Chapter 8 Chapter 7

After 80% of the total enemy forces in Taiyuan were annihilated in the periphery, our armies quickly gathered and surrounded Taiyuan City like an iron barrel.The next step is to attack the city.Anyone with military common sense knows that the key to the success or failure of an offensive battle is the correct selection of the breakthrough point.The same goes for siege.Where to break through the enemy's defenses will have a lot to do with advancing the city in one fell swoop and developing the attack in depth. The Shouyi Gate in Taiyuan (in the area of ​​Wuyi Square in Taiyuan today) is known as the "Iron Gate".It is three feet six feet high, two feet five feet wide at the top, and four feet five feet wide at the bottom. There is the Victory Gate on the left and the Fuxing Gate on the right. It is one of the most fortified city gates after Yan Xishan retreated to the city wall of Taiyuan.

In order to strengthen the protection here, Yan Xishan built a large number of fortifications around Shouyimen.As far as its shape is concerned, there are round and square ones, high and low ones, bright and dark ones, convex ones and concave ones.At the foot of the city wall, there is a wide and deep moat and a moat road.There are tanks and armored vehicles patrolling the moat road.On both sides of Shouyi Gate, there are 6 big mother towers and two steel crouching tiger towers.On the front of the city wall within 50 feet from east to west of Shouyimen, 9 layers of fortifications were built from top to bottom, equipped with more than 40 various artillery pieces, more than 240 light and heavy machine guns, 30 flamethrowers, and more than 250 various firepower points in total.There are also so-called "atomic holes" that can be rotated.

An American reporter once wrote in his impressions: "Anyone will be surprised by the fortifications and bunkers here. The high ones, the low ones, the square ones, the round ones, the triangular ones, and those hidden underground constitute an incredible dense fire. Net," Yan Xishan boasted it as "the iron gate of Taiyuan Iron City" and "a fortress as strong as steel".Zhao Shiling, staff officer of the Taiyuan Appeasement Office, also arrogantly threatened: "If the communist army attacks the city from Shouyimen, I can turn the front of the city into a sea of ​​flames within a few seconds, leaving the communist army dead without a place to die."

Ordinarily, the choice of a breakthrough for the siege this time should avoid the enemy's strong point.But a certain division of the 19th Corps chose Shouyi Gate. A certain division of the 19th Corps is a heroic unit capable of offense and defense.In many battles, he is especially famous for his proficiency in siege operations.This time they broke through the city wall of Taiyuan, and they planned to attack side by side with two regiments.The No. 12 salient part west of Shouyimen is the 563rd regiment of the Dagong Troupe.The regiment's "Steel First Battalion" was in charge of the assault.The sharp knife company is the first company of the battalion.In the No. 11 protrusion west of Shouyimen, it is the 562nd Regiment.It was the well-known 2nd Battalion of the regiment who was responsible for the breakthrough.The sharp knife company is the sixth company of the battalion.

This division chose Shouyimen as the breakthrough point. Judging from the opinion of Zhang Ting, acting commander of this division, there are several favorable conditions. One is the city defense map of Taiyuan sent by my underground staff in Taiyuan City, which details the area around Shouyimen. Enemy fortifications and dispositions.The second is that the enemy believes that the Shouyi Gate is unbreakable, and it is estimated that our army will not break through through it. They are paralyzed and not very vigilant.The fourth is that after breaking through the city wall, it will be convenient for our army to develop in depth towards the enemy and go straight into the Taiyuan Appeasement Office.Choosing the Shouyi Gate as the breakthrough point is actually choosing the most vital part of the enemy.If you get rid of it, you can shake its overall situation and disintegrate the enemy's entire defense.

They reported the plan to the military.Zheng Weishan, the army commander, quickly responded and agreed to their plan.At this moment, the news that my army crossing the river successfully broke through the natural danger of the Yangtze River spread to the front line of Taiyuan.The commanders and fighters became more excited.In the first company's position, Wang Hai, the machine gunner of the fire team, broke his fire temper again.He came to Pan Gensheng, a soldier in the commando group, and said in a rough voice: "What's wrong? The order to siege the city hasn't come down yet? I can't wait to flatten the city wall and smash the canister to avenge the people of Taiyuan."

"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry. The battle outside the city ended yesterday morning. To attack the city, all the attacking troops must be ready. According to Commander Xu, the frontline commander issued an ultimatum to the enemy yesterday to surrender immediately. If the enemy is smarter and declares surrender, it can also avoid the loss of life and property of the people in the city. Let's calm down, think more about difficulties, and think about more ways." Pan Gensheng saw the veins on Wang Hai's neck go down, and said: "I guess it won't be long. The more the enemy remains silent, the more it proves that he won't surrender. Can you come and see my meritorious plan?"

On the position of the 6th company of the 563rd Regiment, Deputy Instructor Liu of the battalion was speaking: "Everyone is determined to put the first red flag on the head of Taiyuan City. It is a competition between the two regiments, but a great meritorious competition for all the ascending troops! We must be prepared to ensure the completion of the task. Consolidate the breakthrough, capture the Shouyi Gate, respond to the main force of the regiment, and quickly enter the deep street battle." The company commander went on to say: "Let's check the preparations one by one." After finishing speaking, he turned to the third platoon leader Wei Lianzeng and said, "I don't think there is a big problem with the speed of your ladder group, but you have to pay attention to your hairy feet." Hasty energy. Otherwise, you will suffer in a fight."

Wei Lianzeng laughed twice, and said, "I'll check it again. At that time, if something goes wrong with the ladder, we will build a human ladder and send the assault team up." At this time, the comrades in the cooking class brought steamed buns made from the white flour that was usually saved.They also sent 58 boxes of cigarettes with a few lines of jingle written on them, which were given to cadres and soldiers respectively.The cigarette case for the correspondent read: "How clever, the message is clear, and the order must be smooth." The cigarette case for the ladder team read: "Move fast, put it firmly, and ensure that the ascension to the city is as fast as a god." For the cadres On the cigarette case it was written: "Focus on good tactics and command, the victory will be great and the casualties will be small," and the cigarette case for the commando was written: "Strike deep with speed and courage, boldly penetrate and dig out the enemy's heart."

On the night of April 23, 1949, all our siege troops secretly entered their predetermined positions.In order to make better use of the effect of our army's artillery attack, each assault unit went all the way to the trenches very close to the city wall, and hid on the spot.The commander stared at his watch, and the soldiers looked at the night sky, all waiting for the signal that was about to appear. The communicators of the Assault Battalion and the Sharp Knife Company, with earphones attached to their ears, waited for orders from their superiors.In the sky, beams of light from the enemy's searchlights swung back and forth. For four weeks, apart from the bold shouts of the enemy soldiers on the city wall and the sound of a few cold guns, no other sounds were heard.

On the attacking starting position of the assault group in the south of the city, the correspondent quietly climbed up to the deputy company commander Wang Fuquan from behind, and whispered: "Deputy company commander, the battalion commander ordered you to retreat!" When several soldiers heard this, they crawled over and asked in a low voice, "What? Retreat? Don't let us attack the city?" The correspondent quickly explained: "The battalion commander said that we will fire artillery at dawn, for fear of accidentally injuring you." Wang Fuquan and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.It was exhilarating to think of thousands of cannons about to unleash in sudden salvo.However, I also thought that if I retreated farther, the distance of the charge would be lengthened.The enemy has time to prepare for a counterattack.Thinking of this, Wang Fuquan fell silent. The soldiers surrounded him.From the inquiring eyes of the soldiers, he saw that everyone thought about snakes the same as himself, so he said, "Everyone continue to dig into the bunker, and I will ask the battalion commander to go." He met battalion commander Zhang Hong and reported his thoughts.Commander Zhang asked, "What do you think should be done?" "We thought that if we dug the bunker to the depth of one person and squatted inside, even if the shells fell on the side, there would be no loss." Battalion Commander Zhang smiled, but immediately said seriously: "It's okay not to retreat, but it must be well concealed, so as not to be accidentally injured by my artillery fire. After my artillery fire extends, I will attack again!" The whole earth was silent.This is the short calm before the storm, and a fierce battle is coming. At 5:30 on April 24th, a ray of dawn had just emerged in the east, and three signal flares suddenly rose above the city of Taiyuan.The general attack on Taiyuan to defend the enemy began. In an instant, thousands of cannons roared at the same time, and tongues of angry flames roared and fired at the enemy's position. In a short time, the city of Taiyuan was shining red, the guns were rumbling, the smoke was filled, and there was a sea of ​​fire.Under the accurate and violent shooting of our army's artillery, the city wall collapsed section by section, and many blockhouses were destroyed. Enemy corpses, broken guns, broken cannons, masonry and wood were flying in the air.The enemy kept drilling and rolling, calling their parents and mothers, all in chaos. The soldiers couldn't suppress their excitement and couldn't wait any longer.Taking advantage of the favorable opportunity of our artillery attack, we first carried out continuous blasting, quickly cleared the obstacles on the impact road, and opened up the access to the city.The ladder group quickly leaned the ladder towards the city wall, and the assault teams rushed off the string like arrows, scrambling to start climbing the city. In the south of the city, close to the west of Shouyi Gate, the 6th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 562nd Regiment, which was attacking the enemy's No. 11 salient, bravely launched a charge when our artillery fire just extended.The third platoon leader Wei Lianzeng led a ladder group consisting of two squads, carrying a ladder weighing more than 360 kilograms, riding the heavy smoke, braving "swoosh" flying bullets and scattered bricks, and rushed towards the city wall quickly .They climbed up the ladder 100 meters west of Shouyi Gate. As soon as they were stable, the deputy company commander Yang Junjie led a platoon of assault teams to the city at high speed. Li Qingyun, a fighter from the first flight squad, was the first to step on the ladder, and climbed up "噗噐噐", and in a blink of an eye, he reached the top of the ladder.However, the city is high and the ladder is short, and there is still one person to climb, so it is impossible to climb the city wall.At this extremely anxious moment, his deputy Zhang Jingshu followed up.Zhang Jingshu said: "Come on, I'll push you up." Then, he went up to the highest level of the ladder and let Li Qingyun step on his shoulders. Li Qingyun stretched out his hand and grabbed the crenel of the city wall. the city wall. Li Qingyun climbed up the city wall, immediately bent down, and took the machine gun handed over by Zhang Jingshu.He was about to stand up to cover his comrades going to the city when he suddenly felt a heat in his leg. A bullet passed through his calf, and blood flowed down his trouser leg.Look again, more than 30 enemies are rushing from the left like wolves.Regardless of the pain of the wound, Li Qingyun immediately set up a machine gun and swept towards the enemy group.At this time, Zhang Jingshu also went to the city.He threw 3 grenades in a row, killing most of the enemies, and the rest fled in embarrassment. When the third soldier, Shu Shouyin, climbed onto the city wall, the enemy counterattacked with a platoon of troops. The 3 warriors occupied the acquired position and beat them fiercely with machine guns and grenades. The enemy left more than 10 corpses and retreated scrambling.The fourth soldier, Zhao Deyu, came up holding a red flag.He immediately unfurled the red flag and sent a signal to the regiment command post.At this time, it was 6:10 in the morning.At the same time, the 563rd Regiment's "Steel First Battalion" Sharp Knife Company, which was assaulting side by side with the 6th Company, was led by the deputy company commander Wang Fuquan. No. protruding parts, brave assault.Because the enemy's No. 12 protruding part of the city wall has been blasted by our army's artillery fire to open a gap more than five feet wide, and the collapsed bricks, stones and soil blocks have formed a slope of more than 70 degrees, and there is no need for ladders.They climbed up the slope.Just after climbing more than 10 meters, three enemies rushed from the west of the gap in the city wall, holding grenades in their hands, trying to close the breach and counterattack my assault team.But before the enemy's grenades were thrown out, they were all reimbursed by the machine guns of my fire cover team. On the slope, there were many sand and stones, which brought many difficulties for the assault team to move forward.But none of the warriors was willing to lag behind, facing the flying bullets, they kept rushing upwards.Wang Fuquan, the deputy company commander who rushed to the front, was just a few steps away from reaching the top of the city wall. Suddenly, he stepped on a stone and slid down.Just as he turned over and continued to climb up, the soldier Liu Gengwu carrying the banner of the sharp knife company, the fifth squad leader Xie Zhanyuan, the soldiers Zhu Penghui, Pan Gensheng, etc. had already rushed up.They followed the slope and climbed up first.Liu Gengwu immediately planted the bright red flag on the crenel of the city wall.At this time, Wang Fuquan looked at his watch, and it happened to be 6:10.He quickly fired two signal flares and reported to the regiment command post that the sharp knife company had successfully boarded the head of Taiyuan city. Two heroic commandos successfully ascended the city at the same time.Two brightly colored red flags fluttered in the wind at the head of Taiyuan City amidst the soaring flames and roaring cannons. The assault groups that boarded the city wall, in accordance with the tasks clearly assigned in advance by the division party committee, quickly expanded to the two wings, consolidated the breakthrough, and received the main force of the company and the assault battalion to ascend the city to ensure that the main force of the regiment attacked in depth. After the Assault Group of the 1st Company of the Sharp Swords of the 563rd Regiment ascended the city from the No. 12 protrusion in the south of the city, Wang Fuquan, the deputy company commander, turned around and said to Xie Zhanyuan, "Take Liu Gengwu, Zhai Guoliang, and Tang Yanke as a team and walk along the city wall. Go east." Then, he waved to Zhu Penghui, Pan Gensheng, and Liu Yingliang: "Come with me, let's attack west along the city wall!" At this moment, 60 to 70 enemies with armbands of "Iron Army Core" rushed out of the city, rushed to the bottom of the city wall and climbed up the city in four ways, trying to fight back. Wang Fuquan immediately commanded several soldiers to deal a fierce blow to the enemy.A dozen enemies fell down, but the enemies behind, under the threat of an officer, quickly approached the city wall.At this time, the second echelon of my first company, led by company commander Pang Jinfu, was struggling to ascend the city, and it was in danger of being counterattacked by the enemy. "Da da da", the crisp machine gun sound suddenly rang out.The enemies who had climbed up to the top of the wall rolled down like rotten stakes, and the enemies behind were scared and fled in all directions.Wang Fuquan turned his head and saw that the fire team had arrived, and the machine gunner Wang Hai was standing with a machine gun in his hand to "roll the roll" on the enemy one by one. "Lie down!" Wang Fuquan yelled at him.Wang Hai still stood there as if he didn't hear it, shooting fiercely at the enemy.He fired more than 1,000 rounds of bullets in a row, and he didn't put down the machine gun until the barrel turned red, bent, and could no longer shoot.He saw a box of grenades at the door of the dilapidated house 10 meters in front of him on the left. He rushed over again, squatted down, aimed at the enemy, and kept throwing "dry food" to the enemy. The enemy's firepower immediately concentrated on Wang Hai.Wang Fuquan shouted anxiously: "Wang Hai, lie down!" Wang Hai didn't hear it.The hatred for the enemy has made him forget everything.A box of grenades, he threw away most of the box, still hurling at the enemy. Suddenly, a bullet flew head-on and hit Wang Hai's head, and blood flowed down, covering his eyes.He wiped it and threw a grenade in his hand with all his might.He reached for the grenade again, but wobbled and fell.This brave young soldier fearlessly sacrificed his life for the liberation of Taiyuan. Wang Fuquan shouted with grief and indignation: "Revenge Comrade Wang Hai!" The soldiers' eyes were red.All of a sudden, all kinds of firearms sounded like the wind.The grenade bloomed on the enemy's head, knocking down the enemy's counterattack again and again. At this time, the main force of the company had already begun to ascend the city.Wang Fuquan then led the assault team to make a swift and violent assault to the west to open up passages for the follow-up troops.When they rushed to the thirteenth salient, they encountered desperate resistance from the enemy.A bandit officer waved a sharp command knife and ordered a group of panicked soldiers to counterattack our army under the cover of machine guns.At this time, a wave of enemies rushed down from the city and fired several tear gas bombs. The advance of the assault group was blocked and they were forced to lie down on the city wall.What's more urgent is that due to the long shooting time, the machine gun failed to fire and the grenades were used up. Wang Fuquan asked everyone to calm down and actively face the challenge.At this time, Pan Gensheng was injured, and the cotton-padded clothes were soaked in blood.He acted like nothing happened.When an enemy grenade fell in front of him, emitting blue smoke and about to explode, he rushed over, grabbed the grenade and threw it at the enemy. According to the inspection of Pan Gensheng by the party branch at ordinary times and the entrustment of the branch before the war, Wang Fuquan immediately announced: "On behalf of the party branch, I announce that Comrade Pan Gensheng is accepted as a member of the Chinese Communist Party!" This made everyone's fighting spirit even higher. up. The fierce battle continued, and another serious problem occurred: the bullet was out. Wang Fuquan untied two incendiary bombs the size of melons from his waist, and said, "Who is going to use them to capture an enemy machine gun?" Pan Gensheng and Zhu Penghui volunteered, took a Molotov cocktail each, and approached an enemy castle wittily. They came to the enemy's castle and threw it steadily. The enemy's fortifications were ablaze, and the enemy screamed wildly in the fire.Zhu Penghui rushed forward, picked up a light machine gun, and swiped at the enemy.Wang Fuquan, Pan Gensheng and others also moved a box of grenades, and threw bombs at the charging enemy to counterattack. The enemy was beaten back.The No. 13 salient is completely occupied by me. At this time, seven soldiers from the firepower group and the blasting group also followed.Everyone was supplemented with ammunition, and Wang Fuquan led another 10 soldiers and continued to rush westward.They wiped out the stubborn enemy and occupied the No. 14 salient in one go. Xie Zhanyuan's group, which was developing eastward, opened the way with grenades and grenades, and advanced along the traffic ditch of the city wall.When they rushed tens of meters, the enemy counterattacked under the cover of intensive firepower composed of 4 machine guns, 5 submachine guns, and more than 10 rifles. Xie Zhanyuan's team immediately returned fire to the enemy.They are running out of bullets.Coincidentally, there are boxes of grenades dropped by the enemy next to them.Zhai Guoliang and Tang Yanke specially twisted the cover of the grenade, while Xie Zhanyuan and Liu Gengwu hurled fiercely into the enemy group.They threw more than half a box, and the enemy swung the hat back and forth with a gun.Xie Zhanyuan saw it at a glance and said: "Stop fighting, the enemy shakes his hat to surrender. Let's shout!" After shouting, more than 20 enemies surrendered.Just as they continued to develop eastward, they saw another wave of enemies coming up from the city.The one walking in the front raised his gun with both hands and shouted as he walked: "We surrender, we surrender!" The enemy behind rushed up with guns in hand. Xie Zhanyuan looked at it and cursed: "Good bastards, the one in front shouted to surrender, but the one behind came up with a gun. Come on, I will prepare delicious food for you!" When the distance was still thirty or forty meters away, Xie Zhanyuan yelled "hit", the machine gun immediately fired at the enemy, and the grenade exploded on the enemy's head.The enemy had no time to take precautions, and seven or eight fell on the spot.The soldiers charged again suddenly, and the enemy became even more chaotic.The one in front became a prisoner, while the one in the back rolled and crawled, crying and shrinking back. Taking advantage of the victory, Xie Zhanyuan's team rushed forward, occupied two artillery positions in one go, and defeated the enemy's counterattacks without any casualties. At this point, the first company of the sharp knife has all boarded the city, and firmly occupied the breakthroughs on both sides of the twelfth salient.Subsequently, the third company also boarded the top of the city, joined the first company, and quickly expanded to the two wings and in depth.Then, the main force of the regiment also joined the battle and quickly penetrated in depth. The sixth company of the 562nd regiment ascended the city at the No. 11 salient. The deputy company commander Yang Junjie led the assault platoon.Xu Guanghe, the leader of the platoon, shouted, "You can only move forward, not retreat! Resolutely repel the enemy!" The heroic soldiers immediately attacked the enemy with intensive firepower.Liu Ermeng, a soldier of the third class, was wounded on his right arm, and blood flowed onto his palm.Regardless of bandaging, he threw grenades one by one at the enemy with his left hand.The machine gunner Li Genfa didn't have time to lie down, so he took the machine gun and slammed the enemy while shouting loudly: "Fight! Repay the debt of blood from the enemy! The time has come to serve the people!" Under the fierce attack of our army, the enemy died and fled, and the first counterattack was shattered. At this time, the reserve team of the 6th company under the command of deputy head Yan quickly climbed up the city wall by means of ladders and city climbing.Lu Wantong, the leader of the second platoon, rushed to the front.Deputy regiment leader Yan saw enemy artillery positions in the direction of Shouyimen in the east, and a group of enemies were gathering to prepare for a counterattack against our army.Several guns have been turned around under the command of the enemy officer.If I don't kill it in time, my follow-up troops will face serious difficulties when they go to the city.The troops that have already reached the top of the city are also in danger of being counterattacked.When the enemy adjusted and set up the artillery, deputy head Yan quickly commanded the two platoons to advance seven or eight meters, lay down on the spot, and used the bomb craters and broken walls on the city wall to fire ahead of the enemy.The enemy was killed by my firepower and retreated quickly.Deputy regiment leader Yan commanded the troops to alternately cover and advance alternately, advancing 50 meters in one breath, and successively occupied 3 enemy artillery firing positions.The enemy retreated.But after a while, they counterattacked me again, and used a dilapidated house as a backing to block me with two machine guns.Deputy head Yan ordered two machine guns to clamp down on the front, and dispatched a team to jump more than 20 meters, rounded to the side of the dilapidated house, and knocked out the enemy's machine guns.They repelled the enemy's four counterattacks in a row.At this time, the fire team led by the company commander Yan Xuehui also boarded the top of the wall and rushed over.They used the enemy's fortifications occupied by our army to violently suppress the enemy's firepower, cover the first and second platoons to move forward, and continue to consolidate the breakthrough. Just when the first and second platoons were about to occupy the fourth artillery position, a reinforced squad of the enemy at Shouyimen counterattacked our army under the cover of firepower.When the enemy was still a hundred meters away from our army, suddenly, 4 roaring fire dragons rushed towards the 6th company.The enemy has used the flamethrower.In an instant, the commanders and fighters were all on fire.Many people's skin was burned.The scorching air, suffocating breath.The two rows were exposed on the flat and narrow city wall, and there were no terrain and features to use, so the situation was very critical. Deputy company commander Yang Junjie and second platoon leader Lu Wantong briefly exchanged views.Afterwards, Deputy Company Commander Yang shouted: "Comrades! We are the Communist Party, the people's army led by Chairman Mao. No matter how fierce the enemy is, no matter how difficult the difficulties are, they will not intimidate us. If we retreat, our follow-up troops will suffer heavy losses. In order to liberate Taiyuan, rush forward!" After speaking, he rushed to the enemy group with two platoons. Braving the enemy's bullets, regardless of the pain of burns, the warriors threw off the burning cotton padded clothes, shirtless, threw thunder and grenades at the enemy, and thrust eastward. Liu Guosen, a soldier in the second row, was seriously injured and rushed to the enemy's flamethrower in one breath.He was about to raise his gun to fire, but unfortunately, there was no bullet in the gun.He quickly took out a grenade, aimed it at the head of the enemy flamethrower, and hit it hard.The enemy screamed, and his brains burst out.The other flamethrower backed away in fright, straight to the edge of the city wall, leaned back, and fell to the bottom of the city.The remaining two flamethrower hands hurriedly knelt on the ground and raised their hands.The sixth company's firepower group effectively suppressed the enemy's firepower points, and the first and second platoons took advantage of the momentum to seize the fourth artillery position.Then, Liulian stabbed eastward like a steel knife. While the sixth company was fighting on the city, the first company of the first battalion of this regiment, under the leadership of Company Commander Li, quickly approached the city wall and climbed up the ladder on the west side of Shouyi Gate.Commander Li commanded the second row of the assault platoon, jumped out of the trench immediately, and rushed towards the city wall at high speed.Under the cover of the firepower team, they began to ascend the city.Xie Yunhong, the leader of the fifth squad, was the first to climb the ladder and climbed to the top of the city. The enemy on the Shouyi Gate, under the command of the bandit officer, shot at the Sixth Company of our army on the west side of the Shouyi Gate.None of them thought that the People's Liberation Army would come up from the "iron gate". The sudden appearance of Xie Yunhong, the fifth squad leader, made the enemy panic and organized a counterattack.Relying on the city wall, Xie Yunhong picked up his submachine gun and fired at the enemy, and added two grenades to repel the enemy. At this time, all the five squadrons ascended the city and occupied the tower.After another burst of fierce fighting, we captured a "steel plate crouching tiger tower" that was a great threat to our siege, and consolidated the breakthrough. Fifteen minutes later, company commander Li Fenghua led his entire company to the city.Immediately afterwards, the second row extended to the Victory Gate in the west, and the third row expanded to the Fuxing Gate in the east. The second platoon, which was attacking towards the Victory Gate, repelled the enemy's counterattack and went all the way to the west side of the main tower.Here, the second platoon was attacked by enemies from the east and the west.Ji Guangshu, the leader of the second platoon, was wounded on the head, blood flowed down his face, and his eyes were blurred.Regardless of bandaging, he immediately ordered the fourth squadron to withstand the enemy in the west, first wiped out the enemy in the east with the fifth and sixth squadrons, and then concentrated the entire platoon to repel the enemy in the west.The second platoon continued to attack westward, and joined the sixth company, which was attacking eastward, at the Victory Gate. The three platoons attacking Fuxingmen repelled the counterattacking enemies one after another, and quickly expanded eastward.Suddenly, on the top floor of the bunker west of Fuxingmen, a light machine gun and a 50 gun protruded.Zhou Huachang, the squad leader of the Seventh Squad, noticed it all at once, and shouted, "Go and hold that machine gun!" The soldier Ma Maihuai responded, and without waiting for the enemy to fire, Ma Maihuai grabbed the barrel of the enemy's gun and kicked it. The bunker, with a hard pull, dragged the enemy's machine gun out of the bunker's hole.Zhou Huachang led the soldiers into the bunker at once, and the enemy in one platoon and the 50 gun became the spoils of the seventh squad. Unwilling to fail, the enemy came out from the secret passage of Fuxingmen with a battalion of troops, and attacked the main force of our ascent to the city.The third platoon immediately saw through the enemy's attempt, quickly relied on the occupied fortifications, concentrated various firearms, and suddenly shot at the enemy.At this time, the second echelon of the regiment commanded by deputy head Yan also joined the battle, and joined forces with the third platoon to fight against this group of enemies.In a gust of gunshots and grenade explosions, the enemies in front fell to the ground one by one, unable to get up.Seeing the situation in the back is not good, like a flock of frightened sheep, fleeing here and there one by one.The third row took advantage of the victory to occupy Fuxingmen. The fierce battle went on for more than half an hour.Liulian and Yilian successfully rendezvoused at Shouyimen.At this time, the main force of the regiment also went to the city.The whole regiment then plunged bravely into the depths of the enemy. At this time, the Xiaobei Gate and Dabei Gate in the north of the city, the Shuixi Gate and Hanxi Gate in the west of the city, the Dadong Gate and Xiaodong Gate in the east of the city, the Danan Gate in the south of the city and the attacking troops on both sides of the city, They also broke through the city walls one after another and entered the city.The armies from all walks of life, like raging waves of determination, rushed towards Yan Xishan's last lair. After the battle, in order to commend the achievements of the troops that broke through the city wall, the superiors awarded the first company of the 563rd Regiment and the 6th company of the 562nd Regiment the honorable title of "Tiger Company". " and "Tiger Squad" and other honorable titles. Xiaobeimen is another breakthrough point for our army to attack the city.It is the 589th regiment of a certain army that is responsible for the main offensive task here.After reconnaissance and understanding of the enemy's situation and terrain, and after making all preparations for the siege, they hid 200 meters north of the small north gate without anyone noticing, waiting for the signal of the general attack. Xiaobeimen is located in the northeast of Taiyuan City Wall (now at the intersection of Wuyi Road and Shengli Street).It and Dabeimen (now the intersection of Jiefang Road and Shengli Street), one east and one west, become two passages connecting the inside and outside of Taiyuan Beicheng.In order to prevent our army from attacking the city from this direction, Yan bandits set up layers of obstacles on the ground within 150 meters of the front of Xiaobeimen.The outermost layer, next to the Tongpu Railway that traverses from east to west, is two barbed wire fences.Inside, there is a wide and deep moat.Between the barbed wire and the moat, there are dense mines.Inside, there are two lion bunkers on the left and right sides of the small north gate.Around each lion bunker, there are five bunkers.Between the lion bunker and the bunker, there are underground passages leading to the tower.The innermost one is the door opening with a width of 2 feet 5, a height of 3 feet 5, and a length of 8 feet.Two iron gates were installed in the doorway, and 4 bunkers and 16 firepower points were built.Above the door opening is a two-story gatehouse, on which two layers of fire nets and highly lethal field artillery are arranged.In this way, a tight crossfire net was formed on the front of the Xiaobeimen. The Party Committee of the 589th Regiment considered that the enemy's firepower at Xiaobeimen was very strong and would not be easy to destroy for a while. In order to avoid excessive losses, the party committee decided to choose a section of the city wall to the east of Xiaobeimen for the breakthrough, and appointed Deputy Head Zhao with rich combat experience. Take direct command of the battle of the Assault Battalion. Deputy head Zhao looked at his watch and was very excited: "It is now 1:35, and it is already April 24. In a few hours, Taiyuan will be finally liberated." He analyzed the favorable conditions for the breakthrough: One is that in the first 10 days, he and the cadres of the battalion, company, and platoon, as well as the leaders of each group, touched it more than a dozen times at night, and became familiar with the terrain around Xiaobeimen.The second is that the two barbed wire fences and individual bunkers on the east and west sides of Xiaobeimen have been destroyed during our artillery test firing, and some obstacles on the impact road have been removed.The third is that with the strong support of the people, sacks filled with sand and stones have been piled up in several sections of the moat. As long as a few door panels are put up, the troops can pass through.The fourth is to set up two machine guns on the left and right sides of our army's attack. When the battle starts, these two machine guns will attract the firepower of the Lion Bunker to the east of the Xiaobei Gate, and then suppress the enemy bunker with firepower to cooperate with the sharp knife company. assault.With these several favorable conditions, if firepower, blasting, and assault are closely combined, we will be able to break through the enemy's defense, attack the city wall, and open the opening.To attack, it must be nailed there like a nail, consolidate the breakthrough, expand to the two wings, and cover the follow-up troops for street fighting. According to the decision of the regiment party committee, for this siege, the first battalion determined two sharp knife companies, one company on the left and the third company on the right, to carry out a side-by-side assault on the city.The two companies were determined to compete in this battle to climb the city. Squad-to-squad, group-to-group, and person-to-person challenged each other. Deputy head Zhao felt that the responsibility was heavy. He analyzed the situations and problems that might be encountered during the breakthrough with the cadres of the battalion, company, and platoon many times, and formulated corresponding measures.But he was still worried, and chose his command position at the forefront.At first, the battalion and company cadres would not let him do this.He explained: "In the process of combat, the situation is ever-changing. Only when the command position is forward, can the commander discover the situation early, and implement flexible command according to the changes in the situation of both the enemy and the enemy." Everyone listened to him. I had to agree. Deputy Head Zhao took advantage of the faint starlight and the light on the city wall to look around.I saw the soldiers staring at the top of the city, quietly waiting for the coming moment.He knew these fighters very well, he could call everyone by name, where they were from, and what characteristics they had.The soldiers also knew him well, and they all felt confident and at ease fighting under his command. "Deputy regiment commander!" Battalion Commander Xu of the first battalion came to him and said in a low voice, "Kong Xiangyuan, a soldier of the ladder group of the first company, suggested that after the ladder is on the city wall, before the assault group comes up, they should go up two people first, to buy time for the The strike team clears the way." Deputy head Zhao said: "Yes, you need to bring a submachine gun and grenades. After you go up, you will be in command of the assault team." After Battalion Commander Xu left, the correspondent saw that there was still no movement, so he asked Deputy Commander Zhao: "Why haven't you started yet?" "Don't worry, pay attention to observe." The little correspondent knew the character of Deputy Head Zhao very well.He knew that even though deputy head Zhao said don't worry, his heart must be boiling.Just looking at his frowned eyebrows, you can tell that he is already anxious enough. "Tick", "tick"... The watch is ringing rhythmically.How time flies! The long-awaited moment has finally arrived. At 5:30, two red and green flares rose in the air.A cannon began to speak.With the roar of the artillery platoon, fire dragons flew forward from different directions, and pieces of flames immediately rose from the head of Taiyuan City.The walls crumbled piece by piece.The enemy's corpses, broken guns and masonry sticks flew into the air.The most gratifying thing is that our sharpshooter hit the second floor of the Xiaobeimen opening with five cannons.The second-story gatehouse collapsed.A sea of ​​fire. "Good fight!" The soldiers of the assault battalion shouted happily. "Pay attention to concealment!" Deputy head Zhao reminded everyone. Our artillery bombarded fiercely for tens of minutes, and the bunkers and fortifications on the enemy's city walls were blown up one after another, scaring the enemy with their heads covered and howling. Deputy head Zhao saw that the barbed wire fence had not been completely destroyed and two bunkers were still erected in front of the assault road, so he gave an order to the blasting team of the first company: "Clean up the obstacles on the assault road as soon as possible!" Taking advantage of the smoke from the artillery fire, Wang Fuming, a soldier in the blasting team, quickly jumped out of the trench and blasted continuously, blowing away two barbed wire fences outside the city wall, detonating landmines, and under the cover of the fire team, he quickly approached a bunker on the right side of the enemy. . At this time, the three-company ladder team rushed up ahead of schedule before the scheduled time.A row of deputy platoon leader Zhou Yueying and several soldiers were very anxious when they saw that the ladder group of the third company had moved. 12 people carried the ladder and ran forward.Because the two walls of the front moat were not blown down, the route they chose was 15 meters to the left.Bypassing a damaged armored vehicle and a small house, a 1.5-foot-deep trench lay ahead.The enemy firepower from a round fort on the other side of the trench and the bunker on the right fired wildly along the ground.The soldiers erected the ladder to the wall of the trench, followed, and jumped down.The short Kong Xiangyuan was crushed by a 500-jin ladder and gnawed on the ground.He got up quickly, touched the grenade and grenade on his body, and checked that the ladder was not damaged, so he was relieved. The round fort and bunker on the other side of the outer trench became the main obstacle to their progress.The soldiers scolded anxiously. Zhou Yueying was about to organize the soldiers to throw grenades and grenades at it, when the blasting team rushed over, handed over the explosives, and blew up the round fort and the several bunkers. 这时，赵副团长跟着火力组冲了上来。他把机枪分在两边，下令对着小北门的狮子碉堡猛烈扫射。随着，又令梯子组趁此机会，冲到城墙跟前，把梯子竖起来。 在这同时，三连梯子组也在激烈的爆炸声和滚滚浓烟中，把一架四丈多高的云梯，靠在了城墙上。 “攻上去呀！”战士们喊着，不顾一切地往前猛冲。第一连梯子组刚把梯子靠上，战士冯文德见突击组没上来，拿出他自制的小红旗就要登城。 战士孔祥元看见了，一把从他手里夺过小红旗，说了一句“我先上”，就飞快地顺着梯子往上爬。 这个屡立战功的河北籍老战士，刚爬上城头，就见三个人朝他扑来。他端起冲锋枪，一个点射，将三个敌人全撂了。接着，他又向敌人的一个机枪阵地甩去两颗手榴弹，把敌人的两挺机枪报销了。 在硝烟弥漫之中，王根和率领的突击队上来了。在机枪火力的掩护下，他们把一面鲜艳的红旗，插在了城头。 赵副团长看了看表，这时是6点5分。他一面让通信员向指挥所发出信号，一面飞快地登上城去，组织突击队向两侧发展进攻，指挥后续部队迅速登城。 在第一连登城的时候，第三连也开始奋勇向城头攀登。三连战士钱如彬一直冲在最前面。他对准正吐着火舌的一个敌火力点，投去两颗手雷，利用烟幕的遮蔽，用冲锋枪掩护突击组向上猛冲。 第一连和第三连的两个突击组，登上城头之后，立即遭到了敌人的反扑。30多个敌人分成三路，朝突击组冲过来。 赵副团长迅速命令机枪射手，抢占有利地形，先敌开火。顿时，正面和东面的来敌一个个东倒西歪，死的死，伤的伤。从西边扑过来的敌人见状，吓得抱头鼠窜，争先恐后往暗洞里钻。 勇士们哪肯放过？立刻跟踪追击。孔样元第一个斜插过去，敌人已全部钻进暗洞。孔祥元将靠东面的一个暗洞口堵住，向里边打了一梭子子弹，高喊：“交枪不杀！” 不一阵，里边的敌人举着手出来了。孔祥元又奔向第二个暗洞口。没等他开枪，敌人就用刺刀挑着一块白布，在洞口来回晃动，随后走出五个人，举着手，口里连连喊着：“我们投降，我们投降！” 在这同时，周忠活捉了西边一个暗洞的敌人，一连战士袁文魁、李二柱活捉了南边暗洞里的九个敌人，其中有一个营长。 他们把敌人押送走之后，刚要随突击组继续向东西两面扩展，忽见一股敌人在一个军官的驱赶下，从小北门城楼里反扑过来。战士段庆锁把两颗手榴弹同时拉断弦，投向敌人。又对准那个匪军官打了一个点射。其他战士也一阵猛打，敌人当场倒下十几个。有几个吓蒙的家伙，乱跑乱窜，掉到了城墙下面。剩下的抱着脑袋缩回去了。 这时候，一连和三连各有一个排登上了城头。正当他们掩护全连登城时，小北门、城角碉堡和城下碉堡里的敌人，以密集的侧射火力，封锁了我们的云梯。突破口两侧，又有4、50个敌人趁势组织了新的反扑。敌人企图趁我军登城兵力较少和立足未稳之际，重新把城楼夺回来。 城上敌人的侧射火力，像一条条毒蛇，在战士们周围穿来穿去。有几个战士负了伤，一连二班长中弹牺牲，正在爬梯登城的几个战士中弹掉了下去。The situation is critical.这时候，响起了赵副团长坚定有力的声音： “同志们！不能后退！坚决击退敌人的反扑！”他命令两个排，分头反击敌人。 在赵副团长的鼓动下，战士们精神抖擞，勇猛地向敌人扑去。在一阵冲杀声中，一排排仇恨的子弹射向敌人，一颗颗手榴弹在敌人头上开了花。反扑的敌人惊恐万状，毒气弹还没扔出去，就在手中爆炸了。他们慌不择路，互相践踏，连滚带爬地窜了回去。 与此同时，在城下准备登城的我军后续部队，迅速集中火力，向小北门的两个狮子碉堡和城角碉堡上的敌火力点猛烈射击。几挺机枪，像一股股强大的喷泉，一个劲儿地向敌人射孔里打。一门平射炮，像长了眼睛，连续把城角的三座碉堡摧毁。小北门的两个狮子碉堡，也应声炸开了花。城下的战士，利用弥漫的烟雾，迅速冲到城下碉堡旁，顺枪眼向里填塞小炸药包和手榴弹，炸死了里边的敌人。 敌人的又一次反扑被打垮了。我登上城墙的两个排，迅速向东西两翼扩展。三连突击组向西，直扑小北门。后续登城部队，鱼贯而上。至6时30分，第一连和第三连的指战员，全部登上了城墙。 经过近半个小时的激烈战斗，五八九团的一连和三连像两支利箭直插小北门城头，打开了突破口，巩固了既得阵地。赵副团长同一营徐营长和高教导员，简短地商量后，决定：他自己带第三连向西攻击，继续扩张战果，徐营长带领第一连向东突击，压制敌城碉的火力，高教导员带两个排进入城内，消灭城里城墙角下的敌人，之后，向小北门迂回，夺取小北门，打开门洞，为主力部队进城开辟道路。 任务明确之后，赵副团长带三连突击组出发了。他们前进到距小北门30米左右的地方，小北门上的一个敌碉堡内，喷出了一股股炽热的火流。 敌人使用喷火器了。冲在最前面的三个战士受了重伤，倒在城墙上。后面的战士一见，气红了眼，又要往上扑。 “停止前进！”赵副团长果断地下了命令，迅速指挥部队，隐蔽在城上被我占领的炮兵工事东侧。 随后，赵副团长把六○炮手招到跟前，说：“对准敌人的碉堡，给我狠狠地砸！坚决干掉它！” 三门六○炮手很快就地选择了发射位置，对着喷火的碉堡，一阵轰击，把碉堡里的敌人打得血肉横飞。突击组长王昌水立即跃起身来，喊道：“冲啊！” 突击组冲了上去。烟尘起处，红旗飞扬。旗手刘玉庆刚要把红旗插到小北门城楼，从城内一座高碉里射出一排子弹，小刘中弹牺牲了。王昌水立刻接过红旗，高举着往上冲。他一口气冲上小北门，把红旗牢牢地插上了。这时，他才发现自己的腿和胳膊上都中了弹，鲜血直往下流。 赵副团长也跟上去了。他跑到王昌水跟前，刚要开口，猛觉腿上一热，知道自己也负伤了。通信员要喊卫生员，赵副团长连忙捂住他的嘴，镇静地下着命令： “六○炮，给我砸！” “轰！轰！”一阵猛烈的轰击之后，高碉被削去了一块，但残存的敌人还在射击。 这时，六○炮弹打完了。赵副团长便一面指挥部队就地隐蔽，一面让通信员去找一连指导员。通信员跑来报告，说指导员在带领爆破组爆破城墙时，中弹牺牲了。他找来了副连长。 赵副团长对副连长石德才说：“从突破口到小北门这100米地段，已被我们占领。看样子，城上不会有再大的战斗了。眼下，城内那个高碉严重妨碍着我们的行动。你留在这里指挥，一要吸引住高碉的火力，二要防止城内敌人爬城。你们要牢牢钉在这里！我下城去找高教导员，尽快把高碉炸掉，打开城门。” “是！”石德才应了一声。他忽然发现赵副团长腿上的血，吃惊地问：“副团长，你负伤了？” “没关系，只划了块皮。不要管我，立刻行动吧！”赵副团长一边说，一边带着爆破组三个战士，从轰塌的城墙处滑了下去。 他在一间炸塌的房子背后，找到了高教导员和一连李连长。赵副团长先向他俩说明情况，然后说；“现在，石德才正在城上指挥火力吸引着敌人那个高碉的火力，我带来三个爆破手，快行动吧！” 两名爆破手各抱一包炸药，时而跃起，时而匍匐前进，很快接近了高碉。“轰隆！”随着一声巨响，升起了一股烟柱。碉堡内的敌人，坐着“土飞机”上天了。战士们飞快向城门扑去。 城门洞里还有一个连的敌人。连长王子庆是敌阳曲县县长的小舅子。他们在我军炮火轰城时就已吓蒙了。这时，又见冲过来不少解放军战士，一个个全都慌了神。 “叫共军活捉去，就要开膛挖心。反正也是死，他妈的都冲上去！”王子庆举着手枪骂着，吆喝着。士兵们跌跌撞撞钻出来。 李连长立刻把手一挥，“冲啊！”率领战士如猛虎扑食，一下子冲入敌群，与敌人展开了白刃战。 李连长用手枪撂倒了一个敌兵，又拣起一支上了刺刀的枪，捅死一个敌人。一转身，见一个大个头的敌人，正与小战士陈新搏斗。他一个箭步上去，把敌人刺了个透心凉。还没等拔出枪来，一个敌人从背后过来，搂住了他的后腰。李连长猛一转身，两只铁箝般的大手，狠劲掐住了对方的喉咙。敌人一声没吭，翻了个白眼，躺倒了。 三排长孙洪生刺刀弯了，用枪托连续砸死两个敌人。战士郝明才右臂挨了一刀，血顺着胳膊往下淌，仍在左拼右杀，勇不可当。英雄的战士，越杀越勇，敌人鬼哭狼嚎，死伤惨重。活着的就像惊散的羊群，四下逃命。我军趁势迅速逼近了城门洞。 高教导员侧身靠在门外，喊道：“解放军的政策是交枪不杀，宽待俘虏！顽抗到底，死路一条！要死要活，限你们马上回答！” 躲在里边的50来个敌人，一个个吓得筛糠。连长王子庆更吓得魂不附体，话都说不清了，“我……我们……马上投降。” The enemy has surrendered.几个战士忙着前去开城门。 一阵急促的军号声响起来了。城外部队，如决堤的怒潮，勇猛地冲向城门。 这时，小北门以东和以西的我军部队。也顺着炸开的城墙缺口，纷纷跨过城墙，进入城内，开始了更为激烈的纵深战斗。 团主力于6时50分全部登城之后，分为五路，向突破口两侧和市街分头猛插。 第一连和第三连的英雄们突破城垣战斗的行动，给了全军极大的鼓舞。各连、排、班，甚至战斗小组，都根据团的指挥意图，不待命令，自动组织对敌攻击，自动组织政治攻势。由于进展太快，有的把建制打乱了。战士们有的自动组织起来，有的听从友邻部队的指挥，继续进行勇猛的战斗。 五八九团的正面一路，很快沿着城墙打过去，接应友军一九六师于大北门附近登城。正东一路，沿着城墙拐向东城，在小东门附近迎接十八兵团的右翼登城。向市街插入的三支部队，打得更为顽强英勇，一直打遍半个城区，犹如跃入无人之境。最后，打到南城附近的红市街，他们与18、19两兵团的先锋部队胜利会师。他们打乱了城内北部敌人的防御系统，阻止和割裂了从城北退下来的敌人，造成了我军后续部队分歼敌人的有利形势。 战斗结束后，钟师长使劲地握着赵副团长的手，高兴地说：“赵安然同志，你们打的好哇！” 赵副团长说：“师长，我总觉得我们的动作慢了……”。 “不，不慢。你们登城是6点零5分，40分钟之后，全团登城。至7点15分，我师主力已越过城墙，开始纵深巷战了。”师长又满意地说：“你们最先把红旗插上城头，是登城先锋，我要给你们请功！” 在兵团的庆功会上，该团荣获了兵团司令部、政治部奖给的“登城先锋团”的锦旗。