Chapter 7 Chapter 6

About 3 miles northeast of Taiyuan City, there is a mountain ridge running from east to west.This mountain is about 7 miles long from east to west and more than 3 miles wide from north to south. It is shaped like a lying tiger. The "tiger body" bulges slightly, the "tiger tail" faces Taiyuan City, and the "tiger head" sticks out, as if watching something.It is for this reason that people call it "Crouching Tiger Mountain". Crouching Tiger Mountain, with undulating peaks and many mountains, the terrain is very dangerous.Yan Xishan used this natural barrier to build hundreds of blockhouses of various sizes.There are more than 160 medium-sized and above.The thickest bunker is 3 meters.In addition, cliffs more than two feet high were cut at the frontiers, trenches and traffic trenches intertwined with each other were dug, barbed wire fences and minefields were set up.It simply turned Crouching Tiger Mountain into "Iron Tiger Mountain".

Stationed here are Yan Xishan's 19th Army Headquarters, all Iron Blood Divisions, most of the temporarily organized 40th Division and part of the 68th Division, a total of more than 5,000 people.Yan Xishan also set up the general headquarters of the Northeast Region in "Tiger Head" and the headquarters of Crouching Tiger Mountain Fortress in "Tiger Body"; Yan Xishan came here many times to "inspect" and boasted that Crouching Tiger Mountain was "a fortress that the three armies of the Communist Army could not attack in a month." "It is the same as the Twin Pagoda Temple, and it is the life fortress of Taiyuan."According to Cao Guozhong, the commander of the 19th Army guarding Crouching Tiger Mountain and the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Region, he patted his chest in front of Yan Xishan and said: "Since I have been ordered to guard here, I am riding on a tiger. I will make it difficult for the Communist Party to take a step here!"

However, they never imagined that not long after their big talk, this "fortress that cannot be attacked" and "Iron Tiger Mountain" that was "impossible to move an inch" would be surrendered by our army. Since the battle on the outskirts of Taiyuan started, our army has concentrated its powerful forces and launched a heroic attack on the enemy at the same time in the north and northeast of Taiyuan.After more than ten hours of fierce fighting, all four divisions defending the enemy in the northern area were wiped out.It didn't take long to capture the factory area in the north of the city, Shangbeiguan, Xiaobeiguan and other places, approached the city wall of Taiyuan, tightened the encirclement, and quickly surrounded Crouching Tiger Mountain in the northeast of Taiyuan City with a part of the force.

My Taiyuan frontline headquarters, considering that the enemy's fortifications on Crouching Tiger Mountain are strong, if there is a strong attack, there will be heavy casualties.Therefore, two plans were formulated: one is to besiege it first, and then attack it after the capture of Taiyuan City; the other is to capture Crouching Tiger Mountain while attacking the city if the conditions are ripe according to the development of the battle. .However, no matter when you attack, you have to figure out the terrain of Crouching Tiger Mountain and the enemy's situation.Therefore, after our army besieged it, various troops sent reconnaissance teams to start a detailed reconnaissance of Crouching Tiger Mountain.

On the evening of April 21, 1949, the 6th company of a certain regiment of our 199th Division formed two reconnaissance teams, led by company commander Cheng Zhiguo and deputy company commander Guo Minde, and set off to the southwest and northwest of Crouching Tiger Mountain respectively.Along the ravine, they approached "Tiger Tail" unknowingly. When night completely enveloped the land and Crouching Tiger Mountain was completely silent, the reconnaissance team led by Cheng Zhiguo appeared under the cliff to the southwest of Crouching Tiger Mountain. Cheng Zhiguo walked in the front.Pointing to the cliff, he whispered to everyone: "Just step on your shoulders from here." People immediately set up a ladder and quickly climbed up the "tiger tail".

After they climbed the cliff, they immediately lay down, relying on the faint starlight to carefully observe the movement of the enemy. Strange to say, at this time, the enemy did not move at all, not even a sentry post was found.Cheng Zhiguo immediately asked the soldiers to cut through the barbed wire, then quietly advanced inward for more than 20 meters, and stopped in front of a dirt bag. Cheng Zhiguo sketched all the bunkers and terrain he saw in his notebook.After finishing the painting, Cheng Zhiguo whispered to a row of long Shi Mingyi: "It seems that the enemy is neither prepared nor vigilant tonight. This is a good opportunity for us to attack."

Shi Mingyi said, "In my opinion, let's give him a chance. Now that he's here, we can't go back empty-handed. We can take one or two bunkers with us. This can also be used as our next step to seize Crouching Tiger Mountain." Stand up." While they were talking, a soldier next to him pointed to the front right and said in a low voice, "Look, company commander!" Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and saw a faint yellow light coming out of a big bunker.According to Cheng Zhiguo's experience, the bunker was about 50 meters away from them. After discussing with Shi Mingyi, Cheng Zhiguo and Shi Mingyi decided to approach the bunker first, and then act according to the situation.

This large steel and concrete blockhouse is located at the front of the "Tiger Tail", in the shape of a "herringbone" laid flat, controlling a road leading to Taiyuan on the right.Some of the enemies inside were muttering, some were singing hometown tunes, and some were moaning. When the soldiers were about to approach the bunker, there was a "crash", and a soldier kicked a few stones.Immediately, a Jinnan accent came out of the bunker: "Who, I'm shooting!" Then, there was a sound of pulling the bolt of the gun.Seeing that the enemy did not come out, Cheng Zhiguo motioned everyone to lie down on the spot and not move.After a while, another Jinzhong accent came out:

"Forget it! It's windy, treat you like a human being." Immediately afterwards, the inside returned to its original state. After Cheng Zhiguo found out the situation, he decided to pull out the bunker.He assigned the task saying: "Let's lure the enemy down first. Hao Wuming, Wang Wenyuan, and I touched the three corners of this 'herringbone'-shaped bunker. That is the enemy's blind spot for firepower. Shout out to the enemy. Divide into three groups and act as cover. If you shout If it doesn’t work, let’s use it as a pot.” After Cheng Zhiguo finished speaking, he and the first squad leader Hao Wuming and the soldier Wang Wenyuan moved quietly.

"Sleep, sleep! Lu Jinwa, your first shift!" It was that Jinnan accent again. At this moment, Cheng Zhiguo shouted outside, "Don't sleep, you are surrounded! Come out and surrender!" There was a commotion among the enemies inside, and then the Jinnan accent spoke: "Sun Dagou, you are a fool, what are you kidding? I don't recognize people with guns!" Cheng Zhiguo pulled the trigger and said sharply: "Who are you kidding? We are the People's Liberation Army! Right now, the dynamite pack is leaning against the bunker. If you dare to resist, I will tell you to 'fly' to the west!"

The enemy suddenly panicked.At this time, Hao Wuming and Wang Wenyuan also started to shout.Shi Mingyi also pulled the trigger to make a "squeaky" sound. The enemy was petrified, and there was deathly silence in the bunker.After a while, someone said: "Platoon leader, we all have wives and children, so let's save our lives! Otherwise, if someone blows up, it will all be over." After Haze was silent for a while, the Jinnan accent came out: "Okay, surrender." The enemy has surrendered.Cheng Zhiguo said to them: "I still have to feel wronged, and we all stay here. Come out first, and go to the front with us." Cheng Zhiguo asked Wang Wenyuan to stay to guard the prisoners, and then directed the reconnaissance team to continue to explore. Not far away, the leading prisoner pointed to a blockhouse and said, "That is a bunker, and there are five people in it, and the leader is my fellow villager. I will talk about it, and I will definitely surrender my gun." A group of people quietly came to the bunker, and the prisoner lay on the side of the bunker and shouted: "Hey! Old Squad Leader Chen, the People's Liberation Army is here! Our platoon has handed over its guns, and you don't have to suffer this foreign crime." "Where is the People's Liberation Army?" the person inside asked. "It's just outside, come out!" After the soldiers in the bunker surrendered, Cheng Zhiguo led the reconnaissance team to a plum blossom-shaped bunker.The captive who led the way said to Plum Blossom Fort: "Battle Commander Hou, the People's Liberation Army is coming up! Our brothers from the two bunkers have all passed. You should also surrender together!" There was a male duck cursing from inside: "What? Li Degui, if you dare to yell nonsense, see if I don't beat you to death." Before he finished speaking, the bullet passed through the soldier's head.It was too late to say, but it was too soon, Shi Mingyi shot at the hole of the gun.The battalion commander Hou howled and fell down.At this time, Cheng Zhiguo shouted: "Whoever does not surrender will be killed!" Without much effort, the terrified enemies came out and surrendered one by one. Cheng Zhiguo looked at his pocket watch by the light in the bunker, and it was already 9 o'clock, so he escorted the prisoners back.Not far away, I suddenly saw flashes of fire in the northwest, and there was another burst of gunshots and grenade explosions. It turned out that the reconnaissance unit led by deputy company commander Guo Minde also started fighting with the enemy after climbing the "Tiger Tail" from the northwest of Crouching Tiger Mountain.When they touched the vicinity of the No. 14 bunker group on the "Tiger Tail" platform, they were discovered by a sentinel.The guy yelled and ran back.Guo Minde immediately directed everyone to rush forward.As soon as they rushed to the side of the main bunker, a machine gun inside spewed out flames.Our two submachine guns immediately fired at the enemy's holes.Guo Minde rushed to the bunker, quickly unscrewed the cover of the grenade, broke the string, and stuffed it through the hole on the side of the bunker.He just lay down a few meters away, and there was a "boom", and the grenade rang.Guo Minde jumped up, rushed to the door behind the bunker, and shouted loudly: "Surrender quickly! If you shoot again, you will all be killed!" At this time, in a bunker 30 meters to their left, another machine gun stretched out. Before it could fire, soldier Dong Tianlu filled a grenade into it.After a loud noise, there was no movement in the bunker. The enemy company commander who was hiding in the big bunker saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly screamed: "Stop fighting, stop fighting! We surrender, we surrender!" The enemies threw out their weapons, raised their hands one by one, and walked out of the bunker.Guo Minde said to the enemy company commander who was walking in the front: "Let everyone in those bunkers come out and surrender!" "Yes Yes!" In this way, the enemies of the No. 14 bunker group all surrendered.Guo Minde counted a total of 68 people. Guo Minde reported the situation here to Cheng Zhiguo.The two exchanged opinions, and decided that Cheng Zhiguo would lead a squad to escort the captives back, and report the scouting situation to the chief. At the same time, he suggested that the chief launch an offensive tonight to capture Crouching Tiger Mountain.The rest of the personnel stayed with Guo Minde and continued to monitor the enemy. The sound of gunfire from the front position of Crouching Tiger Mountain immediately caused a commotion after it reached the enemy's Northeast District General Headquarters located in "Tiger Head".The enemy officers hurried into the tall and thick command block.The adjutants held the telephones and asked about the situation in all directions: "How many communist troops came up?" "Have you fired a cannon?" "How many positions have you lost, and how many casualties?" "..." Cao Guozhong, commander-in-chief of the enemy's Northeast Region and commander of the 19th Army, after listening to reports from various aspects, pretended to be calm and said: "I conclude that this is not a large army of the Communist Army, nor is it intended to attack Crouching Tiger Mountain, but a reconnaissance attack by a small group of armed forces. They want to harass us through attacks and make us restless. Then, attack me in the exhausted and paralyzed Time. This is the Communist Army’s consistent tactics. You must not be fooled. Tell the fortress commander Cheng Jingtang, and tell the forward positions, don’t make a fuss and disturb each other. You should be as stable as Mount Tai, and don’t be moved by small troubles.” Although Cao Guozhong encouraged his subordinates in this way, he was really uneasy in his heart.In the battle for Dongshan last year, he held the "law enforcement knife" in his hand and forced the soldiers to charge.As a result, of the 141 platoon leaders in the division, only 7 were left, and only 2 of the 40 company commanders were left, and almost all the soldiers were wiped out.No way, Yan Xishan not only didn't blame him, but because of his resolute execution of orders, he was promoted from the commander of the 40th Division to the commander of the 19th Army, and he also served as the commander of the Northeast Region.Thinking of this past event, Cao Guozhong was very worried: If that period of history repeats itself, how will Yan Xishan treat him? Cheng Zhiguo, commander of the Sixth Company, escorted the prisoners back to the station and immediately reported to the chief.The situation was reported to the division, and Mr. Li Shuiqing was very satisfied.He said to the combat staff: "The night search went very well. Not only did we find out a lot of the situation, but we also occupied the No. 14 blockhouse group and three blockhouses, and captured the enemy's battalion headquarters and two companies. The Ninth Company is also good, taking down three of the enemy's blockhouses. Now , the breakthrough has been opened, and the capture of Crouching Tiger Mountain has a foothold." He thought for a moment and said decisively: "Immediately ask the army for instructions. Our generals will catch them by surprise, attack them unprepared, strike while the iron is hot, and take Crouching Tiger Mountain overnight!" Army chiefs Han Wei, Kuang Fuzhao, and Ma Long attached great importance to this request from the 199th Division and immediately conducted research.It is believed that when the enemy is confused about our army's intentions, it is fully assured to use night-time operations and raids to capture Crouching Tiger Mountain overnight.Therefore, it was decided to change the original plan and immediately launch a full-scale attack on Crouching Tiger Mountain.In order to ensure the completion of this task, in addition to the 199th Division as the main attack, part of the troops were used as auxiliary attacks.At the same time, it is emphasized that it is necessary to decisively intersperse and divide, pinch the head, tail, and break the waist of Crouching Tiger Mountain, and wipe out the enemy in the Crouching Tiger Mountain area. Commander Han Wei had to make a direct phone call with the Taiyuan Frontline Headquarters and report on the battle plan.Ten minutes later, the chief of operations at the frontline headquarters called: "The head of the frontline headquarters agrees with your plan, and it can be implemented immediately. Commander Yang Chengwu and Political Commissar Li Jingquan instructed that we must firmly grasp the two key points of destroying the enemy's command center and splitting up the enemy's deployment. In order to securely capture Crouching Tiger Mountain , The front-line headquarters also decided: a part of the 7th Northwest Army will cooperate with you in the east. You can educate the captured soldiers, and then assign them to various assault companies to lead the way.” The instructions from the head of the Taiyuan Frontline General Command and the army's battle plan were transmitted to the 199th Division, and it was already 10:40 at night.Division Commander Li Shuiqing immediately issued orders to the troops and ordered the artillery to fire at Crouching Tiger Mountain first. In an instant, Crouching Tiger Mountain fell into a sea of ​​smoke and fire.Immediately, groups of infantry quickly approached Crouching Tiger Mountain from all directions. At the junction of "Tiger Body" and "Tiger Tail", a regiment of the 199th Division is using four companies to attack the enemy in four directions. Amidst bursts of earth-shattering explosions, the enemy's bunkers were dismantled.Some enemies were blown to death in their sleep, while others ran around naked and howling.Our soldiers are like night tigers, bravely sweeping away the enemy. Crouching Tiger Mountain was quickly cut into three pieces. Enemies with different "bodies" and "heads" can no longer support each other with firepower, and the telephone lines leading to the city have also been cut off.At the same time, the assault units of our army attacking in other directions also blew up the enemy's front fortifications one after another.Then, our cannons went deep into the enemy's position and began a violent bombardment. Thirty minutes later, the horn sounded to charge the enemy deep.Teams of brave soldiers rushed in along the enemy's traffic trenches, dividing and surrounding the bunkers. The Seventh Company of a certain regiment of sharp knives rushed up from the west of the "Tiger Body", stepped over the barbed wire, bypassed the minefield, trotted along the traffic trench, and plunged eastward. The night is so dark that you can't see your fingers.A search platoon of the enemy's Crouching Tiger Fortress Headquarters encountered the seventh company's team head-on.Company Commander Liu Xikun asked: "Which part?" "Fortress Command Search Platoon." Liu Xikun's "bah" was just a single shot, disrupting the enemy in one fell swoop. The machine gunner Wang Baoshun held a grenade in one hand, and pounced on it like a tiger preying on its prey.Two enemies on the left and right approached with bayonets, and he blocked the gun of the enemy on the right with a hand grenade; the enemy's bayonet on the left was about to stab him, he dodged his waist, and the enemy missed.Wang Baoshun grabbed the enemy's gun and smashed the enemy's skull with a grenade.The enemy on the right rushed up, Wang Baoshun turned around again, grabbed the enemy's gun, raised his feet, and kicked the enemy into a big somersault.At this time, another enemy came to the front, and he was gaining momentum, and he went up and grabbed the enemy's belt.It happened that the hand touched the machine gun shuttle.He thought, this must be an ammunition hand, and there must be a machine gun, so he shouted loudly, "The machine gun is not up yet!" Behind, there was indeed an enemy coming up with a machine gun.Wang Baoshun pushed down the enemy's ammunition hand, turned around, clamped the enemy's machine gun under his armpit, pulled it back hard, and pushed it forward again, knocking the enemy machine gunner down.The little soldier Li Qinghe caught up, raised his gun and yelled angrily, and the enemy obediently became a prisoner. ... The troops continued to rush eastward like a storm.The enemy is confused.Going to go, an enemy heavy machine gun squad was caught in the seventh company again.After a while, some of them noticed that the soldiers of the Seventh Company had a white towel wrapped around their right arms, and said doubtfully, "Isn't it?" Soldier Li Qinghe pointed a gun at the back of the speaker's head and said: "Yes! We are the People's Liberation Army." The soldiers laughed coaxingly. Only then did the enemy come to his senses, and hurriedly said, "Do I still think we are in the same regiment?" Li Qinghe said: "Maybe in the future they will form a regiment. Now, follow us and destroy the enemy!" Just after finishing the enemy's heavy machine gun squad, the enemy's law enforcement team went to the Seventh Company to supervise the battle, and happened to run into Company Commander Liu.The team leader asked: "Why did you return it?" Company Commander Liu knew that the enemy had made a mistake, so he said: "Give me the gun!" The enemy thought they wanted guns to attack the People's Liberation Army, so they said, "Where is your gun?" Lien-chang Liu snatched the gun, took a photo with the flashlight, and said, "This gun is mine." When the enemy saw that it was the People's Liberation Army, he knew he had made a mistake, so he trembled in fright and said, "I... I was captured by them." Commander Liu said: "Don't be afraid, take us to the fortress headquarters!" "Yes Yes." The prisoner led them for a while, and came to two big bunkers, saying: "The front is No. 15 and No. 16 bunkers, which are full of machine gun fire, so it is difficult to pass through." Taking advantage of the flames from the battlefield, Lien-Zhang Liu looked to the west side of the bunker, turned around and said to the soldiers: "Pass forward, go around the right side of the bunker, and shake it off. Be quiet and concealed, and move fast!" The soldiers bent over and quickly bypassed the two big bunkers.The enemy inside did not notice.Not far after walking out, there was another big bunker in front of us. The prisoner who led the way said: "That is the command block of the headquarters of the Crouching Tiger Mountain Fortress. It is very big inside and built very solidly. Whenever there is a situation, the leaders will go inside." The team stops.Liu Xikun immediately summoned the cadres to divide the work: "The leader of the first platoon, your platoons are facing the front. Shout out first, and then fight if you can't. The three platoons are separated and cooperate in the left and right directions. The second platoon monitors the 15th and 16th blockhouses that were bypassed just now." A platoon leader, Zhang Jingtong, led a squad to touch it. Just as he was about to shout, the machine gun in the bunker rang out.More than a dozen black figures flashed from both sides of the bunker. "Fight!" Zhang Jingtong roared, a row of bullets hit the past, and 7 or 8 enemies fell.Within a few minutes, more than a dozen enemies rushed out from the tunnel of the bunker.Without waiting for orders, the soldiers immediately greeted the enemy with a hail of bullets and grenades.The enemy scrambled and shrank back. The enemy launched a third counterattack.At this time, the soldiers' bullets were almost exhausted.Just as Zhang Jingtong was about to shake the grenade, his right arm suddenly felt numb and wet to the touch.Knowing that he was wounded, he threw the grenade at the enemy with his left hand.Seeing that our army's firepower had weakened, the enemy got up from the ground and rushed over howling.At this critical juncture, the deputy company commander Shi Jingang came to support with a squad from the second platoon, and shot the enemy fiercely, beating the enemy to the ground again.Zhang Jingtong threw another grenade, took advantage of the situation and rushed to the enemy's machine gunner, grabbed the machine gun, turned the gun, and fired at the enemy, repelling the enemy's third counterattack. Wu Zhiyong, the leader of the third platoon on the right side of the bunker, seized the opportunity, took a submachine gun and hit the bullet hole of the bunker hard, turned around again, and got in through the secret passage under the bunker. "Don't move!" Wu Zhiyong raised his gun and roared, "Where's your commander?" The stunned enemy stammered and replied, "Just... just ran from the secret passage to the... garage." Wu Zhiyong quickly got out of the tunnel in the direction pointed by the captive and rushed to the garage. In a room in the middle of the garage, a thin, yellow-faced guy with a bandaged head was crouching in a corner, shivering.Standing next to him was a big man with parted hair, panting heavily with his mouth open. "Are you the commander of Crouching Tiger Mountain Fortress?" Wu Zhiyong rushed into the hut and asked the thin yellow face with a bandaged head with a gun. "Ah... I am Cheng Jingtang." The thin yellow face replied. "What about him?" Wu Zhiyong asked. The big part immediately replied: "I am...the deputy commander here, Shen Sizhong." After the headquarters of Crouching Tiger Mountain Fortress was occupied by our Seventh Company, more than 270 prisoners were all concentrated in the command block.Under the intimidation of my seventh company, Cheng Jingtang ordered the enemies in the two bunkers on the 15th and 16th to surrender.After that, the 7th company continued eastward to capture the "Tiger Head". "Tiger Head" is the commanding height of Crouching Tiger Mountain.The enemy is desperately shooting at our army with the remaining firepower. The commanders and fighters of the 7th company braved the artillery fire and quickly approached the "tiger head" along the traffic ditch. "Go!" Liu Xikun waved his hand, and a group of soldiers took advantage of the flash of artillery fire to climb up the eight ridges in one go, and approached the enemy's northeast district headquarters from the front.At the same time, the third squad detoured to the back of the enemy headquarters. The headquarters of the Northeast Region was brightly lit, but no one was walking around.The first group was about to rush in, when suddenly a group of enemies emerged from the secret passage and rushed towards the first group.Li Qinglin, the leader of the first squad, was quick-eyed, shouted "beat", picked up his submachine gun and swept away.Immediately afterwards, the grenade also exploded on the enemy's head.The enemy dropped a dozen corpses and shrank back.The first squad was about to rush in again, and more than 50 enemies counterattacked from three secret passages. Machine gunner Ren Xiang hit with a machine gun.A bullet flew in and pierced his chest.Ren Xiang died.Deputy shooter Kang Gui took the machine gun and swept it left and right.When he was fighting vigorously, a flying thunder thrown by the enemy exploded beside Kang Gui.He too fell in a pool of blood.When the soldiers saw the sacrifice of the two comrades-in-arms, their eyes were red with anger, and they shouted while beating: "Revenge for comrades in arms!" "Hit hard!" The soldier Lu Desheng ran to Kang Gui's side, set up his machine gun and started shooting.Wang Cheng injured his leg and crawled over to press the bullet for Lu Desheng.A burst of violent strafing suppressed the enemy.At this time, the instructor Dai Junzhang rushed up and shouted to a group of soldiers who were fighting fiercely: "Revenge for the sacrificed comrades! Resolutely hit the 'tiger head'!" The enemies fell down one by one, and more than 20 came up from behind.A major officer held a "law enforcement knife" and yelled, threatening the soldiers to fight back. The instructor Dai Junzhang spotted the major officer and fired two shots. The guy screamed and fell down like a dead dog.At this time, the third row and the eighth class came up.When the enemy was in confusion, the two squadrons rushed forward with a burst of shouting, and inserted into the courtyard of the enemy's Northeast District General Command. The soldiers searched all the houses in the courtyard, but there was no one in sight except for the mess. "The enemy is singing 'Empty City Strategies'!" Li Qinglin, the squad leader, said. "No!" Instructor Dai Junzhang said: "They escaped. Immediately interrogate the prisoners to see where they have gone, and chase them quickly!" The enemy ran away, but they didn't run far. They all got into a big ditch called Dunhuafang in the southeast corner of "Tiger Head". On both sides of Dunhuafang, there are 5 or 6 feet high cliffs, and there are rows of cave dwellings on the north and south sides of the ditch.In a spacious cave dwelling, 13 high-ranking enemy officers who had just escaped from the General Command of the Northeast Region, some were lying down, some were sitting, with tired and dejected expressions on their dusty faces. Embarrassed look.Hearing the sound of guns and guns approaching and shouting for killing, they all stared uneasily at the commander-in-chief Cao Guozhong who was crouching by the table with their bloodshot eyes. "Alas!" Cao Guozhong sighed, "Seeing that the communist army is about to rush forward, what should we do?" No one answered.Cao Guozhong stood up and walked around anxiously. "Do you want to fight to the death? Or find another way out?" Still no one said anything.Although these people have seen through Cao Guozhong's mind, none of them spoke first. After a while of silence, Wu Shiquan, the commander of the 68th Division, stood up, moved his fat body tired from running, and said: "The communist army is really powerful. Our 68th Division's position at Zhangzitou was so strong that they took it down in just an hour. I was lucky and picked a life. Think about it, the 250,000 national army in Beiping didn't let go." The guns are gone. Now that we have reached this point, we might as well follow the example of Fu Zuoyi." "No! No! No way!" Peng Dengwang, director of the Political Department of the 19th Army, jumped down from the pit and said loudly, "We can't go that way anyway. We should keep in mind Commander Yan's admonition: 'Respond to all changes with the same' .We'd better go back to the city and join Commander Sun and Wang..." The enemy officer yelled.Zhao Xianzhu, the leader of the iron-blood division, stretched out his neck from the collar of his coat, walked over, patted Peng Dengwang on the shoulder, and said: "Brother, forget it! Regardless of whether you are here or in the city, you will die anyway, and you will die for nothing. Officer Yan has a saying: 'survival is the truth'. As long as you can save your life, we will come up with better strategies in the future." !" Suddenly, several shells landed nearby, shaking the roof of the kiln to "squeak" and fall to the ground.These guys panicked even more. Guo Yu, chief of staff of the 19th Army, walked to the door and looked out, only to see that the ditch was full of defeated soldiers.He turned around and said to Cao Guozhong: "The communist army is getting closer and closer, and the brothers have no desire to fight anymore, and they have no energy to fight anymore. Now, the fire is imminent, commander-in-chief, hurry up and make a decision!" Cao Guozhong's face was pale, and his absent-minded eyes were fixed on the ground.After a while, he turned his back and said: "Send someone to negotiate surrender immediately!" When there was a red glow in the east, the battle on Crouching Tiger Mountain entered the stage of "driving sheep".My brave fighters quickly encircled them from all directions, compressing the remnants of the enemy into the Dunhuafang ditch at the southeast corner of "Tiger Head". The two squads of the Seventh Company of our army, which occupied the general headquarters of the enemy's Northeast Region, came to the vicinity of Dagou after another period of heroic pursuit.Here are the communication battalion of the enemy's 19th Army and a battalion of the Jagged Division that just fled.When the soldiers saw it, they rushed forward and were about to shoot with their guns.Over there, a group of soldiers shouted: "The People's Liberation Army don't shoot. We are citizens who have been arrested. We have only been a soldier for a few days. We want peace! We hand over our guns!" At this time, Zhang Yu, director of the political department of the regiment, and Yang Tongfang, the instructor of the third battalion, came.Instructor Yang said: "Three people in the past, let them put down their weapons and come in line." The three soldiers of the Seventh Company had only walked more than ten meters when they saw an officer climb up from the ditch, holding a small white flag in his hand, and kept waving it.The three fighters were on fire at the first sight: "Okay, still in command! Throw him with a grenade!" "Don't fight, don't fight!" The officer holding the white flag quickly shouted: "I was sent by the army commander to negotiate surrender, please don't fight!" "What are you doing?" Zhang Yu, director of the regiment's political department, asked him. The officer bowed his head and said, "I am the adjutant of the 19th Army, named Xu Yusheng. Our commander-in-chief Cao Guozhong sent three of us here to negotiate surrender with your army. They are also adjutants, one is Wang Shiying and the other is Chen Da." Zhang Yu looked in the direction of his finger, only to realize that two more people climbed up from the ditch.He thought for a moment and said: "Okay! Go back one of you first, tell Cao Guozhong, let him immediately order all the officers and soldiers to stop resisting, put down their weapons, and wait for reception." After a while, Zhang Yu, director of the political department of the regiment, led a squad of soldiers and was ordered to negotiate the surrender.A group of them walked into the ditch, only to see ragged and tired and hungry officers and soldiers everywhere.They threw away the ammunition pouches and grenade pouches on one side, mounted the guns on the other side, and were busy collecting just a few small rolls of luggage.After Zhang Yu walked into the large cave dwelling in Dunhuafang, people in green khaki and woolen clothes all stood up in a well-behaved manner.A guy in a Japanese green wool overcoat hurried forward, smiling all over his face, pointing to a tall pale man in a green khaki lapel collar, and said: "He is Cao Guozhong, the commander in chief of our Northeast Region and the lieutenant general of the 19th Army." Cao Guozhong said in a low voice: "Yes, I am Cao Guozhong." While memorizing his name, Zhang Yu asked, "What are you going to do?" "We follow the example of Beiping and Fu Zuoyi." Zhang Yu stared at Cao Guozhong and said: "Come on! We're here to accept the surrender. Don't beat around the bush. The 250,000 Kuomintang officers and soldiers in Beiping haven't fired a single shot. How about you? We're too weak to fight any more. What else can we say?" "Yes! Yes, yes!" Cao Guozhong nodded quickly, and said with a helpless expression: "We surrender, all surrender. Your army's policy is to be lenient to prisoners." Cao Guozhong has a deep understanding of the People's Liberation Army's captive policy.After Japan surrendered, Chiang Kai-shek provoked a civil war, and Yan Xishan sent troops to invade Shangdang. Cao Guozhong was captured in the battle of Shangdang and was released by the People's Liberation Army.After three and a half years, Cao Guozhong was captured for the second time. The man in the Japanese green wool overcoat pointed to the officers and introduced them one by one: "He is Xu Sen, deputy commander of the 19th Army and commander of the 40th Division." "This is Zhao Xianzhu, the commander of the Iron-Blood Division, and Zhang Hanxing, the deputy commander of the Iron-Blood Division." "This one is Wu Shiquan, commander of the 68th Division." "..." Then he pointed to his nose and said: "I am Guo Yu, Chief of Staff of the 19th Army." Guo Yu waited for Zhang Yu to write down his name in the notebook, then suddenly looked around the corner of the room and said: "Old Peng, what are you going to do? Do you want to write down your name?" "I...I" came a trembling voice from the corner of the room.Then, a guy with a scorched face came over and said hastily: "Remember, please remember my name. My name is Peng Dengwang, and I am the director of the Political Department of the 19th Army." Peng Dengwang blinked in horror and looked at Zhang Yu.Seeing his embarrassed appearance, the officers could not help but smile wryly. The sun is slowly rising over Dongshan.On various positions on Crouching Tiger Mountain, the bright red flags of our army fluttered gently in the morning breeze. At 8:30 in the morning, the battle on Crouching Tiger Mountain was over.The soldiers escorted a bunch of captives and carried the captured weapons, and walked down the mountain in high spirits.In the team, someone did not know who made up a piece of Wuxiang drum, and sang it loudly: Crouching Tiger Mountain looks like a tiger, The teeth and claws are so mighty. I'm not afraid that you have high mountains and many fortresses, I'm going to beat you tiger today. Cut off the tiger's head, pinch the tiger's tail, Pull out the tiger's heart, hit the tiger's back, Clever attack and fierce attack are so simple, Smash Yan Bandit's cowhide to pieces! Hey, hey, hey cough! ... The soldiers laughed loudly after hearing this, and started talking one by one: "Yan Xishan bragged: 'The three armies of the communist army can't attack Crouching Tiger Mountain in a month'. We only used one division. Not a month, but a 'night'!" "No! Just now on the top of the mountain, I heard Master Li tell a reporter that our troops on the front line are actually only a few battalions. The time, from the first shot to the end, the most accurate calculation is 9 Hours and 50 minutes!" The two units of our 19th Corps, which attacked in the south of the city, fought bravely and broke through the enemy's defensive frontiers from Mazhuang, Wangjiafen, Xutan, Nanwucheng to the east bank of the Fen River.Then, it continued to penetrate in depth without stopping.After a day and night of fierce fighting, they successively conquered Beiwu City, Chunshuyuan, Qinxian Village, Yanjiafen, Yangjiabao, Qianfo Temple, Shifangyuan, Liucangou, Di Village, Sanyingpan, Eryingpan, and Laotian. The military camp, Kouzhuang, Wangcun, Dayingpan, Xingang, Haozhuang, Anshanyuan, Donggang and other points pulled out hundreds of blockhouses, and advanced all the way to the south wall of Taiyuan, annihilating the enemy's southern area and All of the 66th Division in the southeast region, one part each of the 70th Division and one part of the 73rd Division.At the same time, the Shuangta Temple, the location of the enemy's southeast district headquarters, was tightly surrounded. Shuangta Temple, formerly known as Yongzuo Temple, is located about four miles southeast of Taiyuan City. It was built by Buddhist monks in the Ming Dynasty.Because the two 13-story ancient pagodas in the temple are magnificent and attract the attention of the whole city, they were later renamed Shuangta Temple.Yan Xishan saw that the terrain here is very favorable. It is the closest to the city wall of Taiyuan, and it is also the commanding height outside the city of Taiyuan. There are Haozhuang and Wulongkou in the north, Wangjiafen and Dicun in the south, Taibao in the east and Huangjiafen in the east, and Mazhuang and Guanguan in the east. The key points of Jiayu are surrounded by each other, and they all play an important strategic role in stabilizing the four fortresses of Dongshan.Therefore, he drove out all the monks in the Shuangta Temple, overhauled the fortifications there, and called it his "life fortress".He often said that to guard Taiyuan, one must guard the Shuangta Temple.Keep the Shuangta Temple in the south and Crouching Tiger Mountain in the north, so Taiyuan can sit back and relax. In order to strengthen the fortification of this "fortress of life", Yan Xishan centered on the Shuangta Temple and used the temple and the ravines on its east, west, and south sides to build blockhouses and dig trenches.On this piece of ground that is less than 1,000 meters from east to west and less than 400 meters from north to south, a three-layer dense network of fortifications has been built. The 48 big castles are all composed of cement blockhouses, steel frame blockhouses, and masonry blockhouses.Around the big castle, there are more than 100 bunkers and earthen castles.Around each big castle, there are three traffic trenches of different sizes dug.The largest one is 1.8 meters wide and 2.5 meters deep.In the traffic trench, many bunkers were built.10 to 15 meters outside the traffic trench, mines and barbed wire were laid all over the place.There are secret passages between the big castles.Several ammunition depots are arranged between the forts according to the terrain and can be replenished at any time.Yan Xishan also built four artillery positions on the east side of the Shuangta Temple, and his artillery commander, the Japanese Iwata, personally took the command.Whether you attack Taiyuan from the east or the south, you will be killed by his firepower.Yan Xishan also set up his 43rd Army Headquarters and the Southeast Region Headquarters here for dispatching and commanding.In addition to the temporary 49th Division and the Mortar Division, a new 70th Division and a 73rd Division were newly added, with a total of more than 5,000 people stationed there. However, under the powerful attack of our army, this "fortress of life", which the enemy called "Gundam" and "sea of ​​fire", quickly transformed into a base for our army to attack Taiyuan. This afternoon, Sanlian had just held a party group life meeting. Squad leader Mi Wengui and soldiers Qin Changhai, Jin Cai, and Wang Dahu were playing poker.通信员气喘吁吁地跑来，说连长请他们火速到连部开会。米文贵兴奋地一拍大腿站起来，“一定有新任务了！” 他们四人匆匆来到连部。连长要他们立即到双塔寺侦察敌情，进一步搞清楚敌人的炮位和阵地部署。时间是三天。他们四个，除了米文贵是晋东南人以外，其他三个都是太原人。王大虎还是老侦察员出身。连长和他们一起分析研究了可能遇到的问题及对付的办法，最后对晋才说： “自从双塔寺和文昌庙住上敌军以后，和尚全被赶出来了。现在，文广和尚和小喜子都住在郝庄的白龙庙里。你们可以利用他们初一到双塔寺降香的机会，与他们一起前往侦察。” 原来，小喜子是晋才童年时代的好朋友。他是个孤儿，在生活的逼迫下从小就到文昌庙里当了文广和尚的弟子。当时，晋才家就住在文昌庙附近，两人常在一起玩。小喜子常把善男信女的供食，偷给他吃。连里了解到了这个情况后，决定利用这个关系，让晋才他们先找小喜子去联系。 晚上，四个人一律短打扮，每人腰里别了一把24响的快慢机，向目的地奔去。 他们摸到郝庄，绕过敌人的岗哨，直扑白龙庙。晋才把耳朵贴在墙上听听，不见动静；顺手投了一块问路石，也没有任何反映。他便踩着米文贵的肩膀，翻入庙内。 他们踮起脚走到东禅房去轻轻叩门。连叩三遍，才见一个人端着一盏油灯，将门打开。“小喜子！”晋才抢前一步，惊喜地喊。小喜子也认出了自己的朋友，连忙把他们让了进去。 60多岁的文广和尚，见半夜三更闯进四个陌生人，很是惊恐。小喜子过来介绍说：“师爷，这是晋才。就是咱们庙后种菜的那个晋才呀！” 文广和尚这才记起，一把拉住晋才的手说：“乱世道，人人遭劫，佛家也被他们糟踏得不像个样子了。” 晋才听文广师傅的话里透出了对敌人的不满，便趁机请他们帮助自己到双塔寺侦察。谁知，文广师傅直摇脑袋，说：“难呀！电网、铁丝网里三层外三层。别说你们，就是麻雀也飞不进去……”停了停，又说：“他们抓住八路军，定杀不赦。何况，我们出家人一向以'慈善为本'、'救生为怀'……” 晋才说：“佛家以慈善为本，能看着太原数30万人民，惨遭阎匪迫害吗？救人一命，胜造七级浮图。解放双塔寺，关系到太原数30万人民的生命，也关系着你们佛教的命运。” 小喜子也在一边竭力鼓动。文广师傅终于答应了。他们商量决定，乘明早前去双塔寺降香之机，由晋才和文贵跟随文广师傅和小喜子进庙侦察。 晋才和米文贵剃了发，穿上袈裟，规定了称呼。第二天一早，就由文广带领，手持木鱼，口念：“无量佛”，朝双塔寺走去。 文广师傅过去与阎匪一个副师长是棋友。这次带路，省了许多麻烦。通过第一道封锁沟，绕过铁丝网，都很顺利，从敌人的哨兵跟前走过，敌人问也不问。他们便直冲庙门走去。 晋才走在最后，他边走边仔细观察，用心记着。在庙门前，并排放着五挺重机枪。庙门东侧的洼地，并排着五门榴弹炮，炮口指向我军东南和正南阵地，士兵们正躺在有阳光的地方捉虱子。庙门左右的明堡暗碉，三五成群地布设在高地和洼地。晋才扫了一眼，在高坡的碉堡，有七座，在洼地的有九座。 晋才只顾注意敌人的部署情况，与文广师傅拉开了一些距离。这时，他们已步入正殿。晋才正要紧赶几步追上，只见一个敌军官扑过来，抓住晋才的袈裟，恶狠狠地喊叫：“看你鬼头鬼脑，一定不是个好东西。”小喜子听到，赶忙跑过来说：“老总！他是我的大师兄。我们是来求佛爷保佑国军打胜仗的呀！” “不要你多嘴！”那家伙推开小喜子，逼近晋才：“你在哪里出家？老子怎没见过你这个和尚？” “文昌庙。”晋才说。 “那我就来问问你文昌庙。要有半句错话，我就要你脑袋搬家！” 晋才原认为敌人发现了他的什么破绽，正在暗暗盘算怎样掩护米文贵完成任务。此时，听匪军官要考问他文昌庙，他心里踏实了。 连问了几句，晋才都对答如流。匪军官只好灰溜溜地走掉了。 晋才赶到正殿，正殿里横七竖八地睡着好些匪士兵。文广师傅领他们在佛像跟前叩了头，就要急匆匆地往回返。看来，他是被刚才的一场纠纷吓慌了。 这下，可急坏了米文贵和晋才。任务还没有完成，怎么能走呢？忽然，晋才把裤带解了下来，一手提着裤带，一手提着裤子，向塔前的厕所跑去。机灵的米文贵明白了晋才的意图，故意指着晋才的背影高声骂道：“你这个人就是贪嘴，吃那么多，活该拉肚子！” 晋才跑到设在小土包的厕所里，一边假意蹲下大便，一边机灵地向四处隙望，作进一步的侦察。这时，他又发现双塔的西南，有敌炮兵阵地和工事。当敌人前来驱赶他的时候，他已经胜利地完成了任务。 弄清了敌人的情况之后，我军决定集中兵力，采取迂回包围战术，消灭双塔寺的敌人。以一部兵力担任攻占双塔寺的任务，以另一部兵力堵截逃敌。 在西面担任主攻的我军第五六六团，是一支善于山地攻坚作战的英雄部队。为保证他们顺利突破，军里决定给他们加强一部分炮兵和其它特种兵。 作战任务传达到部队之后，指战员马上利用深浓的夜色，开始了紧张的战前准备。营、连、排的干部和各战斗小组长，都悄悄地摸到阵地前沿，趁着敌人照明弹的光亮，查看敌人的工事和地形，选择突破口和冲击道路。战士们脱掉棉衣，挥汗如雨。紧张地挖掘交通壕和构筑进攻出发阵地。他们编组了火力组、突击队、爆炸组，准备了梯子、炸药包、手榴弹。炮手们无声无息地把大炮前推到发射位置，迅速进行了伪装。后勤系统的同志和民工，把一箱箱弹药送上了阵地。当东方泛起曙光的时候，忙碌了一夜的指战员，又召开民主会？具体研究攻克敌阵的办法。 4月21日午饭后，担任主攻的突击营——五六六团第三营王营长，正要出去检查各连战士睡觉的情况。忽然，通信员兴冲冲地走了进来。 “营长，命令！” "What order?" “毛主席和朱总司令的命令！向全国进军！” “好！”王营长接过一张《火线快报》，一气看完。这时，外边已聚集了不少战士，兴奋地小声议论着。 “你们为什么不去午睡？”王营长严肃而又关心地问。“毛主席和朱总司令命令我们向全国进军，大伙高兴得更睡不着觉了！”战士们兴高采烈地回答。 王营长说：“全国解放的日子为期不远了！新中国就要诞生了！我们要尽快夺取双塔寺，打下太原城，用辉煌的战果，参加向全国的进军！” 他又微笑着向战士们说，“可是，不睡觉可不行呵！只有精力充沛，才能保证战斗的胜利！战场上，谁要是没精神、误了事，打完仗咱们可要算帐哟。” 战士们说笑着回去了。 Night fell.各部队隐蔽地进入了攻击出发阵地。指战员们动作敏捷、轻巧，几十米外碉堡中的敌人，一点都没有察觉。 夜间11点钟，我军在双塔寺的西南和东南面，首先开始了试探性进攻。 在西南面攻击的我军某团第五连，首先集中神枪手，打死了三口水井旁边的游动哨。又用一阵冰雹般的手榴弹和机枪，消灭了担任水井警戒的敌人一个排。我军在完全控制了三口水井之后，向敌人喊话，使防守外壕的一连敌军投降了。 在东南攻击的我五五九团第三连，在罗连长的指挥下，向位于双塔寺正南200米的敌第十三号碉堡发起了攻击。这是一座高大的钢骨水泥工事。周围还有十来个伏地堡所拱卫，还有一条深3米、宽2米的外壕相环绕。守敌一个连，由一个少校营长指挥。我第三连连续两次攻击，摸清了敌人的底细。敌人的一个排长，在我军的政治喊话之后，又带领30多人爬过来投降了。 根据三连这次试探性的进攻和从俘虏口中了解到的情况，指挥部立即修订了作战计划，并决定马上对双塔寺进行强攻。 22日6点钟，东方刚刚现出鱼肚白色，三颗信号弹升起在阵地上空。我们的大炮首先发言了。只见敌人阵地上，火光闪烁，烟尘弥漫，砖石腾空，血肉横飞。没死的敌人，哭爹叫娘，东奔西撞，乱成一团。敌人的大部分碉堡被打烂，阵地被摧毁，火炮被压制，连设在塔上的观察所，也中弹起火，被穿了两个大窟窿。 炮火急袭以后，清脆嘹亮的冲锋号响起来。各突击分队的战士如同小老虎一样，跃出堑壕，喊着杀声，扑向敌人阵地。接着，师的主力像一把锋利的钢刀，向敌人阵地猛插。 在双塔寺东南面进攻的五五九团第三连，炸毁了敌人第十三号碉堡。又在七连的密切配合下，拔除了敌人第十四号碉堡。此时，担任向纵深穿插的第一营，已迅速攻入敌人阵地，扫除了残敌，向西北猛插过去。 在双塔寺东北面进攻的某团，将两个营的十几门火炮集中使用，以猛烈的火力，压制了双塔寺东北角的敌梅花碉堡群。第一营以一部分兵力在正面钳制，主力绕到侧后，乘着烟幕的遮蔽，实施大胆穿插，一直冲到了敌人的阵地上。50多个敌人，来不及逃跑，在我军战士雪亮的刺刀下做了俘虏。第一营又乘胜向西南方向猛冲。 我军在东南、东北两面的猛烈进攻，使敌人误认为这是我军的主攻方向，慌忙集中了大部兵力，进行抵抗。在西面和西南面担任主要攻击的我军主力，抓住这一有利时机，以更加迅猛的攻势，向敌人的纵深和核心阵地，英勇突击。 西面的主攻团突击第三营，在王营长的指挥下，迎着呛人的硝烟，冒着乱飞的子弹，跨过壕沟，穿过障碍，一股劲向里猛插。 第三营尖刀第九连，以大胆的穿插迂回，分割敌人阵地。冲在最前面的第二排，由排长杜守义带领，连续六次爆破成功，开辟了冲击通路。自己无一伤亡，还捉了40多个敌人。紧接着，全连迅速越过了第一道外壕。一排长韩在顺带领全排，以俘虏作向导，顺交通沟飞快地冲击。当他们顺利地越过第二道外壕以后，突然受到了敌人正面火力的阻击。几个地堡喷着火舌，几个战士倒下去了。尖兵二班班长带伤用冲锋枪进行射击，掩护全排就地隐蔽。九连被迫停下来了。 time does not wait.一排又连续冲击两次，仍没有成功。人人急得眼里冒火。 这时，王营长发现右前方有一个暗道口，便命令九连派一个组，由暗道口攻入。二班副班长李国强带领三个战士，以滚进的动作，接近暗道口，先用冲锋枪向里扫了一梭子。随后，几个人鱼贯而入。走了有30多米的样子，听到暗道外的道沟里，有敌人说话的声音。四个人猛地冲出暗道，抢占了有利地形，一阵猛烈射击和手榴弹猛砸，打得敌人蒙头转向。接着，战士们发出一阵使敌人丧胆的吼声： “交枪不杀！解放军优待俘虏！” 面对从天而降的神兵，200多个吓呆了的敌人，举起了双手。 李国强把俘虏交给顺着暗道刚上来的另一个小组，又带着三名战士向西，迅速接近了地堡东侧，并把手榴弹塞进了三个地堡。只听“轰隆”一声巨响，里边的敌人大部分被炸死，机枪也不响了。在正面隐蔽的一排长韩在顺，见地堡被炸，便把枪一挥，全排“忽拉”一声跃起，冲过了第三道外壕，向双塔寺插去。同时，第二排和第三排也爆破成功，扑向敌人的核心阵地。 正当第九连与敌人激战的时候，王营长又命令在九连左侧的第七连，以爆破手段，炸塌了敌人的第一道外壕。由三排长董义文率领的全排战士，一下子插入第一道外壕，在壕内截获30多个敌人。董义文问一个军官模样的俘虏： “你们军长在哪里？” “在……在东边大……大庙里。” “山炮阵地在哪里？” “在庙……庙……庙东边。” 3排随即跃出第一道外壕，向东扑去。刚走不远，迎面一座碉堡响起了机枪。董义文一面指挥全排就地隐蔽，一面观察地形。他发现碉堡右侧地势低下，就命令九班以火力牵制敌人，自己率第七、八两班，成疏散队形，从敌堡右侧通过，冲到第二道外壕。八班长段光喜一个箭步上去，一阵扫射，截住了想要逃跑的敌人。壕内90多个敌人全部被俘。 军民在大街上构筑工事“大庙离这里还有多远？”董义文问。 “再过一道沟就到了。” 董义文留下两个战士看守俘虏，由两个俘虏带路，又率两个班勇猛前进了。 快过沟时，带路的一个俘虏说：“我有一个堂弟，在那里当班长。他们没粮吃，已经吃了好几次人肉了。我去试试，要他们投降。”董义文答应了。 不一会儿，那个俘虏就领着一个人，扛着枪，提着手榴弹过来了。 “这就是我堂弟，叫杨福顺。”那个俘虏说。 董义文进一步给大伙明确了任务，命令一个班由杨福顺带路，打入大庙。一个班去夺取庙东的炮兵阵地。 两个班顺利通过第三道外壕后，大庙——敌人东南区的心脏，出现在面前。 两个班分开了。董义文领着八班冲向大庙。突然，庙中冲出十几个敌人，向他们扑来。 “打！”董义文一声喊，一阵冰雹似的手榴弹、冲锋枪打向敌人。十几个敌人一个也没能逃掉，全部做了庙前鬼。 “快向庙里冲，不要让敌人喘息！”董义文第一个跨入大庙院内。 这时，从院内左边一排房子中，又冲出30几个敌人。董义文首先甩出一颗手榴弹，炸死4，5个。接着，又用冲锋枪扫倒几个，剩下的掉头钻入屋内。 八班进了院子，董义文对班长段光喜说： “你带两个战士，去打掉敌人指挥部，捉拿敌人军长，不要和小股敌人纠缠。我们在这里打反扑，肃清院内残敌。” 段光喜原先决心在双塔寺战斗中缴它几门大炮，现在，排长要他去捉军长，他心想：“大官比大炮也不次，干吧！”他响亮地应了一声，立刻带着王同生，王贵两人，向寺院冲去。 段光喜等三人进入头道门，发现一座弹药库，两个吓慌了的敌人正在发抖。 “你们军长在哪里？”段光喜厉声问。 “在……在后边大……大殿里。”两个兵吓得连话也说不清。 “从哪里进去最快？” 一个老一点的向东边的围墙指了指，说：“从这里出去，往北走上30几步，墙上有一个豁口，再进院，就到正殿前边了。比从这里奔正殿要快，也没兵把守。” “你要说假，回来要你的脑袋！”段光喜严厉地说。 段光喜留下王贵看守弹药库和这两个匪兵，带着王同生，几步就跨出东墙。又向北一阵小跑，发现围墙上果然有一道豁口。往里一看，正殿就在30几米远的地方，敌人慌乱的出出进进，一片嘈杂。 两位英雄像一股劲风，“呼”地扑到正殿跟前。门口的敌人还没弄清怎么回事，就被一阵猛烈的射击撂倒了。紧接着，王同生卡住了门口，段光喜端着冲锋枪，一个箭步冲进殿内。 “都出来！交枪不杀！”段光喜奋力高喊，震得殿里“嗡嗡”作响。 满殿内的敌军官，一个个像木头橛子一样立在那里。他们被这突如其来的情况，吓得不知如何是好。 段光喜见无人言语，便向东屋厉声问道： “哪个是军长？快出来！”