Chapter 9 Chapter 08

Capturing the east of the city is one of the main combat directions for our army to liberate Taiyuan.Due to the strong fortifications and heavy fortifications of Yan Bandits in the east of the city, the battle was extremely fierce.The heroic commanders and fighters of our 18th Corps gave full play to the power of the coordinated operations of various arms and adopted focused multi-channel attacks, making it difficult for the defending enemy to defend and escape from nowhere. The east of Taiyuan City is the focus of Yan Xishan's "Iron City" defense.Within the east city wall five miles from north to south, there are Yan Xishan's headquarters, arsenal, and power plant in the north; to the south, it passes Fuxing Company, Tobacco Company, and Flour Company, and is closely connected with Shouyi Gate.

Taiyuan Dongshan, condescending.Dongshan fell, and the first to bear the brunt was the East City Wall.Therefore, Yan Xishan regarded this place as a defensive location.In addition to wantonly building forts and blockhouses, he also deployed five Japanese artillery groups within a few miles between Dongshan and the city wall.In the east of the Machang of the Appeasement Administration and in the northeast of Jianzi Bay, five artillery positions were built, which is the northernmost artillery group in the east of the city.In the area of ​​the British cemetery south of the Appeasement Administration's Machang and east of the Dadongmen, four artillery positions were built, which are the second artillery group.Further south, east of Wulongkou, a third artillery group was built.These three artillery groups, strung together from north to south, formed the innermost fire net in the east of Taiyuan City.In the Taizhuang area to the east of Dadongmen, four artillery positions formed the fourth artillery group; from the Taizhuang area to the south, seven artillery positions between Haojiagou formed the fifth artillery group .These two artillery groups form a "3" shape, which is the first artillery fire net close to the east city wall of Taiyuan.In addition, there are four artillery positions at Huangjiafen and Shanzhuangtou in the north, and three artillery positions at Shuangta Temple in the south.They face each other from north to south, and they are horns of each other, and they can provide fire support to each other.

In order to increase the density of firepower, Yan Xishan also combined guns and artillery, and built various bunkers in the east of the city.There are plum blossom towers, herringbone towers, tiger towers, hero towers, and the tall "Bochuan tower" named after Yan Xishan.High ones and low ones, square ones, round ones, triangular ones, and those hidden underground.There are all kinds of things, scattered all over the place.Around the main bunkers, there are trenches, slopes, barbed wire, deer villages, and minefields.And there are underground tunnels, which interweave and communicate with each other.After more than 30 years of painstaking efforts by Yan Xishan, the east of the Taiyuan city wall has indeed become a fortified formation everywhere.

The 30th Army airlifted from Xi'an is responsible for the defense mission here.The current army commander is Dai Bingnan, the informant and begging for glory.He often said to his subordinates: "Although four major fortresses were lost in the Battle of Dongshan, we have 5 artillery groups with hundreds of cannons and thousands of bunkers, and we can still fight to the death with the Communist army. Commander Yan deployed our 30th Army in Dongshan, That’s what it means. With our strength, fortifications and weapons, once the communist army comes to attack, we will turn our position into a sea of ​​flames within 30 minutes and burn them all to death!”

In the past few days, the various units of the 18th Corps of our army, which is preparing to attack from the east of the city wall, and the relevant units of the Seventh Army of the Northwest Military Region have dispatched reconnaissance personnel to sneak in under disguise, capture prisoners, and eavesdrop. Information on all aspects of the enemy in the east of the city.The artillery units formed more than a dozen observation and surveillance teams, using various instruments to closely watch the enemy's movement from morning till night.At the same time, accurate measurements and calculations were made.The Artillery Command will collect all kinds of information, including the enemy's position formation, troop deployment, firepower system, artillery types and data, number and shape of bunkers, terrain and features, enemy's activity patterns, etc. Collected and marked on the map.

On March 23, according to the decision of the Corps Command, various units of our army began to arrange graves for the enemies in the east of the city. The fourth company of a certain regiment who once served as the sharp knife company, this time served as the sharp knife company of the first echelon of the right group.After the company accepted the task, the party branch held a meeting.Instructor Xing, secretary of the branch, said: "The enemy's 30th Army has dealt with us many times. This time we met again. Although its morale is low and the morale of the army is unstable, it still has a certain fighting capacity. In addition, it relies on a favorable position on the outskirts of Taiyuan, so we cannot deal with it. Underestimating it. We must despise it, but we must also pay attention to it. Let's organize the battle first."

Qi Zhongmin, the deputy company commander, followed up and said, "This time the vanguard assault team, count me in." The company commander Zhang Guifu glared at him and said, "Your injuries were not fully healed, so you sneaked out of the hospital. You haven't settled with you yet, and you want to be a commando again this time? Let's stay behind! This matter, we Come on!" Before Qi Zhongmin could speak again, the instructor took over the conversation, "Stop arguing, you two. How about this, the assault team will be led by the company commander, Comrade Zhang Guifu, and you will have another platoon leader, Chen Wang, how about it?"

Zhang Guifu and Chen Wang said almost at the same time: "Okay! No problem." The instructor also said: "Assault team members, in my opinion, one squad, three squads and one aircraft squad in a row, plus two mortars, do you think it will work?" Chen Wang stood up and said, "Class 1 is fine, but Xia Jingyu from Class 1 just came here anyway, and Li Jincai from Class 3 has just been liberated. Our mission this time is different from the past, and we have to do it one by one. They're going to change." Just as the instructor was about to speak, the company commander said, "Xia Jingyu and Li Jincai were both from poor backgrounds, and they were captured by Yan Xishan to serve as soldiers. They also suffered a lot from the enemy's side. After coming to our side, their consciousness has improved. Soon, they proposed several times to avenge the poor on the front line and strive for meritorious service. Also, Xia Jingyu shot a machine gun very well, and Li Jincai is from Taiyuan, and he is familiar with the terrain in this area. I think it’s totally okay to let them participate.”

Chen Wang felt that what the company commander said made sense, so he dispelled his worries, "Okay! After the meeting, I will talk to them and encourage them." The first part of the Seventh Army of the Northwest Military Region, which had participated in the Dongshan battle, was responsible for the assault in the direction of Yangjiayu and Jianziwan this time.After the task was issued, the soldiers immediately started intense pre-war preparations.Some are practicing movement and blasting actions under enemy fire, some are familiarizing themselves with the rocket launchers that have just been delivered, some are inspecting weapons, ammunition, and explosive packages, and some are making work plans.The three companies are ready to start a competition to wipe out the enemy.A sand table was also set up in the battalion to let the soldiers who had just run over from the enemy side introduce the terrain, roads and fortifications.

The 1st Company of Heroes of our 60th Army once dug into the enemy's fortress in a battle and blew up the enemy's fortress with 1,600 jin of explosives, forcing more than 500 people headed by Zhao Rui, the commander of the enemy's Eighth Corps, to surrender. award.This time, they took on the task of digging and blasting the enemy bunkers in the warehouse area.After accepting the task, the commanders and fighters immediately took advantage of the dark night to come to the Xiaobagou in the south of the warehouse, and began intense excavation.After working for 5 consecutive nights, an underground tunnel more than 100 meters long stretched under the bunker in the enemy's warehouse area without anyone noticing, and 1,500 catties of explosives were also transported in.

When the first company left the tunnel, the first platoon leader said to the company commander: "I am afraid that the enemy will find the entrance of the tunnel and destroy it. I want to bring a machine gun here. After the battle begins, we will light the fuse. What do you think?" Sample?" The company commander agreed.He also instructed: "It must be concealed well, and it is not allowed to shoot unless it is absolutely necessary, and do not detonate it in advance." On the position of the third artillery group of our army in Naoma, a thin middle-aged commander suddenly ran to this position, and then turned to that position.From artillery to shells, from thought to life, he corrected the actions of the gunners from time to time and gave demonstrations to the loaders.The soldiers chatted and laughed with him freely.He is Comrade Zhao Zhangcheng, a well-known gunner in the entire army, deputy commander of an artillery division of the North China Field Army, and deputy commander of the artillery command post of the Dongyou Group in Taiyuan City. Deputy Commander Zhao came to an American howitzer of the sixth company, and saw a black and fat little soldier practicing loading movements.He stopped and asked, "Little devil, what's your name? How old are you?" The little soldier stood at attention and replied: "Report to the chief. My name is Yue Damao. Others call me 'To Da Pao'. I am nineteen years old this year." "Haha, good! 'I want a cannon', 'I want a cannon', I want the cannon to destroy the enemy's block." Deputy Commander Zhao said with a smile, "How many shells can you load in a row?" The sixth company commander replied for Xiaoyue, "He practiced hard and earnestly, and now he can reload more than 100 rounds in a row." Deputy Commander Zhao nodded in satisfaction, and said, "This is the way it is. At that time, let our shells have eyes and keep drilling into the enemy's bunkers, destroying all the enemy's bright and dark bunkers, and clearing the way for our infantry. " The soldiers said loudly: "Resolutely suppress the enemy's artillery, hit the shells on Yan Bandit's head, and support the infantry boss to charge in time!" The sixth company commander asked a question: "Deputy division commander, after the shelling started, the smoke and dust were very thick, and we were worried that the infantry would be accidentally injured." Deputy Commander Zhao replied: "This requires the coordination of infantry and artillery. We stipulate that each sharp knife company should display a red flag, and the vanguard troops occupying that position should put the red flag there. In this way, we can observe clearly and prevent the You hurt yourself by mistake." The sixth company commander nodded and said, "This is a good idea." Then, he changed the subject and asked, "Deputy Commander Zhao, I heard that when you forcibly crossed the Dadu River on the Long March Road, you used three shells to destroy three enemy firepower points. , cleared the way for the commando. Tell us about it!" Deputy Commander Zhao smiled and said: "At that time, the Red Army was poorly equipped. Today, Chiang Kai-shek, the captain of the transportation team, sent us cannons made in Japan, the United States, Germany and France, which are even more powerful. Attack the enemy and liberate all of China as soon as possible." Deputy Commander Zhao's words energized the soldiers even more. At one o'clock in the night on April 20th, just as our army launched peripheral operations from the north, south, and west of Taiyuan, at the foot of Dongshan Mountain, the sound of our army's trumpet suddenly sounded.The enemies in the east of the city were terrified, and without waiting for orders from their superiors, they opened fire indiscriminately.The enemy fought for a while, but there was no sign of our army, and they couldn't figure out what was going on. It turned out that the blast of trumpets was a measure used by Liu Zhong, the commander of a certain army of ours, to confuse the enemy.As soon as the trumpet sounded, the enemy fired. Our assault troops further identified the firepower points at the front of the enemy's position. The artillery checked the enemy's artillery position, and led the enemy's artillery fire to the east so that it could not turn its muzzle to block us. Army breakthroughs on the other three fronts. As soon as the enemy's guns stopped, all our artillery on Dongshan Mountain aimed at the enemy's artillery positions and enemy command center in the east of the city, Shuangta Temple, and Crouching Tiger Mountain, and began to rain bullets.The enemy's artillery positions were suddenly filled with gunpowder smoke, and the cannons became dumb.The enemy staggered and fell into chaos.Dai Bingnan brought the law enforcement team over.He stared into the bull's eye and howled, "Quick! Quick! Fire back!" Next to a howitzer of the sixth company of my Naoma artillery position, a few shells suddenly fell.The loader Yue Damao, who was covered in smoke and dust, was injured on the head, and the bright red blood flowed down his face and onto the cotton-padded jacket.The squad leader shouted: "Da Mao, hurry up and bandage up." Xiaoyue insisted that he was not injured.The squad leader was anxious and distressed, and stepped over to bandage Xiaoyue.Xiaoyue was in a hurry: "Squad leader! Cannons can't stop!" The hygienist wrapped Xiaoyue's head, and the blood quickly seeped through the gauze.The hygienist advised him: "My good comrade, you should go down!" "No! Go and see someone else! Squad leader, our goal is the Shuangta Temple, hurry up!" The angry shells roared and flew towards the enemy's position again.The Sixth Artillery Company fired 50 shells at Shuangta Temple, 40 of which hit the target.The infantry comrades watched and applauded happily. With the support of our Dongshan artillery, the 20th Corps in the north and the 19th Corps in the south and west have all broken through the enemy's outer defense line.Then, my hundreds of cannons on Dongshan began to bombard the enemy's deep bunkers and trenches, barbed wire, minefields and other obstacles. Amidst the sound of the rumbling guns, the fire on the enemy's position flickered, earth and rocks flew randomly, and smoke and dust enveloped the sky immediately.Blockhouses became enemy graves, trenches were filled, and barbed wire and deer villages flew into the air.The enemies fleeing in panic stepped on the mines they had set. At the same time, the platoon leader lurking in the tunnel in the warehouse area led two soldiers and lit the fuse according to the prescribed time.With a loud bang, the ground shook, and a tall column of smoke and dust shot straight into the sky. The main blockhouse in the warehouse area and the nearby Voldebunker were all blasted open.Some of the enemies in the bunker a little further away were killed by the shock, and most of them fainted from the shock.It was also at this time that several bunkers in Haojiagou and Songshu Nanliang were also hit by my cannons, and they took the "earth plane" to the sky. When the sky was about to break, three green signal flares rose from the foot of Dongshan Mountain.The commandos who had been lying in the trenches for a long time rushed to the enemy's position like tigers descending from the mountain. The fourth company of a certain regiment, which was in charge of attacking on the right wing, was led by company commander Zhang Guifu, and the assault team was like a sharp steel knife, assaulting along the umbrella tree ditch and the tomb ditch.In front is the enemy's No. 5 bunker group, of which the main bunker and half of the bunkers were destroyed by our artillery fire.Only two bunkers are still firing.At this time, our army's two pursuit guns were already set up.Zhang Guifu waved his hand and said, "Let go!" The two bunkers bloomed immediately. The four companies took advantage of the momentum and continued to move forward.They crossed a trench, and the "English Tomb" appeared in front of them. They saw a large bunker spitting out flames.Zhang Guifu looked at the nearby terrain, and then he used three squads and one machine gun to feign an attack from the front. The other personnel circled to the north side of the church on the right, and went straight to the back of the enemy's main bunker. Zhang Guifu and the others reached the north side of the church by leaping forward and crawling. They heard more than a dozen enemies in the church clamoring to flee to the city.Zhang Guifu pouted, and Chen Wang rushed in with a group.More than a dozen black muzzles pointed at the enemy together: "Don't shout, hand over your guns!" I learned from the captives that there is a secret passage in the church, which leads directly to the bottom of the main tower.Chen Wang suggested that he lead 4 or 5 people to go up through the secret passage, and the others detour to the main bunker to attack him from top to bottom. Zhang Guifu said: "Okay! You will lead the ones going down the secret passage, and I will direct the ones up above. We will fire a burst of guns first, and once the guns stop, you will go up." There is a platoon of enemies in the high bunker, commanded by a company commander.Just as they were firing on the group to the east of me, the machine guns on the west went off.The enemy was attacked from the front and back, and was very panicked.The enemy company commander had just transferred a few people over, and when he opened fire to the west, the guns on the west suddenly stopped firing.The enemy hadn't figured out what was going on, and suddenly a person rushed up from the underground tunnel. The first one to come up was Li Jincai, a soldier from the third class.He strode up to the top floor and shouted down: "Hand in the gun and don't kill! Whoever moves will be killed!" The enemy company commander was about to shoot Li Jincai, but Li Jincai was condescending and saw him clearly, and shot him in the chest.At this time, Chen Wang and several others also rushed up, pointing their guns at the enemy.When Zhang Guifu heard that there was no gunfire in the bunker, he quickly leaned forward and put the gun in through the hole. All the enemies in the high bunker surrendered.Our red flag is up. As soon as Zhang Guifu and the others left Gaobao, they saw a group of enemies in front of them counterattacking.Machine gunner Xia Jingyu picked up the machine gun and swept while charging.Suddenly, a bullet flew and hit his right leg.He staggered and nearly fell over.But he quickly stood firm and continued to sweep left and right.The enemy fell one by one.Another bullet went through his chest, and he stared and shouted: "Hit! Hit hard! . . . " The sound was interrupted, and Xia Jingyu fell down. When Chen Wang saw it, his blood rushed to his head.He shouted loudly, "Revenge for Comrade Xia Jingyu! Kill it!" He wanted to pick up Xia Jingyu's machine gun, but seeing that it was too hot to handle, he took off his cotton coat to wrap the machine gun, and rushed into the enemy group with it.The soldiers also shouted and rushed forward. After a fierce fight, the enemies retreated one after another.At this time, even the main force came up.The whole company fought together and wiped out all the enemies. The fourth company bypassed the remnant tower, facing an artillery position.The enemy is preparing to use the few remaining cannons to shoot at our army.When the soldiers met, a burst of submachine guns and grenades knocked down the enemy.Several soldiers who knew how to operate the cannon immediately rushed to the position of a cannon, turned the muzzle of the cannon, and destroyed the remaining firepower point of a high tower with only two shells.At the same time, the fourth company quickly cleared the remaining enemies in the position with the platoon as a unit, and firmly occupied the enemy position of the "British Tomb".At this time, the main force of the battalion arrived, and the whole battalion quickly broke into the enemy's barracks.After destroying all the enemies, they quickly attacked Heitu Lane. The seventh company of a certain sharp knife of our army, which was in charge of attacking on the left wing, led by the fourth squadron, and charged westward between Naomagou and Wulongkou.The No. 3 bunker group of the frontal enemy has been blown up by our artillery.The enemy's No. 2 bunker group on the left was also blown up by our army with tunnel blasting.On the right side of the enemy's No. 4 bunker group, there are two remaining bunkers with three layers of firepower, and they are constantly shooting at our army.Yan Tianju, commander of the seventh company, gave an order, and the two 60 guns concentrated their firepower, destroying the enemy's blockhouses one after another. Quanlian crossed two ditches that had been collapsed, and Wulongkou appeared in front of them.The enemy at Wulongkou is a regiment of Yan Xishan's 70th Division.Under the heavy blow of our army's artillery, many died and fled, leaving only the regiment headquarters and a battalion.At this time, our battalion headquarters and the 8th and 9th companies came up one after another, and the 1st and 2nd battalions were also making a detour to Wulongkou, forming a four-sided encirclement of the enemy. The Seventh Company served as the main assault in the northeast, and the shells hit the enemy like hail.The machine gun blared loudly, causing the enemy to huddle in the fortifications, not daring to move.Seeing that the time had come, Yan Tianju raised his gun and shouted "Chong", Quanlian launched an attack like a gust of wind. At the entrance of the village, there is a high tower and four bunkers left by the enemy, and they are still shooting wildly.Yan Tianju ordered the blasting team leader Zhong Tiezhu to blow it up quickly.In just ten minutes, the blasting team blew up five of the enemy's bunkers at the cost of slightly injuring one person.The soldiers of the Seventh Company rushed towards the village as if they were flying. The ones rushing to the front are the second row and the fourth shift.They plunged into the middle of the street in one breath.Hearing the noise of enemies shouting in a compound, he immediately broke into the door.Two soldiers jumped onto the wall, and the whole squad pointed their guns at the enemy: "Don't move! Put down your weapons!" The enemy chattered and said: "We surrender! We have long been unwilling to sacrifice our lives for Yan Xishan!" "I haven't eaten for a few days, and I am starving to death!" "There is no need to escort us. There are 130 of us. Where, where is it guaranteed?" At this time, troops attacking from all directions quickly occupied Wulongkou. In the north, the 1st Assault Battalion, which attacked from east to west, used a company as a sharp knife company, and swooped towards Jianzi Bay along the north of Dabagou. The Jianziwan position has a large area and many bunkers.As soon as they got close to the position, a high bunker and several bunkers shot at them together.Two blasting teams went up one after another, and both died heroically in front of the bunker.When the third group was organized, the battalion commander came to stop him and said: "The enemy's firepower is densely intersected, and we can't force it. Our firepower needs to be adjusted. Two 60 guns are aimed at the front of the high bunker, creating a smoke screen. The two blasting teams approach in two directions; for the other five bunkers, Blockade with rocket launchers and light weapons respectively." According to the instructions of the battalion commander, the soldiers quickly adjusted their firearms.Then, the company commander gave an order, and all kinds of firearms fired at the same time.The sound of gunfire in the bunker faded away.The enemies in the high bunker were also unable to catch the target due to the cover of the smoke screen, so they shot indiscriminately.The two blasting teams took the opportunity to move under the high bunker and leaned on the explosive package.Only two loud bangs of "boom" and "boom" were heard, and the high tower was torn apart, and the enemies in the bunker were also shocked, and they all became prisoners obediently. When the first company attacked the high bunker, the third company quickly approached the enemy's northern bunker along the ridge on the right.They destroyed it with only two flat-fire shells.The enemy hiding in the trench heard the gunfire and fled westward desperately.Kong Qichang, the bombing king of the third company, threw four grenades one after another. The dozen or so who ran in the front were killed, and those behind hurriedly turned and retreated, and were all captured alive by our army. The Second Company of our 60th Army followed Dabagou to attack the left side of Jianzi Bay, and turned back to the west of a triangular blockhouse.Yan Jingkuan, the third squad leader, and Han Wufu, a soldier, quietly approached the triangular blockhouse.After they ignited the fuse, they quickly filled the perforation with two grenades, blowing up the bunker at once. Three companies pulled out the bunker and continued to push eastward.When approaching the enemy's command post in Scissors Bay, a row of bullets fired head-on.The first company commander ordered the pursuit artillery and machine guns to fire together, and at the same time took the lead in rushing forward, rushing into the enemy's command post in one go.When the prisoners came out, the company commander felt numb in his right arm and felt blood on his hand.The hygienist wrapped him up, and he led the whole company forward again. The first battalion occupied Jianzi Bay, and wiped out the enemies guarding the horses at the horse farm of the Taiyuan Appeasement Administration, and captured all the army horses.Immediately, from north to south, an attack was launched on Heitu Lane. At this time, the 3rd Assault Battalion of the Right Group, which had occupied the British Tomb and the Red Barracks, was attacking Heitu Lane from south to north.The two battalions attacked from north to south, thrusting towards the center. The enemy is powerless to fight.Our fighters are getting braver and braver.The nearby masses also took action one after another, actively leading the way and cooperating with our army in fighting.In just one hour, all the positions in Heitu Lane were planted with red flags. The fierce battle continued until two o'clock in the afternoon, and the so-called "iron barrier formation", "the strongest among the strong", soon turned into ruins.The front of our army's position, from the foot of Dongshan, suddenly advanced to a place more than 100 meters away from the foot of the city wall. The enemy couldn't help being terrified when they saw that our army had broken through their fortress formation.I hurriedly drove two armored trains from the city, along the ring railway, from the northeast corner of the city to the south, and started shooting wildly at the infantry that I had just occupied in an attempt to regain the position.Before our infantry could fight back, the second squadron of a certain artillery unit of our artillery, which was accompanying the infantry fighting, immediately fired at the enemy's first armored train. The cannon ejected from the chamber here, and the front of the iron-clad train over there was shot and caught fire.The enemy screamed in fright.The second shell was unbiased, got into the carriage again, and exploded with a "boom".Seeing that the situation was not good, the second armored train hurried back to the city. After Taiyuan City was broken, I searched again and again among the captives, but I couldn't find Dai Bingnan, the leader of the fortress.Someone spread the word that Dai Bingnan was killed by the artillery of the People's Liberation Army in the east of the city.However, after a search, Dai Bingnan's body was not found. Section Chief Zhao of the Ministry of Enemy Industry found Dai Bingnan's guard Li Shijie and asked him, "Where did Dai Bingnan hide?" Li Shijie replied: "He was killed by a shell." Asked several times, is the same sentence.In order to prove that what he said was not a lie, he stretched out his arm, pointed and said: "I saw it with my own eyes. Look, my arm was hurt too." At first, Li Shijie's attitude was very rigid, and he insisted that Dai Bingnan was killed by the bomb.After some policy education, Li Shijie changed his words and said, "You can ask his woman about this." Chief Zhao asked him sternly: "You know, why did you ask him about a woman?" Li Shijie was speechless when asked, so he had to tell the truth: "He hides in the cabinet." It turned out that after I bombarded the fortress in the east of the city, Dai Bingnan saw that Yan Xishan's family property that had been painstakingly managed for decades was completely destroyed in just one meal, and felt that the end was coming.He hid in his office and said to Yan Xishan's major secretary, his brother-in-law Gao Zunyu, and his guard Li Shijie, "I have to find a way to leave here. Keep the green hills here, and I'm not afraid of running out of firewood. I'll hide for a while, and I'll take revenge later!" " "Yes, yes, yes!" Gao Zunyu nodded in agreement, but said, "But right now the communist army has surrounded Taiyuan to death, and there is no escape!" Li Shijie interjected: "Commander Dai might as well find a place to hide in the city and hide first. After the city is broken, we can slip out of the city in disguise. During the supervisory battle, he was shot and died." After Dai Bingnan and Gao Zunyu heard this, they felt that this method was feasible, and they repeatedly claimed it was good.But where to hide it? Li Shijie asked him to go to his little wife.Dai Bingnan said: "It won't work there. Everyone around her knows me. Besides, there are a lot of people talking about her, and there are few houses, so it's hard to spread the word. I think, Zun Yu, let's go to your house!" Gao Zun said hurriedly, "My place is even more unsafe. Who doesn't know that No. 2 Yinyang Lane, Kaihua City is my home. It is also a busy center, and there are many people coming and going." Dai Bingnan said: "As long as the three of us don't speak out, it's fine. If I survive, can I forget you?" Gao Zun became more helpless, so he had to let Dai Bingnan hide in the cabinet of his house. On this day, personnel from the Ministry of Enemy Industry and the Public Security Bureau asked Li Shijie to lead the way to a dark, narrow and inconvenient alley—Yinyang Lane in Kaihua City.Find the house number two and walk into Gao Zunyu's home. Gao Zunyu was eating.When he saw someone coming, he quickly got up and offered to sit down, and asked for food and water.Dai's guard Li Shijie said, "Let him come out!" Gao Zunyu denied it flatly, "Not here, not here!" Li Shijie said again: "It doesn't matter, call him out quickly. The head of the regiment and the teacher are all here." Gao Zunyu didn't answer, the room was silent for a moment. Li Shijie yelled into the room: "Commander, come out! The regiment commander, division commander, and Chief of Staff Du are all here." "What? Chief of Staff Du is here too?" Someone answered.His voice was hoarse, but he couldn't see where he was answering.After a while, there was a sound from under the wardrobe.Then, a person climbed out from under the Eight Immortals table in front of the cabinet.Everyone took a closer look, and it was Dai Bingnan.This guy was wearing a shabby black casual clothes, with bare feet and an unbuttoned jacket, holding the heavy trouser belt tightly with both hands.His face was pale, his eyebrows and black beard were full of dust, like a man who had just been dug out of the earth.He lay flat under the big wardrobe for 10 days.During these 10 days, only a little egg was eaten.Dai Bingnan stood up. Seeing the PLA, he was so frightened that he couldn't stand still.After calming down for a while, he asked in surprise, "What? Who knows I'm here?" The comrades from the enemy industry department of our army said: "Your 30th Army was wiped out, and you are the commander who falsely reported his death and was about to be chased by Chiang Kai-shek as an admiral!" This reactionary guy who was determined to be an enemy of the people was so frightened that he couldn't even get on the car.When people checked whether he carried weapons documents, they found that there were twelve taels of gold hidden in his heavy belt. After a brave and tenacious attack, by 7:40 on April 24, all our troops broke through the city wall of Taiyuan.Dozens of heroic troops attacked the city from all directions like a raging tide bursting a bank.The city of Taiyuan was filled with smoke and clouds, and the sound of gunshots, grenades and explosions of explosives rang out.Intense street fighting began. The commanders and fighters of a certain regiment of our army who attacked the city of Taiyuan from Shouyimen at the Drum Tower, under the command of Deputy Commander Cao, were looking at Shouyimen Street and bravely charged towards the city center.Some soldiers lost their shoes and didn't bother to pick them up. Some soldiers didn't care if their clothes caught fire. Some soldiers took off their cotton coats in order to rush faster.Their mission is to use the results of the breakthrough of the first echelon to stab the enemy's heart like a sharp knife while the enemy is in chaos.Regardless of the flanking firepower on both sides, they were not afraid of the enemy's encirclement and cutting off the rear, quickly interspersed and divided, disrupted the enemy's deployment, and cut the enemy into several small pieces.Make enemies unable to communicate with each other.Support each other and create favorable conditions for each to annihilate the enemy. Every commander who participated in this operation.There is a common idea: breaking through the enemy's city wall defense has been completed by the brother troops, and I want to show my skills in the deep battles in the streets and alleys, killing the enemy and making meritorious service.Everyone rushed forward desperately. Deputy head Cao led the lead battalion and rushed to the forefront.The shell craters on the road affected their actions.Puffs of smoke and dust restricted their vision.But they are all unswervingly performing their tasks: penetrating the depths of the enemy and cutting off the enemy's city defense center. The vanguard battalion was rushing forward.Suddenly, an enemy fire point appeared in a building in front of the left.Deputy head Cao immediately ordered that the fifth company dispatch two machine guns to block the enemy's firepower and cover the troops to pass quickly.And left the second row of the fifth company, pierced the wall and broke the courtyard, detoured past, and wiped out the enemy.He led the troops to continue along Shouyimen Street and rushed north. The troops rushed north along Shouyimen Street.When the second row of the first company approached the intersection of Huanghua Pavilion, suddenly there was an explosion at the intersection like dozens of cannons being fired.Almost all the soldiers in a squad fell down. It turned out that the enemy had planted landmines under the square stones on this section of the road, even under the trees and on the brick piers by the roadside.The troops stopped advancing immediately.At this time, the remnants of a regiment of the enemy's 83rd Division built bunkers at the entrance of the street, and used tall buildings on both sides and surrounding strongholds to block the way forward for our army.Enemy bullets rained down.Under the corner of the east building, under the cover of machine guns, more than 30 enemies were threatened by several enemy officers, throwing grenades, and took the opportunity to counterattack. Deputy head Cao quickly commanded the fifth company, taking advantage of the smog, moving forward along the street.When they were 50 meters away from the enemy, they threw grenades at the same time, killing most of the swarming enemies, and the rest ran away with their heads in their arms. There are tall buildings on both sides, and there are no alleys and streets to approach.Relying on the stronghold on the tall buildings, the enemy kept shooting wildly at our army.Deputy head Cao was in a hurry.Seeing that the machine gun could not block the enemy's firepower, he decided to destroy it by artillery fire. After receiving the mission, Li Zhankui, the artillery company commander, saw the cement ground everywhere and could not dig a pit, so he said to the gunner Wang Yuhu: "Move the cannon and shoot!" It was a new subject to move the cannon and shoot. No one had trained before the war, and they might hurt themselves if they failed.However, there is no better way now, so I have to do this.I saw Ma Quangen and Li Zhenshan kneeling on the ground, using their heels to firmly support the cannon feet as the cannon plate, their arms tightly hugging the cannon body as the cannon mount, and their heads slightly tilted back, forming a 75-degree cannon angle . The company commander raised his hand: "Let go!" "Boom! Boom!" Two artillery shells flew into the sky, but they missed, and the shells exploded behind the enemy's building. Deputy head Cao reminded them: "The distance is too short, 75 degrees is not acceptable." Company Commander Li shouted, "It's 79 degrees." I saw that Li Zhenshan lifted the cannon barrel up vigorously, and turned the cannon body almost straight up and down, pointing at the sky.As soon as the company commander shouted: "Be careful and concealed!" He heard a "whoosh", and the shells passed the tip of Li Zhenshan's nose, and exploded straight up and down on the enemy's building stronghold. The enemy building stronghold was shot and caught fire.Enemies that were not killed by the bombing fled around. Deputy head Cao blurted out happily: "Good fight! Good fight!" At this time, the other cannons also followed Li Zhenshan's example, forming an angle of 79 degrees, and began to work.The hands of Ma Quangen and Li Zhenshan were blistered by the scalding cannon barrel, their heels hurt from the cannon's foot, and beads of sweat dripped from their heads.However, they fought more and more courageously, firing 23 shells in one go, and wiped out the enemy and their building strongholds. Deputy head Cao then commanded the troops to move on.The first 6th company crossed two streets and crossed an alley. When they were about to cross Hongshi Street, they suddenly saw a group of Yan Xishan's soldiers standing neatly at the intersection, about 100 people. "Get ready to fight!" The commander of the 6th company gave an order, and all the weapons of the company opened their safety. The distance is getting closer.The enemy ahead remained standing still.When the distance was about 50 meters, I saw an official-looking person on the opposite side shouted: "Stand at attention", and ran to the company commander, who clicked to stand at attention, and said loudly: "The second battalion of the 49th division of the Taiyuan Appeasement Administration Fan Neishan, Major and Company Commander of the Machine Gun Company, came to report. Our entire company is willing to surrender to your army. The assembly has now been completed, please count the personnel and weapons, and accept us.” It turned out that when Fan Neishan's company was defending the city wall of Taiyuan, the People's Liberation Army sent a "gift" to their position with artillery from the trenches, which contained leaflets and cigarettes.The soldiers immediately surrounded him, took out cigarettes and smoked.Some said: "Being able to smoke these few cigarettes is better than working for a month!" The battalion commander found out about this.Immediately, a messenger was sent to deliver an order, saying: "You are not allowed to smoke the cigarettes of the Communist Army. There are poisons in them." Soldier Zhang Yaoyuan was still holding a leaflet, and said to the messenger: "You memorize it too!" As he said that, he immediately recited it: "At the beginning of human beings, nature is good. The more you beat me, the less you will do it. I run away Go to the People's Liberation Army and take the road back home." After our army's peripheral operations began, Fan Neishan heard and witnessed many facts, and felt that the collapse of Taiyuan City was a foregone conclusion.There will be no good end to resisting.My underground party organization secretly sent another letter, pointing out two futures for him, and advising him not to be Yan Xishan's funeral object.Therefore, Fan Neishan made up his mind that after our army entered the city, he would not fire a single shot and surrender with his entire company. 六连在接收敌人一个连投诚的时候，五五三团以第四连为先头连，由西北修造厂工人赵海汉引导，跨过了红市街，一下子冲到了桥头街以东。正当第四连以三班为尖刀班插向桥头街时，敌第83师一个机枪排，依托桥头街口筑起的掩体，用密集的火力封锁了我军前进的道路。我三门六○炮一阵猛轰，打死敌人一多半，剩下的抱头鼠窜而去。第四连乘势插入了桥头街。 前面就是柳巷了。在那里，有在外围作战时由南区逃入城内的敌第34军军部。敌人正在收罗残兵，往门口垒机枪掩体，搬运手榴弹箱，以图顽抗。 当4连到达距敌第34军军部100多米的地方时，敌人40多挺轻重机枪？突然开火，一条条火舌，朝他们扑来。整个街道都被封锁了。冲在最前面的四五个战士，中弹倒下。机智灵活的指挥员立即指挥部队进入街旁的院落。 军情急如火。鼓楼是太原城内自内的制高点。不能及早拿下它，就不能割断敌人的防御体系，为我军各个歼灭创造条件。现在，部队前进受挫，附近又没有街巷可通，急得大伙搓手跺脚。三班战士鞠维林憋得满脸通红，推出一挺美式重机枪，一面打，一面喊： “冲啊！冲——” 没等他喊出第二声，三班长魏云喜赶忙捂住了他的嘴，一把将他推进院内，批评道： “敌人这么多机枪，你能冲过去吗？我们的任务是尽快拿下钟鼓楼，不能在这里和敌人纠缠！” 这时，指导员对连长说： “从大街上过不去，咱从院子里过。从这院子往西，还有三个大院，过去就是杭州饭店。那儿离鼓楼就很近了。咱挖开院墙前进，敌人的机枪也伤不着咱们。” 连长飞身上墙，向西看了看，说；“这是一条妙计。”他对三班长魏云喜说： “立刻以爆破手段，炸开左侧的四道院墙，要快！” 又叫来二排长说：“你们排原地以火力吸引敌人的火力。” 三班战士薛培珍不等别人开口，就抱起了炸药包，向魏云喜请求： “班长，让我去吧？” “我去！”鞠维林等几十战士，也异口同声地说。 魏云喜说：“薛培珍同志去吧！” “是！”薛培珍响亮地应了一声，迅速向围墙奔去。 不一会儿，“轰隆”一声，第一道院墙炸开了。过了一会儿，又是一声响，第二道院墙又炸开了。接着，第三道院墙也爆破成功。 西南角楼正当大家焦急地等待着第四次爆炸声响时，薛培珍却被鼓楼上射下来的子弹打中胸部，倒在了地上。他咬着牙，坚持爬到第四道院墙的跟前。就在他放好了炸药包要拉响雷管的时候，因为伤势太重，他昏了过去。 “怎么回事？”魏云喜焦急地抱起一包炸药，往西奔去。 “班长！你不能去，让我来！”从后面赶上来的鞠维林，一手夺过炸药包，一把将班长推了回去。 “老鞠，灵活一点！”魏云喜提醒他。 “知道了！”鞠维林应了一声，一溜烟穿过新炸开的院墙，往西冲去。 鼓楼上敌人的机枪又响了。子弹在鞠维林四周溅起一股股烟尘泥土。只见他猫着腰，用小碎步急速向前运动，一口气冲到了第四道院墙边，找了个敌人火力的死角，趴下隐蔽起来。 鞠维林侧转身子，一眼看见了满身血迹的薛培珍。 “薛培珍！小薛！”鞠维林爬过去，扶坐起薛培珍。只见薛培珍脸色腊黄。他慢慢地睁开眼睛，吃力地说： “不要……管我，快……快去爆破！”他想用手推鞠维林，可又昏过去了。 鞠维林抱起薛培珍，顺着墙根走了一段，拐过墙角，把他安放在一间屋子里，然后，迅速来到墙下，安放了炸药，炸开了最后一道院墙。 第四连顺利地从炸开的院墙缺口，绕过了敌第三十四军门口火力的封锁，冲过杭州饭店，一气进到楼儿底，接近了鼓楼。 连长果断地指挥着，“火力组掩护，三班冲上鼓楼，把红旗插上去！” “三班跟我来！”三班长魏云喜把手一摆，第一个冲上前去。鞠维林拿着红旗紧随在后，全班都跟上来了。 机枪“突突突”地响着，神枪手死死瞄住敌人的枪眼射击，火炮也开始一个劲儿地猛砸。在我火力的掩护下，三班战士如利箭脱弦，一鼓作气冲到了鼓楼下。 鼓楼下，敌人用沙袋筑起了临时掩体，两挺重机枪吐着火舌。三班隐蔽在楼下的火力死角。魏云喜对准掩护体后的敌人，从侧面连投了两颗飞雷。敌人的机枪不响了。三班战士趁炸起的一股硝烟，飞快地冲进了鼓楼。 鼓楼下的十几个敌人，被冲进来的勇士们吓呆了。他们来不及逃跑，全部举手投降。 鞠维林举着红旗，随即冲上去。突然，从左侧飞来一颗子弹，打中了他的腿部，鲜血顺裤腿流下来。魏云喜马上扶住了他。他还要挣扎着上，后面的战士李端富一把接过红旗，往前冲去。战士殷高魁端着冲锋枪，几步赶到前面，为李端富开路。 两个人机智地躲过了敌人的射击，冲到了鼓楼的最高层。 楼上的敌人，发现他俩来到跟前，还没调过头来，就被殷高魁一梭子扫倒了。紧接着，李端富把红旗顺窗口伸了出去。 可是，因为鼓楼被弥漫的烟尘所笼罩，我军的火力组看不清目标，仍然一个劲儿地打炮射击。伸出窗外的信号红旗，不大功夫，就被飞来的炮弹打中了。 “怎么办？”殷高魁焦急地问李端富。 李端富说了声，“跟我来！” 两个人几步跨到了敌人的卧室门口。李端富让殷高魁留在门口准备反击敌人，他冲进了屋内。屋内空无一人，李端富从床上拖过几条红被子，撕下三条红被面，夹着被面转身出来了。 李端富又找来三根木棍，把红被面绑在上边，对殷高魁说： “多插几处！” 西北角楼不一会儿，三面“红旗”便从鼓楼的窗口和枪眼里伸出去了。 通信员看到“红旗”，马上把这一情况报告给了副团长：“副团长，鼓楼被我们占领了！” 副团长迅速调整了兵力，很快指挥部队扑了上去。 这时，李端富和殷高魁在上边正逐屋逐家地消灭着顽抗的敌人。魏云喜等也都先后登上楼来。敌人慌了手脚，一个个举手投降。11点50分，鼓楼被我军全部占领。 在第二营攻打鼓楼的同时，第一营第一连也与第34军军部的敌人接了火。第二连则从四连炸开的院墙，迅速迂回到第34军军部的对门，向敌人开始射击。 与此同时，在连长田旺喜的带领下，也炸通院墙，向第34军军部东面攻击。 敌人火力虽然分散了，但密度还相当大。我军连续冲击了两回，都没有成功。后来，营里把追击炮集中起来，对敌实施猛轰，才消灭了沙包掩体后面的敌人。 这时，敌军部地下室伏地堡里仍然往外吐着火舌。 “赶快投降！” "Hand in the gun and don't kill!" 战士们将地下室和地堡包围后，向敌人喊话。敌人却毫无投降的表示。 战士肖安峙从身上解下一颗燃烧弹，朝着敌人的地下室，猛投过去。这是他在新保安战斗中，从敌人手中缴获来的，一直留着没舍得用，今天可派上用场了。 这时候，一连二班副班长赵明旺和战士辛刚两人抱着炸药包，趁着尘土烟雾的遮蔽，冲向地堡。赵明旺把炸药包给敌人塞进去，敌人又推了出来。他见导火索还有一截，就端起枪，对住敌人地堡枪眼打了一梭子，然后，使劲把炸药包塞了进去。连着两声巨响，敌军部门口两侧的地堡开了花。 接着，冲锋号响起来了。战士们勇猛地冲了过去。刚冲到门口，60多个敌人在一个敌军官的指挥下，突然发起了反冲锋。第一连来不及防备，前面的四个战士倒下去了。 正在这危险的当口，从高处射来了密集的子弹，反扑的敌人一下子倒下去10多个。原来，刚夺取了鼓楼的四连，看到敌人反扑，立刻利用鼓楼上的敌工事和机枪，狠狠地开了火。 在四连的支援下，一连趁机迅速冲上去，同敌人展开了白刃格斗。 五班副班长单新才，接连捅死三个敌人，又把一个敌人的枪挑到了地下，捉了一个活的。三班战士孟庆春刚刚从敌人身上拔出刺刀，一个敌人从背后搂住了他的腰，他顺势用枪托往后猛一甩，砸在敌人的头上。敌兵松开手，像死猪一样摔倒了。司号员郭小光手里没刺刀，想从敌人手里夺，和敌人扭打在一起。他紧紧抱住敌人，死不放手，和敌人在地上滚。最后，把敌人的耳朵、鼻子都咬下来了。 这时，二连从正面，三营的八连、九连从东面，都冲了进来。二营的五连、六连从西往东，也突入院内。6个连队把敌人军部大楼围了个水泄不通。 大楼里像开了锅，当官的不知道该怎么办好，当兵的更是乱钻乱叫。 “快出来！解放军宽待俘虏！” 楼外一片喊声。 一阵吵嚷之后，从楼门口出来一个戴眼镜的瘦长个子，点头哈腰，连连说： “我们投降，全部投降！” “你是谁？”指导员吴守元问。 “我是34军作战处长于明轩。” "Where's your commander?" “他……”于明轩支支唔唔。 “快说！他哪儿去了！”吴指导员厉声喝问。 “军长高倬之，跑到太原绥靖公署去了。”于明轩用颤抖的声音回答。 “哼！跑了！”吴指导员高声说：“他就是跑到天边，也要把他捉回来！” 9点零5分，敌第34军军部的楼上，插上了我军的红旗。 我军攻占了鼓楼和敌第34军军部之后，控制了敌人城内的制高点，将敌人的防御体系割裂，整个城市被切成数块。我各路大军按照预先区分的任务，各自围歼守敌。阎锡山的指挥中心——太原绥靖公署彻底孤立了。 占领了鼓楼的我军指战员，见各路大军在歼灭街道和据点的守敌以后，已开始向太原绥靖公署压缩，一个个高兴得忘记了疲劳。大家正忙着补充弹药，待命参加围歼太原绥靖公署的战斗。 这时，师首长在作训科张科长的陪同下，赶来向大伙表示祝贺。师的李政委站在高处，对大伙说： “同志们，这一仗打得很好。你们已经胜利完成任务。从进入城里到现在，只用了两个多小时。西北五百多米的地方，就是阎锡山的老巢了。我们还要把这个最后的任务完成好，彻底干净地消灭反动的死硬派！” 9点10分，嘹亮的冲锋号响起来了。在一面面鲜艳红旗的后面，一支支钢铁的队伍，向着煤山、太原绥靖公署和山西省政府，发起了最后的猛烈冲击。