Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Su Yuyao refers to "Zhongtu", Ye Fei can't forget Wei Yiping

On February 9, 1949, the East China Field Army was officially renamed the Third Field Army. After the East China Field Army was reorganized into the Third Field Army, Chen Yi was the commander and political commissar, Su Yu was the deputy commander and second deputy political commissar, Tan Zhenlin was the first deputy political commissar, Zhang Zhen was the chief of staff, Tang Liang was the director of the Political Department, and Commander and Political Commissar Liu Ruilong.Jurisdiction seven, eight, nine, ten four corps and a column of special forces. The Seventh Corps consisted of Wang Jianan as commander, Tan Qilong as political commissar, Ji Pengfei as deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department, and Li Yingxi as chief of staff.Jurisdiction over the 21st Army (under the jurisdiction of the 61st, 62nd, and 63rd Divisions), with Teng Haiqing as the commander and Kang Zhiqiang as the political commissar; the 22nd Army (under the jurisdiction of the 64th, 65th and 66th Divisions), Sun Jixian served as the army commander, Ding Qiusheng served as the political commissar; the 23rd Army (under the jurisdiction of the 67th, 68th and 69th Divisions), Tao Yong served as army commander, Lu Sheng served as political commissar; the 35th Army (under the jurisdiction of the 103rd, 104th, and 105th divisions), Wu Huawen served as army commander, and He Kexi served as political commissar.

The Eighth Corps consisted of Chen Shiju as commander, Yuan Zhongxian as political commissar, Jiang Weiqing as deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department, and He Yixiang as chief of staff.Administer the 24th Army (under the jurisdiction of the 70th, 71st, and 72nd Divisions), Wang Bicheng is the commander of the army, and Liao Haiguang is the political commissar; the 25th Army (under the jurisdiction of the 73rd, 72nd, and Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Divisions), Cheng Jun served as the army commander, Huang Huxing served as the political commissar; the Twenty-sixth Army (under the jurisdiction of the Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh, and Seventy-eighth Divisions), Zhang Ren At the beginning of the army commander, Wang Yiping served as political commissar; the 34th Army (under the jurisdiction of the 100, 101, and 102 divisions), He Jifeng served as the army commander, and Zhao Qimin served as the political commissar.

Song Shilun was the commander of the Ninth Corps, Guo Huaruo was the political commissar, Qin Jian was the chief of staff, and Xie Youfa was the director of the Political Department.Jurisdiction over the 20th Army (under the jurisdiction of the 58th, 59th, and 60th Divisions), Liu Fei served as the commander, and Chen Shifu served as the political commissar; the 27th Army (under the jurisdiction of the 79th, 80th, and The 81st Division), with Nie Fengzhi as the commander and Liu Haotian as the political commissar; the 30th Army (under the jurisdiction of the 88th, 89th, and 90th divisions), Xie Zhenhua as the commander, and Li Qianhui as the political commissar; The 33rd Army (under the jurisdiction of the 97th, 98th, and 99th Divisions), Zhang Kexia served as the commander, and Han Nianlong served as the political commissar.

The Tenth Corps consisted of Ye Fei as commander, Wei Guoqing as political commissar, Chen Qingxian as chief of staff, and Liu Peishan as director of the Political Department.Jurisdiction over the 28th Army (under the jurisdiction of the 82nd, 83rd, and 84th Divisions), Zhu Shaoqing served as the commander, and Chen Meizao served as the political commissar; the 29th Army (under the jurisdiction of the 85th, Eighty-sixth and Eighty-seventh Divisions), with Hu Bingyun as the army commander, and Zhang Fan as the political commissar; the 31st Army (under the jurisdiction of the 91st, 92nd, and 93rd Divisions), Zhou Zhijian as the Army commander, Chen Huatang served as political commissar.

The designation of the special forces column remains unchanged, with Chen Ruiting as the commander and Zhang Kai as the political commissar. The armed forces of the Jiaodong Military Region were organized into the 32nd Army (under the jurisdiction of the 94th and 95th Divisions), with Tan Xilin as the commander and Peng Lin as the political commissar. Command of the Tenth Corps of the Third Field Army).The Guangdong and Guangxi Columns were assigned to the Fourth Field Army, with Zeng Sheng as the commander and Lei Jingtian as the political commissar.At this time, there were about 420,000 people in the East China Military Region, and about 580,000 people in the Third Field Army.

The Third Field Army, which was tasked with crossing the river, first studied Mao Zedong's New Year's message "Carrying the Revolution Through to the End" on the spot, conducted political training for a month, and then went south to the river.From northern Anhui to the coast of the East China Sea in northern Jiangsu, troops crossing the river are everywhere holding determination meetings for crossing the south of the Yangtze River, commending heroes and model meetings, marching competition meetings, local governments holding meetings to welcome the PLA's southern expedition, toasting and presenting flags to the PLA.What is particularly touching is that at the South Expedition Conference, representatives of each army were elected, stood in front of the portraits of Chairman Mao and Commander-in-Chief Zhu, held the battle flag tightly, and solemnly raised their hands to swear an oath.After the determination meeting was held, various ministries went to the riverside one after another to start large-scale military training. On February 11, the Central Military Commission approved the preliminary deployment and troop training plan of the General Front Committee for the crossing of the Yangtze River, and believed that this time our million-strong army crossing the south of the Yangtze River was related to the overall victory.Therefore, the General Front Committee of the Huaihai Campaign still performs military leadership and combat duties.

On the morning of March 22, in Sunjiaxuzi, south of Bengbu, the sun just showed a smiling face, and a layer of transparent mist shrouded the village, as if covering the small village in a glass cover.Soon, the mist dissipated, and all the farmers in the village were stunned.It turned out that the village was surrounded by soldiers.Not only soldiers, but dozens of jeeps were parked on the threshing ground and on the side of the road.The villagers couldn't figure it out, how did these heavenly soldiers and generals come here overnight?What they were curious about was that these soldiers all had pistols on their waists, and the older they got, the smaller the pistols.Afterwards, they found out that this was a meeting of senior cadres above the Corps held by the General Front Committee of the People's Liberation Army's Battle of Crossing the River here. The participants in the meeting were senior cadres and security personnel with them, so they were all carrying pistols.

The meeting was held in the small ancestral hall.A square table made of several briefcases was covered with a large white cloth, and a row of red-lacquered chairs was placed on either side of the table, and a huge strategic map of the Yangtze River region occupied one wall.The venue was filled with smoke and laughter.Liu Bocheng, Chen Yi, Tan Zhenlin, Li Da, and Zhang Zhen were sitting on red-painted chairs. Deng Xiaoping, secretary of the General Front Committee, presided over the meeting, and Wang De, chief of staff of the three fields, led five or six staff members to take notes. Deng Xiaoping made a report on the "Outline for the Implementation of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Campaign" to the conference.He used his strong Sichuan dialect, steady and powerful tone, and said in a high-level summary: "Comrades, the great battle of crossing the river is about to begin. Neither Chiang Kai-shek nor Li Zongren are willing to give up half of the country. What do they want to do?" Governance by the river, lingering. Chairman Mao Zedong is familiar with Chinese history, and of course he does not want to let the history of the Northern and Southern Dynasties repeat in modern China. For thousands of years, the feudal emperors who established their capitals in Nanjing have dreamed of relying on the natural danger of the Yangtze River to achieve long-term peace and prosperity. However, from the Three Kingdoms Soochow to the Southern Tang Dynasty, the emperors of the seven dynasties who established their capitals in Shicheng did not escape the fate of extinction. Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren's plan to rule the river is a daydream!" He picked up the small wooden stick and pointed at Gao Da The map said, "The goal of our army's campaign in the Battle of Crossing the River is to annihilate all or most of the Jiang army in Shanghai, Zhenjiang, Nanjing, Wuhu, Anqing and other places and the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line with the second and third field armies, and occupy southern Jiangsu and Anhui. Ministry and the entire province of Zhejiang, seize Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou, and completely destroy the political and economic center of the reactionary Kuomintang government."

At this time, the atmosphere at the venue became active, and everyone couldn't restrain their excitement. Encouraged by the glorious prospect, Chen Yi said loudly: "Well said, the Yangtze River is nothing special. Regardless of war or peace, crossing the river to liberate the whole of China For sure. Comrades, come on, whoever crosses the river first, I, Chen Yi, will compose a lyrics for him." Tan Zhenlin waved his fist and said: "Xiaoping is right. The peace talks have resulted in us wanting to cross the river. If the peace talks fail, we have to cross the river and fight the Yangtze River. Our determination to liberate the whole of China remains unchanged. Our only task now is to Train troops across the river!"

Liu Bocheng corrected with a smile: "I can't say that Jiang is the only task now. You three will fight Shanghai after crossing the river. That's a big bone." Then, he looked at Chen Yi and said, "You, Chen Yi, have to prepare a set. Good teeth to gnaw bones." Deng Xiaoping analyzed that after our army successfully crossed the river, the following changes may occur in the enemy army: 1. Shrink troops in the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou triangle area and the Nanjing and Wuhu areas, control the key points in Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Wuhu, Zhenjiang, and Wuxi, and plan to gather troops to advance with us when the distance between our eastern and western armies is still far away. The corps on the eastern front on the Beijing-Shanghai line engaged in a decisive battle, and all the troops west of Wuhu retreated to the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line to protect their retreat.

2. Withdraw backwards, deploy defensive lines in Wuxi, Nanjing, Wuhu and the areas south of them, use the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway to quickly transfer troops to control along the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line, ensure the two key points of Nanjing and Wuhu, and seek to cut off the gap between our eastern and western armies Contact, and then depending on the situation, either fight us decisively in the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou triangle area, or retreat to fight us decisively on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line, or make a strategic retreat along the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line. 3. Voluntarily abandon the areas of Wujin, Zhenjiang, Nanjing, and Wuhu, and all enemy lines along the Yangtze River retreat southward to the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line and the coastal areas of Wuxi, Shanghai, and Hangzhou in order to use the railways and Haikou for tenacious resistance or for an orderly retreat . 4. When the situation is not conducive to retreat, stick to the points in Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou respectively in order to resist stubbornly. 5. As long as our army successfully crosses the river, no matter what the enemy does, the development of the battle situation will change in our favor, and it may turn into a situation where the enemy is completely in chaos. After Deng Xiaoping's analysis, he lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and then conveyed the combat deployment of the General Front Committee: 1. Su Yu and Zhang Zhen led the Sanye command organization to directly command the main force of the Sanye Eighth and Twelfth Corps, a total of six armies and three independent brigades, from Zhanghuanggang to Longshaogang and from Koukou, Sanjiang The battalion and the Jingkou section were crossing the river, and the 34th and 35th armies of the Eighth Corps, at the same time as the battle was launched, used active feints to attract and contain the enemies of the two rivers... 2. Under the command of Tan Zhenlin, the Seventh and Ninth Corps of Sanye, cross the river from Yuxikou to Yaogou and from Yaogou to Zongyang Town... 3. The second field crosses the river from Zongyang Town to Wangjiang. After crossing the river, in addition to annihilating the enemy in front of it, a corps should advance as fast as possible to Quzhou on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line and the area to the west and north to firmly control Zhejiang. The first section of the Jiangxi Railway and the Tunxi North-South Highway cut off the enemy's retreat... 4. After the troops have successfully crossed the river, they should send teams to guide the left and right friendly neighbors to cross the river. Each army should keep in touch with the friendly neighbors, exchange information, cooperate closely, and actively support the friendly neighbors in operations. During the Battle of Huaihai, Su Yu was in a coma due to overwork, especially brain fatigue. At the end of February, Su Yu was recuperating in Jinan. Therefore, Su Yu did not attend the Sunjiaweizi General Front Committee meeting from the very beginning. At the end of the meeting on March 28, he came from Jinan to attend the meeting.The original deployment of our army's cross-river operations focused on the Wuhu-Anqing section, so the command position of the Sanye was set in Hefei, and the General Front Committee, the East China Bureau, and the East China Military Region were together with the Sanye Command.Su Yu believed that the Wuhu-Anqing section, where the river surface is narrow and the enemy's defense force is relatively weak, is right as the main section for our army to cross the river.However, the enemy's Yangtze River defense line is focused on the Nanjing-Shanghai section, and the Beijing (Nanjing) Shanghai Railway is an important lifeline for its connection.Our army must take advantage of the favorable conditions that the Beijing-Shanghai Yangzhong-Jiangyin section is parallel to the Yangtze River, and make the Yangzhong-Jiangyin section the focus of the east-front crossing attack. After crossing the river, immediately cut off the Beijing-Shanghai Road and divide the enemy's defense system in Nanjing and Shanghai. .Therefore, we must prepare to fight a fierce battle in the triangle area of ​​Jiangyin, Wuxi and Changzhou after crossing the river.In order to strengthen the key command on the eastern front, the Sanye Command should not be placed in Hefei, but should be moved eastward to the Taizhou area for command. The front committee agreed with Su Yu's opinion, and thus formed the command system for crossing the river: Deng Xiaoping and Chen Yi were permanently stationed in the general front committee, and the East China Bureau and the East China Military Region were located in Heyaogang to take charge of the overall situation; Liu Bocheng, Zhang Jichun (second field deputy political commissar and Director of the Political Department), Li Da (Chief of Staff of the Second Field) in Shucheng (later moved to Tongcheng) commanded the West Group composed of three corps of the Second Field and the Advance Corps of the Fourth Field Army; Su Yu and Zhang Zhen (Chief of Staff of the Three Fields) were in Baima, Taizhou Miao commanded the East Group composed of the Eighth and Tenth Corps of the Sanye; Tan Zhenlin commanded the Central Group composed of the Seventh and Ninth Corps of the Sanye in Wuwei (after crossing the river, he was under the command of Su Yu and Zhang Zhen).Practice has proved that this change is very clever. After the meeting, Su Yu and Zhang Zhen led the Sanye Command to command at Baima Temple in Taizhou; Liu Bocheng and Li Da led the Second Field Command to station in Tongcheng, Anhui; Chen Yi, Deng Xiaoping, and Shu Tong led the General Front Committee and the East China Bureau to Accompanied by Zeng Xisheng and others, they went to Yaogang in the eastern suburb of Hefei.The first important thing that Chen and Deng did when they went to Yaogang was to revise the "Outline for the Implementation of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Campaign" and report it to the Central Military Commission on April 1. On April 3, the Central Military Commission replied: "Maodong telegram. Agreed with the "Outline for the Implementation of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Campaign." And agreed with the General Front Committee's suggestion that the two armies of the 12th Army Corps of the Four Fields, with 120,000 people, enter Wuhan Areas to contain the Bai Chongxi Group, together with the Jianghan, Tongbai, and Hubei-Henan military regions, a total of about 200,000 people, part of the troops occupied Xishui, Qichun, Huangmei and other areas to contain the enemies in Jiujiang and ensure the safety of the right wings of the two groups; The troops of the Ministry of Defense entered and occupied the outer gardens, Xiaogan, and Huangpi of Wuhan, creating a situation of attacking and seizing Wuhan, and prepared to cross the south of the Yangtze River between Wuhan and Jiujiang. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Su Yu led his troops to cross the river from Nanjing to Jiangyin three times. He was very familiar with the water regime of the Yangtze River, the terrain on both sides, and the people's conditions.Standing in front of a 1/50,000 military map, he repeatedly made calculations, analyzed and compared the selection of a breakthrough site with the enemy's deep development, detour, encirclement and annihilation of the enemy.At the combat meeting, he talked about his vision.He said: "After Sanye broke through the Jiang defense, the first step was to encircle and wipe out the enemies in Nanjing, Wuhu, and Zhenjiang. The four armies on the Eastern Front (East Group) were carefully organized to break through the Jiang defense from the Sanjiang battalion to the Zhanghuanggang section, cutting off Beijing and Shanghai. The railway, wedged between the enemies of Beijing and Shanghai, is very important for cooperating with the enemies on the Western Front (Central Group) to encircle the enemy in the Nanjing area, and it is extremely beneficial to the entire campaign. As for the battle between the Eastern Group and the enemy for the Beijing-Shanghai Railway after crossing the river, it is more difficult In any case, we must overcome difficulties, resolutely fight this battle, and cut the Tang Enbo Group into two pieces. According to the fatal weakness of the enemy's weak defense in depth, this task can also be completed." Su Yu repeatedly calculated the distance between the Eastern Group (East Line) and the Central Group (West Line) to encircle the enemy after crossing the river, and the possible escape routes and distances of the enemies in Beijing, Zhen, and Wu.Since the Yangtze River bends northward in an arc from Wuhu to Jiangyin, it is a favorable condition for our east line (Jingjiang, Taixing) and west line (Wuwei, Tongling) to carry out pincer assaults on the enemies in the Nanjing area.I broke through the Jiang defense on the east front and pointed directly at the Wuxi Cao Bridge by the Taihu Lake. It is only forty or fifty kilometers away. The battle went smoothly for about two or three days. Cut off the enemy's passage from Nanjing to Shanghai; after our troops on the western front broke through the river defense, they moved eastward to the Guangde and Changxing areas for about 150-200 kilometers. After five days of smooth fighting, we were able to cut off the enemy's passage from Nanjing to Hangzhou .He estimated that the enemies in the Nanjing area would not give up Nanjing easily, and would only withdraw from Nanjing under the threat of severe punishment from our army's pincer attack.The direction of their escape is first to use the Beijing-Shanghai Railway to flee to Shanghai. If our main force on the east line quickly cuts off the Beijing-Shanghai Railway and blocks the enemy’s eastward escape, the enemy will flee to Hangzhou along the Beijing-Hangzhou National Highway.There are also 140 kilometers from Nanjing to Changxing and Guangde, and the journey will take four or five days. Since our army will be blocked by the enemy and the roads and bridges will be damaged along the way, and there are some mountainous areas, the speed of advance will be affected to a certain extent.However, the enemy's determination to escape to Hangzhou must be at least a day or two later than our army's landing.Therefore, there is a possibility that our army will strive to arrive at the Changxing and Guangde areas in advance or at the same time as the enemy; if our troops on the eastern front fight smoothly, advance towards Yixing and Liyang, and cut off the Beijing-Hangzhou highway, they may also be ahead of the troops on the western front .Based on the above judgment, Su Yu advocated that the section from Sanjiangying to Zhanghuanggang on the east line should also be regarded as a key breakthrough area.In order to better play the role of the four armies that had fought in the north and south of the river, he decided to transfer the 23rd Army and the 20th Army, which were familiar with the situation in central and southern Jiangsu, to the Central Group's Seventh and Ninth Corps respectively. The command of the Tenth and Eighth Corps of the Eastern Group transferred the 24th Army and the 25th Army, which were familiar with the situation in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang border area and southern Anhui, from the Eighth Corps of the Eastern Group to the command of the Seventh and Ninth Corps of the Central Group. The two-line assault force has been strengthened.Su Yu's above opinion was endorsed by the General Front Committee. Su Yu thoroughly analyzed the situation between the enemy and the enemy and the battlefield conditions, and proposed that the eastern line should be used as a key breakthrough area. In fact, it was like inserting a steel knife into the heart of the Kuomintang Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Security Command. First, cut off the Beijing-Shanghai Railway and cut Tang Enbo Group into The two sections made it impossible for the enemies of Nanjing in the west to flee to Shanghai; then the east and middle groups moved east and west, and then cut off the Beijing-Hangzhou National Highway, so that the enemies of Nanjing lost the opportunity to flee to Hangzhou in the south, and our army could catch a turtle in the urn.This plan proved to be completely correct for the implementation of the subsequent campaign. 1949 was the most exciting day for the Chinese people. In February, a million troops of the People's Liberation Army drank their horses to the Yangtze River, preparing to cross the turbulent Yangtze River and liberate the whole of China.Ye Fei suffered from severe kala-azar and was treated and recuperated in Jinan. He felt very regretful that he did not participate in the Huaihai Campaign.When the good news came that more than 555,000 enemies were wiped out in the Huaihai Campaign, Ye Fei also defeated kala-azar.When Ye Fei returned to the army, the East China Field Army had been reorganized into the Third Field Army, and Ye Fei served as the commander of the Tenth Corps.Since the battle of Menglianggu, Ye Fei has actually been responsible for the work of the temporary corps commander, sometimes commanding two columns to fight, sometimes commanding four columns to fight, but there is no formal corps organization.As soon as Ye Fei took office, he and Wei Guoqing, the political commissar of the Corps, went to the headquarters of the front committee of the Yaogang General Committee in Hefei to participate in the combat meeting of the Battle of Crossing the River.Deng Xiaoping, secretary of the General Front Committee, Chen Yi, commander of Sanye, and Su Yu, deputy commander, respectively made reports on the situation and tasks of the Battle of Crossing the River.After hearing these reports, Ye Fei suddenly became more open-minded. As soon as Chen Yi saw Ye Fei, who had just recovered from a serious illness, he patted his thin shoulder and said, "Looking at your pale face, I can tell that your body has not fully recovered. You must have been discharged from the hospital after arguing with the doctor, right?" "Keep your voice down, your physical condition is also a secret," Ye Fei said in a low voice, "Commander Chen, don't yell loudly. Commander Su knows about it and will definitely ask me to go back to the hospital. I will regret it for the rest of my life if I didn't participate in the Huaihai Campaign." , if I can no longer participate in the final battle of crossing the river, then I will regret it for the rest of my life!" Chen Yi said with a smile, "Okay, I won't talk about it for now." Then, his face became serious, and he said seriously, "Your tenth regiment's task of crossing the river is very difficult. You want to cut off the Beijing-Shanghai Railway and occupy the Soviet Union. South, liberate Shanghai, and completely destroy the political and economic center of the Kuomintang reactionary government. You must prepare well before the war, and you must be well prepared to succeed in one fell swoop." Ye Fei said loudly: "Please rest assured, Commander Chen, our Tenth Corps dares to issue a military order, Guaranteed to succeed in one fell swoop, we must fight across the Yangtze River on time!" Chen Yi was very satisfied. He patted Ye Fei's shoulders and said, "Ye Fei, are you 35 years old this year? However, I think your revolutionary drive has not diminished when you went east to Shanghai to fight devils!" Ye Fei touched his head and smiled. Ye Fei and Wei Guoqing were ordered to return to the Taizhou Corps headquarters. Before they could take a breath, they called the military-level leading cadres of the four armies of the Tenth Corps to hold a battle meeting. At the beginning of the meeting, Ye Fei did not gossip, but straight to the point to convey to everyone the "Outline for the Implementation of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Campaign" formulated by Deng Xiaoping and approved by the Central Military Commission. After Ye Fei finished reading the outline, everyone prepared to start the discussion as usual.Unexpectedly, Ye Fei waved his hand and said: "The symposium will be put in the back. To cross the Yangtze River, you must understand the Yangtze River. Let's go to the riverside now, see the Yangtze River, and understand the terrain." The opposite bank is the enemy's position. For safety and concealment, Ye Fei asked everyone to go there in plain clothes.Everyone followed Ye Fei and walked towards the river.When they came to the river, they looked at the opposite bank through the binoculars, and saw the undulating peaks over there. Both Ye Fei and Tao Yong have a common hobby. They both like classical poetry. Seeing the majestic torrential river, Tao Yong can't help thinking about it, and he can't help but say to Ye Fei: "This situation, this scene, don't you feel that ancient poetry 'The great river goes east, the waves wash away, and the hero of the ages. Is there a special feeling of intimacy when reciting at this time?" Looking at the Yangtze River, Ye Fei felt even more deeply. He said, "I think Xin Qiji's "Water Dragon Song" is closer to this scene." After finishing speaking, he turned to the Yangtze River and chanted the lyrics of "Water Dragon Song": Chu Tianqianli Qingqiu , the water goes with the sky and the autumn is endless.The distant Cen and the distant eyes, offering sorrow and hatred, jade hairpin and snail bun.In the setting sun at the top of the building, in the sound of the broken sound, wanderers in the south of the Yangtze River.After looking at Wu hook, he patted the railing all over, but no one would come, so he agreed. Don't say that perch is worthy of popularity, and when the westerly wind blows, the season eagle will return?Ask Tian to ask about homes, afraid of being ashamed, Liu Lang is angry.It's a pity that the fleeting years are sad and windy; the tree is still like this!Qian waits for others to call, red scarf and emerald sleeves, heroic tears!After Ye Fei finished singing, everyone applauded and praised: "Good singing, good singing!" Ye Fei stared at the river and said with emotion: "This poem is very thoughtful. Xin Qiji's ideal for the motherland has not been fulfilled. The grief and indignation of the Jin Dynasty, the hatred for the invasion of the Jin Dynasty, and the dissatisfaction with the surrender, all melt into this poem with only a hundred and eighty characters, which can be described as high-level!" "Well said, well said!" All the generals couldn't help but speak in unison. Ye Fei is no stranger to the Yangtze River. In October 1939, he led the Jiang team to withdraw from the Yangcheng Lake base to Yangzhong, and then crossed the river north from Yangzhong to Guocun; Local cadres, from Danyang and Jingjiang areas, crossed the south of the Yangtze River to Changxing in Zhejiang in two routes, joined Su Yu, and held the Tianmu Mountain Battle; in October 1945, he led four columns to cross the river from Danyang to Changzhou.Go north to Lianshui.Counting, this time crossing the river was already the fourth time for him. Facing the torrential river, Ye Fei recalled the time when he crossed the river in October 1945. Hearing the news that the New Fourth Army was about to withdraw to the north, Ye Fei flocked to Ye Fei’s residence and told him tearfully, “Commander Ye, you want Call back early! The people of Jiangnan look forward to your return one day sooner!" Ye Fei fought in southern Jiangsu for many years, traveled all over Maoshan, Yangcheng Lake, Tianmu Mountain, and both sides of the Fuchun River, and formed a life and death relationship with the people here.When it comes to crossing the river, the people's instructions seem to be just yesterday. As for fighting across the Yangtze River, Ye Fei had this idea as early as June 1947. It was just after the Battle of Menglianggu. Mao Zedong wanted to attract the enemies from Shandong and the Central Plains to the south of the Yangtze River, and at the same time create conditions for a large-scale crossing of the river. Zeng ordered Ye Fei to lead the first and fourth columns to go south to Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi to establish the Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi bases.Ye Fei still remembers the sentence "For confidentiality, please burn it after reading." in that telegram. In January 1948, Mao Zedong ordered Su Yu and Ye Fei to lead the No. 1, No. 4, and No. 6 columns to go south, and sent Yan Zhenheng, the chief of the reconnaissance section of the Field Division, to lead the reconnaissance battalion and accompany the advance column preparing to go south. Zhitu. Hu Bingyun interrupted Ye Fei's recollection, and said with a smile: "Minister of National Defense of the Kuomintang government Bai Chongxi said, 'The Yangtze River has been a natural danger since ancient times. If the Communist Party can cross the Yangtze River, unless the sun rises from the west.' This is really a fool's dream, and it is too exaggerated. I think Although the Yangtze River is big, it is not insurmountable, and I guarantee that all the commanders and fighters of our 29th Army can swim across it." Ye Fei said solemnly: "This statement is not entirely true. Although we have crossed the Yangtze River many times before, it was a period of guerrilla warfare. Success, today is not what it used to be, what we want to organize is millions of troops to cross the river, and the enemy is doubly prepared. Therefore, I remind everyone, don't be careless!" Mei Jiasheng said sadly: "Commander Ye is right. When it comes to crossing the river, we must not forget Comrade Wei Yiping." When Wei Yiping was mentioned, Ye Fei felt very heavy. That was in October 1945, when the New Fourth Army was ordered to withdraw to the north. Wei Yiping, the political commissar of the Four Verticals at the time, led a total of more than 800 people from the administrative organs and the two prefectural committees in southern Jiangsu to cross the river east of Zhenjiang. In the middle of the river, it sank suddenly. None of the more than 800 people survived.Ye Fei, Hui Yuyu, and Xia Guang were planning to cross the river on this boat.At that time, Wei Yiping joked with them that if they took this boat together, he would kill chickens to satisfy their greed. Although the old hen is delicious, they can't go together because of some business.Therefore, Hui Yuyu said: "An old hen is not enough for our teeth, let him enjoy it alone!" The four laughed loudly. Now, Ye Fei felt that the laughter was still there, but Wei Yiping was dead. Mei Jiasheng brought up the old story again, and Ye Fei sighed: "Wei Yiping is a good cadre of our party, and the elder who was the first to open up base areas in northern Jiangsu. His sacrifice is a great loss for the party." Wei Yiping is a native of Hainan. He participated in the Baise Uprising led by Zhang Yunyi and Deng Xiaoping in his early years and then went to the Central Soviet Area with the Seventh Red Army.After he joined the revolution, he forgot his personal interests in public and worked hard, worked hard, and worked hard for the revolution loyally. Also died on the same boat as Wei Yiping was Li Jianmo, the founder of the Changshu Minkang.After the old Sixth Regiment went east to Yangcheng Lake, relying on his enthusiastic help, they established a foothold in Yangcheng Lake. He was a meritorious minister in Jiangnan's resistance against Japan. At the same time, a group of intellectuals from Shanghai to the Soviet area, such as Wu Zhicheng, Wang Yi, and Situ Yang, were also sacrificed. After years of training, they all grew into outstanding party cadres. Looking back on the past, Ye Fei said sadly: "These outstanding cadres of the party did not die in the hail of bullets, but died in the accident that caused the ship to sink due to overloading. This lesson is too painful! We crossed the river this time, Everyone should learn from this lesson, make full preparations, raise more boats, and practice swimming skills." Returning to Taizhou Corps Headquarters from the river, they continued their meeting and discussion.Ye Fei asked everyone about the preparations for crossing the river and what difficulties still existed.Finally, in his concluding speech, he asked everyone to do three things well.First, carry out political training.He said: "Some comrades believe that the main force of the Kuomintang has been almost wiped out by us after the three major battles of Liaoshen, Huaihai, and Pingjin. The Kuomintang and the Communist Party are negotiating, and the main force of the Kuomintang has been wiped out, and there are not many left. Maybe the Kuomintang is willing to take the road of peaceful national construction, and there will be no big battles when crossing the river." Ye Fei said seriously, all these thoughts are underestimating the enemy and paralyzing , are to be overcome. "He asked everyone to organize commanders and fighters to connect with reality and learn from Mao Zedong's 49 New Year's message "Carrying the Revolution Through to the End." Carry on to the end, never give up halfway! The second thing Ye Fei wants everyone to focus on is to carry out military training.Our army has fought in the northern plains and mountains for a long time in the past, and lacks combat experience in areas with water networks in the south of the Yangtze River. In particular, there are too many comrades in the north, and we have never seen a river as wide as the Yangtze River, which is several miles or even more than ten miles. There are "ten fears" in the battle across the river, namely: 1. Afraid that the Yangtze River is boundless, with no wind and three feet of waves, and it is difficult to pass through seasickness; 2. Afraid that the boat is small and wooden; 3. Afraid to encounter enemy warships, especially gunboats, and cannot maneuver in the water; 4. Afraid Bombing and strafing, you can't shoot into the air, you can't dodge; 5. Afraid of being in the second echelon, thinking that the first echelon can sneak across the enemy by surprise, but the second echelon can't; 6. Afraid of mines; 7. Afraid of being injured when crossing the river. 8. Afraid of being a commando, afraid of fighting in the water after landing; 9. Afraid of losing direction; 10. Afraid of mosquitoes and snakes in the south. It is said that southern mosquitoes "weigh half a catty" and snakes are thicker than the mouth of a large bowl. . Ye Fei said: "The ten fears that everyone has, some are common sense issues, and some are tactical issues. If they are not properly resolved, it will be difficult to complete the task of crossing the river. In these cases, after the troops started large-scale training on the riverside, It can be solved.” He asked everyone to experience it in practice, relieve their ideological concerns, and be familiar with a set of tactical issues in crossing rivers and fighting in water network areas. The third task Ye Fei mentioned was to raise ships.The river where our army crossed the Yangtze River is more than 10 miles wide, and the narrowest part is more than three miles. Boats are our only means of crossing the river, and the civilian ships on both sides of the Yangtze River were robbed by the Kuomintang a few months ago.Therefore, there must have been many difficulties in recruiting ships.Ye Fei asked each army to raise at least four to five thousand ships.After having a ship, a group of sailors must be trained, and each army must train 700 sailors. When raising ships, Ye Fei asked all the armies to send reconnaissance teams to sneak into the south of the Yangtze River, find out the enemy's river defense fortifications and deployment of troops, and choose a breakthrough point for landing, laying the foundation for a successful landing in one fell swoop.After the reconnaissance units of the 23rd Army and 28th Army crossed the river, they not only drew the enemy's river fortifications and distribution of troops, but also captured a few prisoners, providing living materials for our army to cross the river.