨了一棒，顿时觉得眼前金星乱舞，差点栽倒在地上。他镇静了一下，向东看了看，把牙一咬，有气无力地说： “向东，奔大王村北边，往汾河堤上，快……快跑！” 队伍跑得更快了。王同海坐在马车上，亲自扬鞭驱马，也不管把士兵、家眷拉了多远，一气跑了20多里，来到后北屯一带的洼地里。 “离汾河还有多远？”王同海问道。 “还有两里多。”副官回答。 王同海抹抹满脸的汗水，看着跟上来的几百个疲惫不堪的士兵，往东一指，下令说： “从这里徒步过河！” 说完，他长长地吁了一口气：“阿弥陀佛，总算甩开共军了。” 王同海高兴得太早了。占领了大王村的解放军某团赵参谋长，见从后北屯跑来一股敌人，马上进行火力追击、跟踪追击和多路平行追击，对敌发起了攻击。第三连在大王村东北，占领了有利地形，集中一切火力，对敌人的先头部队猛烈射击，打乱了敌人的战斗队形。在后边追击敌人的第二营，一面紧紧拖住敌人，不让敌人摆脱，一面在敌人退却的方向，实施拦阻射击，为多路平行追击创造条件。就在王同海口念：“阿弥陀佛”的时候，我追击部队已经追了上来。王同海发现后，赶忙跳起来，站在车上，对空打了两枪，用嘶哑的嗓子喊道： “弟兄们，快快朝东冲啊！” 他们刚跑出没几步，就见汾河堤岸上冲来一队解放军，拦头切断了逃路。此时，我军担任截腰和尾追的第五连、第六连，也迅猛地攻来。顷刻之间，敌人已完全陷入了四面包围的绝境。 王同海急得在原地转了两个圈，又喊道： “弟兄们，给我打！往东边冲啊！” 还有谁听他的命令呢？那些士兵精疲力尽，魂飞魄散，连迈步的劲儿都没有了。 王同海见解放军战士从四面八方冲了上来，距他只有100米左右了，“交枪不杀”的喊声像霹雳一样响起，他便一头钻进士兵群中，躲了起来。 被缴了械的敌工兵师，排好了队。王同海混在俘虏群中，吓得连头也不敢抬。突然，一个解放军干部，站在他面前，用严峻的目光打量着他。 “你是干什么的？叫什么名字？” “我……我是马，我叫……李……锁锁。”王同海故作镇静地回答着。 “不对吧，你是马，怎么还戴呢子帽呢？你们只有校级以上的军官才能戴这种帽子啊！” “我……我……”王同海吱吱唔唔，讲不出话来。那个解放军干部又说： “还有你的衣服。你这么胖，穿的衣服却那么瘦。你再睁眼瞧瞧你的裤子！” 只见王同海撕裂的两条裤腿，在微风中“呼塌呼塌”地忽煽着。人们一眼就看到了里边的呢子裤。 “他是我们的师长，叫王同海。”有个俘虏说。 “噢，你就是阎锡山的'虎将'王同海呀！你不是准备杀身成仁，决不当俘虏吗？”解放军干部用嘲笑的口吻，指着王同海说：“不过，看你这身打扮，你还是有当俘虏的准备。” “我……我……投降。”王同海低着头，结结巴巴地说道。 在汾河欢快的奔流声中，夜幕降临了。阎锡山部署在汾河以西的四个师，被全部歼灭了。我军共俘敌4927名，其中校以上军官47名，缴获大小炮431门，机枪223挺。至此，我军已从西面兵临太原城下。