Chapter 10 Chapter 9

While our army was attacking the Drum Tower, fierce battles were also taking place in other streets and alleys in the city.The whole of Taiyuan is full of gunshots and gunpowder. What a tense and exciting moment this is! After the 188th Division of our army captured Shouyi Gate in the south of the city, it bravely attacked the city center.Wu Yuzhen, the company commander of a certain company rushing forward, led the whole company to the gate of the city post office on the west side of Shouyimen Street. Seeing that the gate was closed and the courtyard was silent, there were neither our soldiers nor the enemy's corpses and prisoners. There is a small red flag on it.

When Company Commander Wu saw this situation, he was very puzzled. He thought: "There are ghosts in here, there must be enemies hiding." He immediately ordered the second squad to guard the door, one row from the left, and the third row from the right, surrounding the city post office on both sides. The second platoon leader Zhang Xueren was sent into the building to search with a machine gun and 5 soldiers. Street scene in Tongshun Lane Platoon leader Zhang and the soldiers had just entered the corridor when they ran into an enemy officer standing at the door of the basement. Zhang Xueren asked: "Which part are you from?"

The enemy officer turned his face away and walked back and forth, pretending not to hear. Zhang Xueren asked again loudly, before he replied tremblingly: "This... this is the division headquarters." "Which teacher?" "The 83rd Division." When Zhang Xueren heard that the headquarters of the 83rd Division of Yan Xishan's trump card was hidden here, he couldn't help being happy for a while.I thought: "It's just right, I'm looking for you!" "what is your job?" "I'm the battalion commander, guarding the gate here—"

"Take me in and arrest your division commander. If you're not honest, you won't end well. Do you know our policy?" Platoon Leader Zhang deliberately raised his gun and said to the enemy battalion commander. When the enemy battalion commander saw the muzzle of the platoon leader on the opposite side, he knelt down with a "thud" and said again and again: "I know your army's policy, and I will repeat it: hand over the gun and don't kill, treat the prisoners leniently, and be lenient when you confess. Resist and be strict!" "It's good to know, get up and lead the way!"

The enemy battalion commander stood up and led the platoon leader Zhang to the basement in a polite manner. There are about 30 enemies hiding in the basement, some are lying down, some are sitting, some are standing.All Yan Bandit officers.When they saw the battalion commander leading the gate, they all stood up with a "wow". Platoon Leader Zhang held the submachine gun in front of his chest, pulled the bolt, shook it left and right, and shouted loudly: "Don't move! Hand over your guns!" More than 30 bandit officers were stunned by this angry shout, and they all stood still, looking at me and looking at you, but no one handed in their guns.

"Don't hesitate, hand in your gun!" Platoon Leader Zhang shouted angrily again. A squat fellow came out of the corner and put the gun in the middle, and the others followed suit and threw their guns out in a heap. Platoon Leader Zhang stepped over, put one foot on the pile of guns, and said to them: "I know that this is the headquarters of the 83rd Division of Yan Xishan's trump card. Now, I declare that you have all been captured. Who is the division commander?" More than 30 enemy officers stared at each other, but no one spoke. Platoon Leader Zhang saw a tall man with a thin face, a Japanese beard, and a herringbone military uniform in the innermost corner. He looked like a high-ranking officer, so he asked him:

"what is your job?" The big man turned around and said hesitantly, "Yes, yes... I am the teacher." At this time, company commander Wu Yuzhen and soldier Li Genyuan also came into the basement. Seeing that the People's Liberation Army was coming again, the enemy officers hurriedly took out snacks, biscuits, candies, tobacco and alcohol.Company Commander Wu pushed it away and said to Platoon Commander Zhang: "Go, tell them to lead us to capture Sun Chu!" The enemy "teacher" with a Japanese mustache pointed to the north and said, "Sun Chu? Over there."

It turned out that the enemy "teacher commander" wanted to use deception to support the past, so as to take the opportunity to escape. Company commander Wu and platoon leader Zhang ignored him and continued to ask questions one after another. At this time, the enemy battalion commander who was watching the door saw that he couldn't get through, so he came over and whispered to the platoon leader Zhang, "He is the commander, not the division commander." Platoon Leader Zhang asked loudly: "You are Sun Chu?" The enemy's "division commander" who stayed in the Japanese Hu was so frightened that he waved his hands quickly and said, "My surname is Sun, not Sun Chu. I am Sun Fulin, commander of the 15th Corps."

In this way, Yan Xishan's well-known thug and accomplice Sun Fulin, as well as Yan Xishan's trump card 83rd Division Commander Ma Hailong, a total of 37 officers, all obediently became prisoners of our army. The 570th Regiment of our army, which entered the city from between Zaoximen and Shuiximen, led by the sharp knife company and led by Deputy Battalion Commander Liang, rushed straight eastward from Xianqian Street.Their task is to thrust quickly and open a corridor to create favorable conditions for deep street fighting. Near Xihaizi under the west city wall, there are naked corpses everywhere.There are men and women, old and young.When the commanders and soldiers passed by, looking at this miserable scene, the flames of revenge were even more ignited.Instructor Gao shouted: "Comrades! This is the crime Yan Xishan committed! We must avenge the people of Taiyuan and wipe out these dogs and wolves!"

The soldiers rushed to a T-junction, and suddenly, they were ambushed by the enemy on the left.At the moment, three soldiers were seriously injured and four soldiers died. Deputy Battalion Commander Liang ordered the fifth and sixth squadrons to rush forward to occupy favorable terrain and pinch the enemy from the front. Deputy company commander Guo led a row to the right, walked through an alley, climbed over two short walls, and came to a courtyard.They climbed up to the roof from the second gate building, then stepped forward across a courtyard, and came to the enemy's rear.Before the enemy found out, he gave them a few shuttles.The enemies who were shooting towards the north heard gunshots coming from behind their buttocks, and hurriedly retreated together.Soldiers Xiao Shuncai and Liu Jianfu straddled three roofs, and when they were about 50 meters away from the enemy, they threw several grenades from top to bottom, killing more than 20 enemies who were huddled together.Liu Jianfu raised his gun and knocked down three fleeing enemies.At this time, the soldiers, like heavenly soldiers and generals, jumped out of the room, rushed to the front, and captured all the remaining 40 enemies.

Deputy Battalion Commander Liang learned the lesson of being ambushed by the enemy. When commanding the troops to continue advancing along the street, he conducted fire reconnaissance on the one hand and implemented alternate cover on the other.When they approached the gate of Yangqu County Government, they were blocked by a roadblock.Broken gasoline barrels, clumps of barbed wire, criss-crossed logs, rocks, etc., filled the entire road.The width from east to west is seven or eight feet long. "Move it!" Deputy Battalion Commander Liang gave the order. The soldiers were immediately on the left side of the road, divided into two lines, and moved obstacles to both sides.At this time, a group of enemies sprang out from the Yangqu county government compound, firing guns while rushing towards them.The soldiers fought back on the spot.The enemy immediately fell down.However, the enemies behind were driven forward by the bandit officers.Behind them, another large group of enemies in police uniforms also followed. The soldiers bravely threw grenades one after another, and the machine guns rang like the wind, causing the enemy to stagger and cause heavy casualties.When the enemy was in a hurry, Peng Yanxue, the leader of the second platoon, shouted, and the soldiers in the platoon jumped up, stepped over the obstacle, and rushed into the enemy group with bayonets in hand, shouting to kill.He Weixin, the machine gunner rushing to the front, swiped violently, and the enemy fell down.Those who didn't die fled back crying, crying for their father and mother.The second row followed closely, and a fierce hand-to-hand fight began.Peng Yanxue's foot was pierced by a nail, but she didn't care, jumped four or five feet in one step, rushed into the enemy group, and stabbed two of them to death one after another.After Zhou Zhong, the leader of the fifth squad, stabbed three enemies to death, he bent his bayonet and smashed the enemy's head with the butt of his gun.Teng Limin, a soldier from the fourth squad, had just stabbed an enemy to death. Before he could draw out his bayonet, an officer rushed over with his teeth and claws, and put his arms around Teng Limin's waist.Teng Limin grabbed the enemy's head with his backhand and swung it vigorously. The guy let go of his hands with a "wow".Taking advantage of the situation, Xiao Teng threw him to the ground, swung his iron fist, and beat him dead.The comrades in the blasting team also picked up the guns discarded by the enemy and beat the enemy hard.After a period of fierce hand-to-hand combat, most of the enemies died on the street, and the few who survived knelt on the ground and became prisoners. The Eighth Company was about to move on, when the company commander suddenly found a bloodstain where Peng Yanxue was standing, and hurriedly asked, "Second Platoon Leader, is your leg injured?" Only then did Peng Yanxue feel pain in her left foot. When she lifted her foot, she saw that the nail was still stuck in it.He gritted his teeth, pulled out the nail, and said nonchalantly: "Company commander, let's act quickly!" "You bandage it first, the second row will be in charge of the fourth squad temporarily." "Company commander..." "This is an order!" The company commander tensed his face, and waved his hand at the company again: "Go ahead!" In a blink of an eye, they came to the gate of Yangqu County Government.I saw the door was open, but no one was there.Chen Changhan, a young soldier from the Sixth Squad of Advanced Soldiers, was the first to rush into the gate and step into a small room next to the gate.A thin old man with gray hair was about to step out the door. "Are you from the People's Liberation Army?" The old man stopped and asked. "Yes." Chen Changhan replied, "Where are the people here?" "They all ran away." The old man pointed with his finger, "I just ran to the Sui Department through the back door. I didn't bother to pick up the things thrown all over the yard." When everyone looked at it, they saw that the courtyard was full of army blankets, quilts, clothes, and ammunition with the lid of the box opened, which was a mess.Deputy Battalion Commander Liang ordered the Eighth Company to leave a squad to search, and the rest continued to move eastward. The second echelon of the regiment, led by company commander Peng Sanzeng, joined the battle from the breakthrough of Yimen Gate in the south of the city, and rushed into the city without stopping.He called the second and third squads to lead the way for the troops.The two squads cover alternately and advance alternately.The main force behind continued to expand to the two wings to ensure the safety of their flanks.In this way, they crossed Blacksmith Lane and Cotton Lane in one breath, and repelled the enemy's four counterattacks without any casualties. At the east entrance of Bell Tower Street, they encountered a frenzied counterattack by the enemy, and the troops were unable to advance.Company Commander Peng immediately ordered the second squad to go ahead, seize the commanding heights on the roof of the second floor northwest of the east entrance of Zhonglou Street, and organize firepower to suppress the enemy.And at the intersection of Bell Tower Street, two machine guns were mounted to control the crossroads, and the covering troops passed quickly. After the troops passed, they rushed for more than 30 meters, and suddenly saw the three soldiers who rushed in front were shot and fell down.The soldiers burst into flames one by one, shouting and cursing to charge forward. Commander Peng ordered: "Stop advancing." He looked around and found no enemy firepower except for the buildings and shops on both sides.A platoon leader asked to move on.Company Commander Peng stopped him and said: "You must not fight recklessly. We have already sacrificed three comrades. We must find out the enemy's situation before we can determine our actions." Company Commander Peng commanded the machine gunners to conduct fire reconnaissance around, but the enemy remained silent.Company Commander Peng looked up the tall building, and saw two bricks falling one after another on the wall about one meter above the ground.OK, the enemy firepower is hiding there!Counting, there are five in total. It turned out that these were several hidden firepower points deployed by Yan Xishan, which were specially used to control Liuxiang.Liuxiang is a bustling downtown in Taiyuan, with many shops on both sides.It also leads directly to the Taiyuan Appeasement Office and the pseudo-provincial government from the Shouyi Gate in the south of the city.Yan Xishan used the buildings on both sides to build many hidden fire points to prevent our army from entering the Taiyuan Appeasement Office and the Shanxi Puppet Provincial Government. At this time, several firepower points appeared on the second floor, and the machine guns fired at this side in a "dada da" manner. Company Commander Peng discussed with the instructor, and decided to withdraw to the two courtyards to the east, and called the team leader and above to come up with ideas.Li Changyuan, the leader of the blasting team, said: "Tell me, let's use 'earth tanks' to blow up that grandson." It blows up." Company Commander Peng looked at his pocket watch and said, "It looks like that guy is very strong. 60 guns may not work, so let's solve it with blasting!" Commander Peng asked Li Changyuan to prepare the "earth tank", and at the same time dispatched two machine guns, detoured to the northwest side of the intersection, occupied a corner, attracted the firepower from the enemy's heights, and used firepower to clamp the firepower of the building. "The blasting created the conditions. At this time, an old man walked out of the east room of the courtyard and asked, "Are you the People's Liberation Army? Chairman Mao and Boss Zhu sent you here?" "Yes! Grandpa. Chairman Mao and Boss Zhu sent us here." Instructor Wang replied. The old man wiped his tears with his tattered sleeves, sobbed and said: "We have been looking forward to it day and night, and finally you are here!" Li Changyuan, the leader of the blasting team, came over: "Grandpa, we want to lend you a table, okay?" "What kind of talk is this!" the old man said, "Don't talk about a table, even my old life can be spared. There are five members of my family, and four of them were killed by the old gray ghost Yan Xishan. To beat these gangsters, What are you reluctant to do?" Company Commander Peng asked the comrades in the blasting team to carry the table away from the old man's house, turned around and wrote an IOU, handed it to the old man and said, "Master, after the battle is over, we will definitely pay you a table." After finding the square table, I found some quilts from the room where the enemy fled, soaked them in water, and covered them on the square table.A "earth tank" was made. Zhang Daqiang, a soldier in the blasting team, crawled under the square table, saying, "I'll kill it!" Sun Yufu, a dark and sturdy soldier, also squeezed in.Several other fighters also swarmed up, vying to be the "pilot". "Don't argue." The blasting team leader Li Changyuan said: "Leave this to me and Zhang Daqiang. Sun Yufu and Da Lao Zhao, you two go with the second row and prepare to blast the firepower point on the second floor. The other comrades are on standby." As they spoke, Li Changyuan and Zhang Daqiang carried a 10-jin explosive pack, got under the square table, and drove the "earth tank" forward. "Fire cover!" Commander Peng gave an order, and the machine gun immediately fired at the enemy's firepower point in the building. The "earth tank" took the opportunity to move forward quickly. The enemies in the hidden firepower point of the building saw the "earth tank" coming, but they couldn't figure out what kind of new weapon it was, so they concentrated their firepower to shoot.Unexpectedly, the bullet hit it, and it didn't help at all.The enemy fired at the front of the "earth tank" with a heavy machine gun. The "dirt tank" was punched with a hole.Li Changyuan on the left felt a pause on the right, and hurriedly asked, "Too strong, what's going on?" Zhang Daqiang was injured.The bullet grazed the right side of his face and entered his shoulder, and the blood flowed out like a spring.However, Zhang Daqiang replied calmly: "It's okay. You go forward quickly, I can keep up. The route bends a little more." The "earth tank" moved forward with a left click and a right click.The comrades behind thought that an accident had happened, and they were all sweating.Unexpectedly, these two blasting heroes corrected the direction deviation at any time through the tortuous movement route through the quilt pierced by the enemy. Moreover, they decided to change the blasting position temporarily, and went around from the right to the enemy's floor. Behind the side of the dark firepower point. At this time, the enemy's guns fired more tightly. The "earth tanks" also moved faster.On the road behind the "earth tank", the bright red blood of the heroic soldiers was left behind. The "earth tank" approached the left side of the enemy's dark fire point.Li Changyuan and Zhang Daqiang pushed aside a corner of the wet quilt between the enemy's gun holes, and put the two explosive packs tightly against the foundation of the building.The two lit the fuse at the same time, and then the "earth tank" quickly retreated. With a bang, the walls downstairs blossomed, the enemy's machine gun was blown to pieces, and the stubborn enemy's flesh and blood flew everywhere. "Good job!" The soldiers cheered in unison. The enemies in the bunkers on the left and right were blindsided by the loud noise.Before they woke up, they took the "earth plane" to the sky in a daze. At the same time, the second platoon blasted through several courtyard walls with small explosives, and under the cover of fire, crossed the street and came to the blind spot on the second floor.Zhao and Sun Yufu, the bosses of the blasting team, also followed up with the second row.Peng Xueyan, the leader of the second platoon, made a brief arrangement, and the two blasters carried the explosive packs and walked along the wall to the bottom of the second-floor building. "Where do you put the explosives?" Sun Yufu asked. The firepower was on the second floor, more than two feet above the ground, and the stairs were blocked.The explosives are placed downstairs, and the blasting power cannot be achieved.Up, there is no place to climb.Even if you climb up, there is nowhere to put the explosive pack. time does not wait.Big boss Zhao was very anxious. "Yes!" Da Lao Zhao suddenly said happily. "What should I do?" Sun Yufu asked hurriedly. "Have a big long stick and that'll do the trick. Attach a dynamite pack to it and blow it up against the wall!" "Okay!" Sun Yufu was happy.He rushed into a yard to find a stick.It just so happened that in the yard, there were several utility poles with thick bowl mouths piled up.Sun Yufu dragged one and ran back. As soon as Sun Yufu dragged him out of the street, he was immediately fired upon.He was wounded in two places on the chest.Da Lao Zhao quickly shot to cover.Sun Yufu gritted his teeth, dragged the electric pole, and advanced another ten meters before he could no longer move. Big boss Zhao rushed over and carried Sun Yufu to the blind corner of the enemy's firepower.Put him on the ground and call Sun Yufu's name.Sun Yufu opened his eyes, took out a piece of paper from his pocket, handed it to the elder Zhao, and died without saying a word. The elder Zhao unfolded the paper, on which was written a poem: "My plan never forgets, Taiyuan campaign to join the party. Charge forward with strong will, Kill more enemies and hand in more guns. " The elder Zhao put the note in his pocket and said, "Comrade Yufu, you are a good man. I will avenge you!" He tied the explosive bag firmly to one end of the telegraph pole, carried it, bowed With his waist bent, he walked towards the building along the base of the wall. When he came downstairs, the elder Zhao lit the fuse first, quickly erected the wooden pole, and leaned against the enemy's gunhole half a foot away.He turned around and hid at the base of the wall 30 meters away, only to hear a loud bang, and the enemy's machine gun went silent.Where the smoke and dust rose, bricks and tiles flew around, and the building was blasted into a big hole. "Come on!" The second platoon leader shouted, and the soldiers rushed forward taking advantage of the smoke screen of the explosion.Upstairs, the more than 30 enemies who were not killed by the bombing were all captured before they woke up. After sweeping away this stronghold, Company Commander Peng commanded the troops to continue marching northward along Liuxiang. When they were approaching the east entrance of Gulou Street, three "iron guys" suddenly appeared on the road they were advancing, like some moving bunkers with cannon barrels on them.Start up, "rumbling" sound.Company Commander Peng thought: This is probably Yan Xishan's tank.He immediately ordered the second platoon to cover with firepower, and soldiers Li Shijin and Zhang Sanhuai went up first to kill the easternmost one. The enemy tanks did not run, nor did they return fire.Li Shijin and Zhang Sanhuai rushed to the tank in one breath, circled around, but couldn't find the door. The company commander shouted: "The door is up." Li Shijin climbed up, and sure enough there was a round mouth.He made a shuttle according to the round mouth.An enemy inside hurriedly yelled: "Don't fight, don't fight, I surrender." Saying that, he crawled out. Seeing that there was only one person, Li Shijin asked sharply, "Where are the others?" "They all hid in the courtyard to the east." It turned out that these were Yan Xishan's three guard tanks, which were specially used to patrol around the Taiyuan Appeasement Office and the pseudo-provincial government.The leader is an enemy company commander.They heard the People's Liberation Army attacking the city from all directions, turned around twice on Fudong Street, and then drove into Liuxiang.The enemy company commander ran away on the pretext of finding water to drink.Several other bandit soldiers, seeing that they couldn't wait to become officials, also climbed out of the tank and hid in the fellow's house. At this time, the soldiers had surrounded three enemy tanks.At that time, no one had seen this guy before, some touched and some knocked randomly; Captain Peng asked the captives to find the three tank crews, and said to them: "Give you a chance to make meritorious service and atone for your sins. Turn the tank around and go The Taiyuan Appeasement Office is open!" The company left two soldiers to guard the prisoners, some of them got on Yan Xishan's tank, and some of them followed the tank and rushed towards the Taiyuan Appeasement Office. The Taiyuan Appeasement Office and the puppet provincial government are in the same compound.The big iron gate to the south of it had been locked long ago.Commander Peng commanded the enemy tanks to come to the front, ordered the tanks to fire a few shots at the courtyard, and then let the tanks smash open the iron gate and rushed in. At the same time, the sharp knife company of the 570th regiment also rushed to the vicinity of the Taiyuan Appeasement Office. Chen Changhan, a young soldier rushing to the front, saw the Taiyuan Appeasement Office building at a glance, turned around and shouted happily: "Comrades, look! The enemy's heart is exposed." "Rush forward!" The soldiers were jubilant, rushing even faster. Suddenly, two armored vehicles came from a north-south street.Shooting while walking, followed by a group of soldiers, firing guns indiscriminately. The company commander pushed his sleeves and ordered; "Get rid of it!" "Boom! Boom!" There was a burst of grenades and grenades, and a wheel in front was damaged and stopped in the middle of the street.Seven or eight of the enemies following the armored vehicles also fell.Seeing that the situation was not good, the one behind turned around and tried to escape. How can the soldiers let it go! Five soldiers rushed to its side at once, and before they could speak, the soldiers behind the armored vehicle raised their guns in both hands and knelt on the ground begging for mercy.The enemies on the two armored vehicles also waved two white flags, got out of the vehicles, and shouted repeatedly: "Stop fighting, we surrender!" Just as the commanders and fighters were preparing to launch an attack on the Taiyuan Appeasement Office and the pseudo-Shanxi Provincial Government, the door of a courtyard next to the street opened, and a middle-aged man and woman came out. "Comrade People's Liberation Army, you're here!" The man spoke first, with tears in his eyes, "My name is Li Benjie, and I'm a rickshaw driver. She's my woman. She used to work in a telephone company and was fired." "We look forward to your coming every day. If you want to call the Sui Department, we can lead the way." Li Benjie's wife continued. Deputy Battalion Commander Liang asked: "How can we go faster when we get to the Sui Department?" Li Benjie said: "To the north, and then to the east, there are several alleys, all of which lead to the Sui Department. There are fortifications there, and there are bullet holes in the wall. In the courtyard of the Finance Office to the west of the Sui Department, there is a battalion of enemies. I don't know It's gone." Deputy Battalion Commander Liang discussed with the cadres of the Sharp Knife Company, and decided to let Li Benjie lead the way to attack the west wall of the Taiyuan Appeasement Office, and at the same time, occupy the compound of the Finance Department. When Li Benjie was about to leave, he turned his head and said to his woman, "Hurry up and help the troops take care of the wounded." "Yes, yes!" the woman agreed, "I'll go get some saliva for the comrades first." At this moment, some fellow villagers came out again.When they heard that the People's Liberation Army was going to attack the Taiyuan Appeasement Office, they all got excited.Some helped the troops carry bullet boxes, and some carried guns for the soldiers. The sharp knife pierced into the alley, rushed for a while, and soon approached the west wall of the Taiyuan Appeasement Office.There was a battalion of enemies in the courtyard of the Finance Department, the battalion commander slipped away, and the soldiers were like headless flies, chaotic and about to run away. The company commander asked the fourth squad to go around and block the entrance of the compound, and the rest jumped up to the wall and corner of the room, and pointed their guns at the enemy together.Without firing a single shot, all 373 Yan Bandit soldiers surrendered. Deputy Battalion Commander Liang left a squad to guard the prisoners, and sent two soldiers to post notices and slogans with the cooperation of several fellow villagers.The rest of the personnel were engaged in preparations for attacking the west wall of the Taiyuan Appeasement Office and seizing the western building of the Taiyuan Appeasement Office. The west wall of the Taiyuan Appeasement Office is more than two feet high and three feet thick.There is a row of gun holes in the middle of the wall, and there is a grid on the wall.Under the corner, there is a bunker every 30 meters or so. After observation and research, Deputy Battalion Commander Liang and Jiandao Company Commander decided to concentrate a few pursuit guns, first blast a hole in the wall, and at the same time, blow up the two adjacent bunkers under the wall, and then, with the second row of sharp knives, First of all, seize the breakthrough of the wall and cover the whole company to break into the courtyard. The mortar is set up and the demolition man is chosen.I saw Deputy Battalion Commander Liang waved his hand and shouted: "hit!" Several mortars immediately went "ding bang! Ding bong", and at this time, the blasters also quickly and covertly approached the two bunkers. In less than three minutes, a large section of the wall was blown down.Another two minutes later, the two bunkers also bloomed.Immediately afterwards, the second row rushed over like a tiger descending the mountain. The one who rushed to the front was Liu Bosheng, the monitor of the sixth class.Behind him is the little soldier Chen Changhan.As soon as the two of them stepped over the gap in the collapsed wall, a row of bullets flew in front of them.Liu Bosheng was shot in the head and chest, and fell down after shaking a few times.When Chen Changhan saw Squad Leader Liu sacrificed, he angrily swiped left and right with his submachine gun.He threw a few grenades in a row, knocking down the enemy.Seeing another group of enemies rushing out from the left, he quickly lay down, picked up the squad leader's submachine gun, and shot fiercely at the enemy, causing the enemy to scramble and flee in a hurry.As he was about to throw the grenade, a bullet flew and hit him in the right arm.With a numb hand, the grenade fell to the ground.Chen Changhan quickly raised the smoking grenade with his left hand and threw it at the enemy. With a "boom", 3 or 4 enemies fell down in response. Before the enemy on the left was beaten down, another 20 enemies on the right, under the threat of an officer, screamed and rushed towards the gap in the wall.At this time, Chen Changhan was out of bullets and only had 5 grenades around him.Xiao Chen half-kneeled, and with his left hand, he threw a grenade to the left, knocking down several enemies.Then, he spotted the enemy officer on the right and threw one hard. With a bang, the enemy officer and two soldiers were killed together. "Boom", "Boom", two more, and 7 or 8 enemies fell down again.At this time, the second platoon leader Peng Yanxue led several soldiers and rushed to the gap in the wall.Machine gunner Li Suosuo didn't have time to lie down, so he raised his gun and swept away, giving the remaining enemies a final "roll call". The western wall of the Taiyuan Appeasement Office and the pseudo-provincial government was opened.The enemy's heart was pierced by us.At this time, Qilian and Jiulian followed, and the main force of the regiment also arrived.The commanders and fighters looked at the Sui Department building trembling amidst the sound of cannons, clutching the steel guns in their hands, their eyes wide open, and their teeth chattering.They uttered a voice from the bottom of their hearts: "Bandits Yan, your decades of crimes against the people will be settled with you immediately!" After fierce street fighting, most of the city of Taiyuan has been occupied by our army.The remaining enemies retreated to their few lairs, making their last desperate struggle.The heroic units of our army from all walks of life, carrying forward the style of continuous combat, rushed over in one go... The people in Taiyuan City heard the rumble of cannons outside the city, and saw Yan Bandit's wounded soldiers fleeing back into the city one after another, knowing that Yan Xishan's rule was about to come to an end.All of them showed joyful smiles, quietly discussing how to help the People's Liberation Army destroy the enemy as soon as possible.The underground party organizations in the city are also working intensely.In a small room in the backyard of Yusheng Bathhouse on Nanxiaoqiang Street, several people were sitting around.Comrade Lao Jiang is conveying the party's instructions: "The municipal party committee instructed us that, in addition to checking the measures to protect factories, warehouses, schools and other measures arranged at the last meeting, we must also do a good job of welcoming the PLA into the city. The main thing is to lead the way. Our area The task is to send liaison officers to the streets west of Dadongmen to take the initiative to find teams to join them. Then, lead the troops to attack Qiaotou Street, Xiaoqiang Street, Longwangmiao Street, Fudong Street, etc.” At around 7 o'clock on the 24th, our army, which was attacking from the east of the city, launched a heroic attack on the north and south sections of Dadongmen in several routes after shelling.Part of the enemy's 27th Division, known as the "Iron Army", obediently became a prisoner.In just 10 minutes, our army completely controlled the two-mile-long city wall from north to south of Dadongmen.Then, he bravely plunged into the city. The vanguard regiment of our army, which attacked westward along Donghuamen Street, used the third battalion as an assault battalion in order to penetrate into the enemy's heart as soon as possible, and advanced quickly.As soon as Sanying entered Donghuamen Street, a man covered in oil came over.Huo Zhenqing, the Liaison Officer of the Political Department of the regiment, went forward and asked: "My fellow, are you okay?" "It's something. I'm Lao He's friend, and he asked me to find his brother." Officer Huo heard that it was the contact code prescribed by his superiors, so he said, "I am Lao He's younger brother. Did he bring me anything?" "Yes!" The visitor took out an armband with the words "Workers' Picket Team" written on it from his pocket, and displayed it in front of Director Huo. The visitor introduced himself and said, "My name is Qiao Simao, and I am a worker in a power plant. I will show you the way." Huo Zhenqing led Old Qiao to battalion commander Sun Qifa and instructor Wu Yuliang, and made introductions.Immediately, led by Old Qiao, the troops marched lightly. Not far away, another fellow countryman suddenly appeared in the alley in front of him, and said to Old Qiao, "Old Qiao, the enemies of a battalion of Zhizhi School are gathering, and they are about to run!" Battalion Commander Sun asked, "Where is it?" The fellow pointed to the west: "It's at the intersection ahead." Battalion Commander Sun ordered the troops: "Run forward!" The third battalion divided into two groups and immediately surrounded Lizhi School.Battalion Commander Sun and Instructor Wu came to a higher bungalow to observe Lizhi School.The enemy in the courtyard is a battalion of the brave division.It is said to be a battalion, but in fact there are only 300 people.They just received a call from the Taiyuan Garrison Command, asking them to immediately withdraw to Shangxiaoqiang Street to set up roadblocks to prevent the PLA from advancing to the core area.The soldiers were in a panic and assembled for a long time.The enemy battalion commander was very annoyed and was scolding at the top of his voice. Battalion Commander Sun saw that this was a good time to annihilate the enemy, so he ordered to open fire.Suddenly I saw the Seventh Company's vanguard squad escorting an enemy officer to the room. "Report to the battalion commander that a prisoner has been caught. He is an adjutant from the Taiyuan Garrison Headquarters. He came in a car and said he wanted to convey some order to the battalion." The enemy adjutant took off his hat, bowed again and again, and said: I can't get through, the boss sent me to deliver the letter, I didn't expect your army to come so fast..." "What letter?" "Let this battalion stop retreating and stand on the spot." Battalion Commander Sun said sharply: "Now, I will give you a chance to make meritorious deeds and redeem your sins. Go in and persuade them to surrender." Battalion Commander Sun added: "Don't be afraid, we will send someone to go with you." Nod in agreement.The enemies in the courtyard, seeing the machine guns erected on the room and the walls, and the muzzles protruding from the cracks in the walls, immediately became agitated. "Calm down!" The enemy battalion commander roared sternly: "Come out for me!" At this moment, the enemy's adjutant came in and said to the enemy battalion commander: "I can't get out. These two officers are here to discuss this matter with you." Huo Zhenqing, who accompanied the enemy's adjutant to persuade him to surrender, said: "You must know the current affairs and make a quick decision. Surrender, your life will be saved, and hundreds of brothers under you will be saved." The enemy battalion commander's face was pale, and he was drenched in sweat. He stammered, "Then... we... hand over our guns." After the enemies of Lizhi School surrendered, Battalion Commander Sun immediately commanded the troops to continue advancing westward.They passed through the "Taiyuan Shrine" and saw that the enemy here had fled and the workers' pickets were searching, so they rushed north along the newly opened passage for a while, and then crossed Jingying Hengjie westward. "Ahead is No. 45, Jingying Xibian Street. That is the enemy's special police headquarters." Old Qiao said as he walked, "People call it a 'living hell'. Recently, many detainees have been killed. Yesterday, There are still several fires in the building..." Battalion Commander Sun called the company commander and assigned the task: the Ninth Company restrained them from the front.Qilian walked around to the back and acted when he heard the gunshots ahead.The Eighth Company took part of its troops to strengthen the Seventh Company.The rest of the troops are on standby. Instructor Wu added: "This place is full of enemy spies and gendarmes. They are evil-minded, but they are afraid of close combat. You should try to get as close as possible to fight, and it is best to insert yourself among them and fight the enemy hand-to-hand." Several companies split up and went. No. 45, Xibian Street, Jingying, was the gendarmerie headquarters of the Japanese army stationed in Shanxi during the Japanese invasion of China.After Japan surrendered, Yan Xishan accepted the full set of personnel and facilities here, and changed its name to "Resource Survey Agency".Soon, the signboard of "Special Police Constitution Command Office" was put up again, and Liang Huazhi was appointed as the director, and Xu Duan and Lan Feng were the deputy directors.Under the management of Japanese spies, thousands of spies were trained here, and various insidious and vicious counter-revolutionary activities were carried out here. The Special Police Constitution Command Office consists of the Secretariat, the Organization Section, the Propaganda Section, the Interrogation Section, the Armed Section, and the Design Committee (those who are arrested and released are given the name of the Design Committee and keep in touch with them, which is called "cutting the way back" ), as well as the Special Police Brigade, the Special Constitutional Brigade, the Special Armed Forces and the Iron Disciplinary Regiment, the Garrison Command, the Army Construction Association, and the Returning Cadres Regiment.Its personnel are all over the government agencies, groups, troops and other departments of Yan Bandit.Under the manipulation of Yan Xishan and the direct control of Liang Huazhi and his like, this thoroughly reactionary spy organization arrests and kills people at will.A large number of underground party members, revolutionary masses and progressives died tragically in its assassination. The special police headquarters played a special role in Yan Xishan's five appalling massacres.The methods of these executioners are extremely vicious.They faithfully carried out Yan Xishan's killing policy of "rather killing a thousand by mistake than missing one".There are dry wells and dead pits for burying people, and special ropes for strangling people.There are three methods of killing: public killing, secret killing, and forced "self-judgment".The method of public killing is generally shooting; there are five ways of secret killing; the first is strangulation, which is to put a rope around the victim's neck, and then tie the tied hands with the rope around the neck, and then , hanging people on the roof beams. After a short time, the person hanging in the air was strangled and suffocated to death.The second is "paste to death", that is, after the victim is firmly bound, the hemp paper cut into squares is soaked in water, and the mouth and nostrils are covered layer by layer until the victim is suffocated to death.The third is death by poisoning, which is to put their homemade poison "Stillion" in the rice, and the "prisoner" eats it, and dies without a sound.The fourth type is poison injection.The fifth is burial alive.至于强迫“自裁”，一般是强迫“犯人”吞大烟或氰化钾。为使被害者“不叫、无痕、不流血”，他们大量采用了勒死、糊死和毒死等三种方式。他们的刑场共有七处。除城外几处以外，在这个特务机关内的大礼堂、地下室、办公室后院和院内僻静的夹道内，都是杀人的场所。 从1949年2月公开残杀地下党员和进步青年刘鑫，梁维书、李心干等八人开始，直到太原解放，他们日夜不停地杀害着革命者。对阎锡山兵营中的悲观、失望和动摇的中下层军官，也实行大捕大杀。特务头子兰风，一次就亲自坐汽车搜捕了“变节分子”147人，将34人当场杀害，把21人用铁丝插进锁骨串起来，活埋了。徐端曾对他的特务爪牙说：“越杀得多，我死后越能瞑目。” 在太原被我军包围以后，这帮大小特务像发了疯的野兽，更加紧了他们的罪恶勾当。三月下旬，阎锡山专门召集梁化之、徐端、兰风三人，秘密研究了一个“暗中处理”的应急方案。进入四月份以后，他们在双龙巷、南园子、西巷、北门街、霸陵桥、东缉虎营等几个特务住的大院内，以各种方法对在押“犯人”开始进行“暗中处理”。太原外围作战开始以后，他们简直杀红了跟，仅在4月20日到23日4天之内，就在城内活埋了7百多人。4月份以来，被杀害的2000多人当中，大部分是一般市民、工人、教师、职员、学生，还有一些是对他们有不满表现的士兵、甚至特务人员。 被捕的地下党员和战士，则被称为“重要犯”，关押在特种警宪指挥处的地下室内，准备用更特殊的手段处死。 4月23日中午，徐端和兰风接到梁化之的一个绝密命令。让把关押的“重要犯”和保释出狱的“政治犯”、“政治嫌疑犯”，连同特种警宪指挥处的头目及所属部门的工作人员，统统集中在特种警宪指挥处，一个不剩地杀掉。徐端和兰风商量后，就通知这些人员于当日晚上十点钟，准时到指挥处集合，说是要“传达阎长官的重要命令”。 徐端和兰风来到大会议室，看人到齐，就把大门紧闭，命令一个排荷枪实弹在院内警戒，禁止任何人出入。然后，把地下室的“重要犯”、“政治犯”和“政治嫌疑犯”，驱赶到楼上三个大屋内。在每个人身上泼上汽油，枪打，火烧。转眼之间，200余名革命同志全部殉难。 徐端看着手下那些慌恐不安的人们，发出一阵令人毛骨惊然的狞笑：“今天，把你们找来，是要传达，也是执行阎长官给我们的最后命令：集体自杀成仁！”人们立时骚动起来。徐端把桌子一拍，让人们静下来。又说：“这些年来，诸位追随阎长官，效尽了犬马之劳。因此，阎长官特奖给每人20块现洋，科长以上的每人一条黄金。一会儿，再设宴招待诸位一顿。眼下，太原城危在旦夕。我们这些人平素的作为，自己都很清楚。一旦城破被俘，谁也好受不了，不如自己早一刻离开人世，也省却了那份洋罪。所以嘛，我发给每人一瓶'史蒂莲'，没手枪再给一支手枪。吃'史蒂莲'可以，用枪打也可以，互相打死也行。楼底下还堆了棉花和汽油，到时候一点火，我们将与大楼同归于尽，以忠烈的行动，来报答阎长官对我们的栽培，在反共大业中留下我们不朽的声名！” 徐端一席话，霎时使一种绝望、混乱的气氛笼罩了特种警宪指挥处。这些反动透顶的家伙们自知末日来临，便开始寻觅“人生最后的满足”。在酒池肉山的餐厅里，他们狼吞虎咽，狂食暴饮。有的喝得酩酊大醉，东倒西歪；有的狂笑乱叫，呼爹叫娘；有的捶胸顿足，哭骂不已。在一间间办公室里，挂起了幔子。科长以上的各抱着一个女人，在荒淫中打发剩下的每一分钟。情报科长郝彬楠无女人可抱，便把科里的女特务拉来强奸。民众剧院一个十八岁的女演员听到炮声，从剧院跑出，准备回家，路过特种警宪指挥处门口，正好碰上兰风。兰风便把她强行拉入房内，举起手枪，威逼说：“不要闹，乖乖陪着我，要不然……” 东方发白了。 我军攻城的隆隆炮声，震醒了精营西边街四十五号院内的这群野兽。匪徒们惊恐万状。徐端和兰风慌忙披衣而出，把人召集到大会议室内。徐端刚要开口，特务连长慌慌张张进来报告：“共军进城了。” 徐端故作镇静地说；“知道了，再去侦察。” 特务连长刚转身走到门口，徐端手中的枪就响了。兰风过去踢了应声倒地的特务连长两脚，说：“搅乱军心的怕死鬼！” 徐端用嘶哑的声音说：“最后的关头到了，开始执行阎长官的命令吧！” 可是，要人吃毒药，没人吃。要人用枪打，没人开枪。 10分钟过去了，还是没人行动。徐端破口大骂：“你们这些混帐东西，怕死鬼，都舍不得自己的狗命！好！我来帮帮你们！”说着，他手中的手枪“哗啦”一声，子弹上了膛。刚要击发，情报科长郝彬楠开口说：“徐处长，我有一言相进。” “什么事？快说！”徐端不耐烦地问。 郝彬楠说：“我们这些人，都是坚决的反共分子，对阎长官又都是绝对忠诚的，一定会在最后时刻从容就义。现在，共军还没到跟前，还是不要慌。等共军到了这里，每人拼他几个，再殉节也不算迟。” 徐端听了，也觉得不能操之过急。万一把他们逼急了，自己第一个要送命。他便点点头说： “这样，也未尝不可……” 这时候，靠门口的人开始往外溜了。稍里一点的，恐怕慢了跑不出去，就使劲往外挤。徐端听到响声，扭回头来，急得连连喊叫： “站住！站住！……” 人们像是没听见，还是往外挤。徐端和兰风急了，一起对着门口开了枪。有几个人倒下了，没死的还是往外钻。徐端和兰风走到门口，想把人们追回来。谁知，那些跑出去的人，早把门反扣上，落了锁。任凭徐端和兰风怎么用力，也拉不开。 这时，我突击第三营逼近了这个特务机关。第九连首先向大门开始攻击。第七连则在乔四茂的带领下，来到特种警宪指挥处南面的围墙下。墙有一丈多高，上边还安着电网。七连长张国栋命令爆破组炸开围墙。随着几声巨响，围墙塌了一大段。战士们争先恐后地冲向院内，又以班为单位，小群多股，向北压缩。 刚从大楼办公室里逃出来的敌人，想从大门逃跑，被第九连打了回去。他们正想从北边翻墙，忽听南面有爆破声响，就赶忙向南涌来。在敌人办公楼的西侧，双方遭遇，一场恶战展开了。 冲在最前边的机枪手郑海生，站在一个小土堆上，端着机枪，左右扫射。敌人一个个应声倒下。突然，从楼里飞出一串子弹，郑海生向前一栽，又挣扎着打了一阵，最后倒下去了。战士们一看，个个气红了眼，呼喊着往前冲。又有几个战士被子弹打中，倒在地上。敌人见我军前进受挫，便张牙从爪地反扑过来。 连长一面命令战士隐蔽，一面指挥机枪手，将反扑的敌人打了回去。可是楼里的机枪还在响着，敌人趴在窗户后边射击。只见七连长张国栋端起步枪，对准楼里，一扣扳机，“叭”的一声，将敌人的射手打得趴下了。敌机枪停止射击，张国栋一挥手，战士们一拥而上。 没等敌人招架，明亮的刺刀已经刺过来。一个特务科长正在指挥士兵与我拼杀，有个战士从他侧后过去，给了他个“透心凉”。在短兵相接的战斗中，战士们捅死了二十多个敌人。剩下的敌人见势不妙，窜回楼里。战士们便紧紧追了过去。刚刚跨进楼内，猛听一个屋里响起了一阵枪声。战士们快步冲向枪响的屋子，只见屋门反锁着。待把门砸开进去，里边血污满地，十几个男人和女人的尸体，横七竖八地躺在地上，刺鼻的血腥气扑面而来。 原来，徐端和兰风被反锁在屋里之后，想跳窗户出去。可他们刚打开窗户，就听到前面枪响，后面爆炸。不一会儿，又见解放军冲到了楼房。徐端和兰风见大势已去，就让屋里剩下的七个人和六个被吓瘫的女人，一起自杀。看这几个谁也不动手，徐端和兰风每人各执两支手枪，先打死了那六个女人。接着，这些死心踏地反革命的特务头目，互相开了枪。徐端中弹两处，但都不是要害处，他又对着自己的太阳穴扣动了枪机，结束了他罪恶的一生。 战士们很快肃清了楼下的敌人，占领了第一层楼道。正当他们往二楼上冲时，上面的敌人开了火。 七连长观察大楼四周，见除楼梯以外，别处都不攀登，便和指导员褚良友商量，决定以军事打击与政治攻心相配合，拿下大楼。 七连的全部武器，都对准了各个窗户，又用机枪扫了一阵。然后，开始向敌人喊话： “你们被包围了。我们的炮口对准了你们，炸药也放到了楼下。如果还敢顽抗，我们就用炮打，用炸药炸，到底怎办？你们赶快回答！” 楼上敌人慌了神，可是，这些铁了心的反革命都吵吵嚷嚷，谁也不投降。有几个狂妄的家伙，还伸出头来辱骂。我们的神枪手，早已准备好了。只听“叭、叭”几声，伸出来的头都开了花。 这时，一排找到一个三丈多高的梯子，悄悄地靠在了楼北的一个窗户上。一班长鲁连福第一个爬上去，跟在后面的是机枪手郝志永和战士金洪恩。鲁连福一脚把窗户踹开，纵身跳了进去。他举枪打死两个敌人。一个敌人扑上来，搂住他的腰。正在扭打之际，后面的两个战士也上来了。金洪恩举起手榴弹，把敌人的头打了个稀巴烂。接着，三个人迅速冲到楼道。郝志永眼疾手快，端起机枪一扫，把守护楼梯的四个敌人报销了。在一楼的战士趁势蜂拥而上，冲上了二楼。经过一阵激烈的搏斗，大楼内的所有敌人，全部被我军肃清了。 “班长，你来看！”金洪恩在二楼一间大屋门口喊着。 鲁连福跑过去，只见满屋都是被烧死和枪杀的尸体。这些人被反绑着，面目模糊不清，皮肉已经焦烂。从一个个死者的姿势可以看出，这些人被害时是多么地难受！ “惨无人道！”鲁连福义愤填膺。 “这里真是活地狱！”郝志永也火冒三丈。 突然，他们听到了乔四茂的哭声。战士们立刻围了过去。乔四茂边哭边说： “被害的都是地下党的同志啊！昨天晚上，这座楼里有火光，原来是匪徒把同志们杀害了！……” 指战员们个个热泪盈眶，愤怒的火焰在心头熊熊燃烧。 “向敌人讨还血债！” “为革命烈士报仇！” 战士们举拳高呼，群情激昂。 这时，从正面进攻的第九连，也拔除了大门两侧的碉堡，消灭了顽抗的敌人。接着，全营迅速肃清了躲在大院各个角落的敌人。8点20分，我军完全占领了特种警宪指挥处。在它的大楼上，飘起了鲜艳的红旗。