Chapter 4 Chapter 03

Fu Zuoyi's calculation was good, but he did not expect that Mao Zedong had already prepared a sharp sword for his long snake formation. Mao Zedong's keen eyes stayed on Fu Zuoyi's long snake formation, and he immediately found the key to solving the problem: the long snake formation in front of him clearly reflected Fu Zuoyi's hesitant and difficult to retreat.As long as Fu Zuoyi's hesitant psychology can be fully utilized, he can lead the enemy by the nose and achieve the goal of keeping Fu's troops in North China and preventing them from retreating south or west. After repeated thinking, Mao Zedong thought it was better to catch the snake by its tail first.Once the tail of the snake is caught, the head of the snake will inevitably turn back and bite. This is the nature of snakes.

In other words, start from the Western Front?Suiyuan was Fu Zuoyi's base, and Pingsui Road was the only line of communication for him to retreat from Ping and Tianjin to Suiyuan. Zhangjiakou was his military base, which connected Suiyuan to the west and Ping and Tianjin to the east. Before the Jin and Tang areas, the operation from this line hit the nerves of Fu Zuoyi's group. He was bound to increase troops from the Ping and Tianjin areas to ensure the smooth flow of the line. As long as Fu Zuoyi's troops are attracted to the Pingzhang line and one or most of the troops on the line are wiped out so that Fu Zuoyi can neither flee west nor south, that is the greatest victory.

In early November 1948, the Central Military Commission and Mao Zedong decided to expand the scale of the Huaihai Campaign based on the major changes in the national military situation after the Jinan and Liaoshen campaigns.The strength of the People's Liberation Army on the Huaihai battlefield is not dominant. If Chiang Kai-shek draws reinforcements from other battlefields, the Huaihai campaign will be greatly affected.Chiang Kai-shek wanted to withdraw troops, and the North China Fu Zuoyi Group was the only force that could maneuver at that time.Therefore, while organizing and commanding the Huaihai Campaign, the Central Military Commission paid close attention to the movements of the North China Kuomintang Army.

On November 7, the second day after the launch of the Huaihai Campaign, the Central Military Commission called the leaders of the Northeast Field Army, the North China Military Region, the Northeast Advance Corps, and the North China Second and Third Corps: "According to spy information, Fu Zuoyi notified Zhangbei, Xinghe, The local government of Shangyi secretly prepares a large army of food and grass supply. It seems that Fu is preparing to reinforce Guisui, and there is a possibility of abandoning Pingzhang and returning to Suiyuan. According to the Shanghai-Nanjing spy information, Chiang Kai-shek asked Fu Zuoyi to give up Guisui, Datong, and Zhangjiakou and stick to it. The story of Pingjin. According to foreign news agencies, Fu Zuoyi went to Nanjing for a meeting on the 4th, and Chiang Kai-shek wanted Fu Zuoyi to abandon Pingjin and focus on Xuzhou. It is not known what the outcome of the Nanjing meeting is, but I heard that Fu Zuoyi was unwilling to do so.

The Central Military Commission estimates that there are three possibilities for Fu Zuoyi's future movements: one is to stick to Pingjin; Withdrew to Nanjing area. The Central Military Commission pointed out that if Fu Zuoyi adopts the policy of sticking to Pingjin, "it will be beneficial to us", so that I can annihilate it on the spot; , which will increase the difficulty for me to fight in the future; For this reason, the Central Military Commission asked the 2nd and 3rd North China Corps and the Northeast Advance Corps to jointly deal with the possible retreat of the Fu Zuoyi Group. The dynamics of the two armies”; the head of the North China Military Region should inform the leaders of the Northeast Field Army and the advance corps in a timely manner of Fu Zuoai’s overall dynamics.

At this time, the 3rd Corps and 1st Corps of North China were actively preparing to attack Suiyuan and Taiyuan. Guisui is the capital of Suiyuan Province, the rear base of Fu Zuoyi's direct troops, with 1 army and 3 divisions of about 40,000 defenders. On October 24, Yang Chengwu, commander of the 3rd North China Corps, Li Jingquan, political commissar, and Li Tianhuan, deputy political commissar and director of the political department, called the Military Commission and proposed to attack Guisui City, planning to start the attack around November 10, and strive to resolve it by the end of November.

This proposal was approved by the Central Military Commission.The main force of the 3rd Corps then moved eastward quickly, assembled towards Guisui, and surrounded Guisui City on November 5. On the same day that the 3rd Corps encircled Guisui, the Central Military Commission called Yang Chengwu and others: At present, the 2nd North China Corps and the Northeast Advance Corps are threatening Beiping from both the north and the south. Army reinforcements.You should take advantage of the current favorable opportunity to "carefully investigate the cooperation of the enemy in Guisui City, so that the siege of the city will be effective quickly, and you should strive to conquer Guisui in about ten days."

According to the instructions of the Central Military Commission and the situation of the Guisui defenders, the 3rd Corps drew up a plan to attack Guisui, determined to concentrate the 1st, 2nd, and 6th columns, a total of 8 brigades, and captured Guisui City in two steps. In the first step, 6 brigades were used to capture the old city and the station, and another 2 brigades were used as the siege reserve team to contain the new city defenders.All ministries completed their preparations for the attack on the 10th, and began to clear out the outer perimeter operations on the evening of the 11th, and advanced towards the city walls and stations.

The second step is to attack Xincheng with 5 brigades, and use 3 brigades as a reserve team to participate in siege or reinforcement operations.Aim for 5 to 10 big settlement battles.During the siege, the 8th Column and Beiyue Group were located in Jining and its east and west areas, and served as reinforcements to block Zhangjiamen: On November 8, the Central Military Commission approved the plan.At the same time, in view of the fact that the 2nd Corps has moved south from the Pingzhang Line to the Pingbao Line to fight.Once the 3rd Corps attacks Guisui, Fu Zuoyi will send troops to the west to assist, and the 3rd Corps is insufficient to attack the reinforcements. The Central Military Commission called Lin Biao to order the Northeast Advance Corps to arrive in Jixian County, Hebei Province one or two days earlier. Move towards Beiping, "contain Fu Jun's western reinforcements and help Yang Chengwu succeed."

Just as the 3rd North China Corps was preparing to attack Guisui, the 1st North China Corps called the Central Military Commission and suggested adding troops to Taiyuan. Taiyuan is the provincial capital of Shanxi, and it is also the last bastion of Yan Xishan, the Taiyuan Sui Department of the Kuomintang, to occupy Shanxi. On October 5, 1948, the First North China Corps and other departments launched the Taiyuan Campaign, planning to complete the task of liberating Taiyuan in three months.Relying on solid city defenses, layers of peripheral fortifications and superior firepower, the Taiyuan defenders fought stubbornly.The 1st Corps made slow progress. By the first ten days of November, it had wiped out about 30,000 defenders and lost about 19,000 of its own personnel.

Under such circumstances, the deputy commander of the North China Military Region and commander of the 1st Corps, political commissar Xu Xiangqian, and deputy commander and deputy political commissar Zhou Shidi called the Central Military Commission: In order to fight for the early capture of Taiyuan, avoid protracted periods of time, and increase consumption, it is proposed to If possible, add 2 columns to the front line of Taiyuan in order to quickly resolve the battle. The Central Military Commission carefully analyzed the situation in North China, and believed that: "Under the influence of our army's victory in the situation in North China, Fu Zuoyi was wandering between Ping, Zhang, Tianjin, and Bao, and it seemed that he had not yet made a final decision on sticking to Pingjin or retreating to Suibao in the west. However, if we attack Guisui, it is possible that the three armies of Fu Zuoyi's group and the three or four cavalry brigades of the cavalry will retreat westward earlier, and our Yang Li Corps may be forced to withdraw from the encirclement and retreat southward because there is no certainty of reinforcements. Because the airlift has not stopped and the position is strong, our siege force is not yet superior, and we are still struggling in the corner, trying to increase our consumption in the protracted period." To break the deadlock, the only way is to increase the force.In this way, "it can help Xu and Zhou capture Taiyuan, and make Xu and Zhou go south as soon as possible to take over Liu and Deng's tasks in the Central Plains, so that Liu and Deng can cross the river next year." Based on the above analysis, on November 9, the Central Military Commission called Yang Dezhi, Luo Ruiqing, Geng Biao and others to strive for the early capture of Taiyuan and to restrain Fu Zuoyi's troops in Ping, Zhang, Tianjin, and Bao areas, waiting for the main forces of the Northeast to enter the pass and cooperate with the North China forces to completely For the purpose of annihilating the enemy, the deployment of the 2nd and 3rd North China Corps is specially revised as follows: Yang, Luo, and Geng immediately led the 3rd and 4th verticals and the 4th brigade of the 2nd Corps to secretly move to the Fuping area for 7 days from November 11th, and began to move to the Taiyuan area on November 20th. Participate in the Taiyuan battle from the 1st, and under the command of Xu and Zhou, strive to conquer Taiyuan before December 15th; The other two brigades of the 2nd Corps cooperated with the 7th Column to accept the command of the North China Military Region and stayed on the Pingbao Line for activities; The 3rd Corps stopped its plan to attack Guisui. Apart from keeping one part to monitor the Guisui garrison and get in touch with our Baotou troops, the main force moved to Guisui and Jining to rest and prepare to annihilate Youping and Zhang Xiangsuiyuan The retreating Fu Department will return to Sui when the Northeast Field Army attacks Ping and Tianjin, or when the 2nd Corps returns to the Pingzhang Line after completing the Taiyuan mission; Cheng Zihua and Huang Zhiyong led the Northeast Advance Corps to monitor the Beiping defenders.If the enemy attacks Shijiazhuang again, we should attack Beiping with all our strength to hold back the enemy, or go south across Pingjin Road to annihilate the enemy. At the same time, in order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the 1st Corps, the Central Military Commission decided to transfer 5,000 prisoners from the Jinan Campaign, together with about 2,000 prisoners from the North China Supplementary Training Corps, and rushed to the front line of Taiyuan at the end of November to supplement.The North China Military Region should mobilize recruits in advance, and rush to send 10,000 recruits in December to supplement the frontline troops in Taiyuan. Mao Zedong estimated that since Taiyuan was Yan Xishan's sphere of influence, Fu Zuoyi might not move when we attacked Taiyuan, or he might take advantage of the 2nd North China Corps' westward departure from Taiyuan and the lack of troops on the Pingbao Line to invade Shijiazhuang again.If this is the case, it will be beneficial for me to conquer Taiyuan and keep Fu Zuoyi's troops in the Pingjin area. On November 10, Yang Dezhi and others replied by telegram expressing their full support for the policy of the Central Military Commission on the Second Corps participating in the seizure of Taiyuan, and deployed troops to start operations from the next day. On the 11th, Yang Chengwu and others also replied to the Central Military Commission, agreeing with the policy of the 3rd Corps withdrawing from the encirclement and returning to Sui, and deploying troops to assemble and train on the Zhuozishan and Jining lines. On the same day, Cheng Zihua and others also called the Central Military Commission, saying that the advance corps was ready to take on the task of intimidating Peiping or going south. On the 15th, Lin Biao, Luo Ronghuan, and Liu Yalou called the Central Military Commission and put forward a proposal to stop attacking Taiyuan and suppress Fu Zuoyi's clique: "Two armies of the Xuzhou enemy have revolted, and several divisions have been wiped out. Liu Ruming's troops have also been shaken. Under the attack of our Liu and Deng troops, the enemy there may be quickly wiped out and disintegrated. Under such circumstances, Chiang Kai-shek will definitely try to transfer Fu Zuoyi and his Central Army to the south to increase defense and avoid annihilation in the Pingjin area, while Fu Zuoyi may try to escape westward and return to Suiyuan in order to preserve himself. If it is empty, it cannot play the role of annihilating the enemy. "In order to prevent the above situation, we feel that the policy of the Military Commission to order Yang Chengwu's troops not to attack Sui for the time being is very good. We suggest that Xu Zhou's and Yang Luo's troops have neither formally attacked Taiyuan, nor can they temporarily not attack Taiyuan, and concentrate on The forces should quickly encircle Baoding or Zhangjiakou (except for keeping one part to monitor Taiyuan). Whichever of these two places is more likely to achieve the purpose of encircling the enemy, encircle the place and cut off its communication with Peiping. The encircled enemy , to adopt the method of encircling and not attacking, so as to achieve the purpose of holding back the enemy. It is also possible that Fu Zuoyi and the Central Army to which he belongs can neither let go southward, nor retreat to Suiyuan, nor concentrate their forces to defend Tianjin. , he can contain our army's actions, and may retreat safely from the sea at any time; or defend Beiping. If I don't attack the city, his reinforcements will be convenient for our army to annihilate. All enemies. "Taiyuan has become a dead city. After our army has wiped out Fu Zuoyi and the Central Army to which he belongs, it can be taken easily at any time. Therefore, the enemy in Taiyuan can be wiped out, and they can intentionally stay after they fight Tianjin. Playable target." The Central Military Commission believes that the proposal to stop the attack on Taiyuan is desirable, "Taiyuan's early attack will indeed alarm Chiang and Fu to urge him to retreat to the west and south", and "the attack on Taiyuan can be stopped."As for the 1st North China Corps, it is better to stay on the front line in Taiyuan.If "they are asked to abandon the captured positions and go to Zhangjiakou to take on the encirclement task, firstly, Yan bandits will go out of the city to harass; secondly, the troops will not be able to change their mood; They will flee in fear of annihilation"; four points: "The main force of Fu's troops are all near Beiping" and "there are very few enemies stationed in Zhangjiakou". . For this reason, the Central Military Commission called Xu Xiangqian and Zhou Shidi on November 16: It is estimated that the conquest of Taiyuan will be too early, and Fu Zuoyi will feel isolated, so he will automatically abandon Ping, Tianjin, Zhang, and Tang to retreat south, or retreat west and south respectively. , increasing the difficulty of subsequent annihilation, ask them to consider whether the following policy is feasible: (1) Fight for another week or two, capture some key points on the outskirts, and firmly control the airport, that is, stop the attack and carry out a political offensive.The troops stick to the positions they have gained and rest on the spot, and attack Taiyuan again in early January next year when our army enters the pass to attack Ping and Tianjin. (2) If this policy is adopted, the Yang, Luo, and Geng tribes will rest in Fuping and not move westward for the time being. On the 17th, Xu Xiangqian and Zhou Shidi replied by telegram, expressing full agreement with the policy of not attacking Taiyuan for the time being. On the 18th and 20th, the Central Military Commission instructed the North China Second Corps to "stand by in Fuping and prepare to dispatch near Zhangjiakou at any time, and cooperate with Yang (Yang Chengwu), Li (Li Jingquan), and Li (Li Tianhuan) to prevent the enemy from escaping"; North China The second column stopped attacking Baoding. The key to suppressing the Fu Zuoyi Group's on-the-spot annihilation in North China was to stabilize Fu Zuoyi so that he would not flee westward or southward before or during the entry of the main force of the Northeast Field Army.After making the decision to delay the attack on Sui and Taiyuan, the Central Military Commission decided to launch an attack on the Pingzhang Line first, encircle Zhangjiakou, and force Fu Zuoyi to send troops to the west to help capture Fu's and Jiang's forces, so as to buy time for the main force of the Northeast Field Army to enter the border. . The Pingzhang line refers to the line from Beiping to Zhangjiakou in the east section of Pingsui Road. It is the only line of communication connecting the Pingjin area and Suiyuan behind the Fu army. Zhangjiakou is a strategic hub on this line.In order to ensure the smooth flow of the line, Fu Zuoyi deployed 10 steps and jockeys (brigades) of his direct troops on the line from Zhangjiakou to Nankou. On November 22, the Central Military Commission called Yang Chengwu, Li Jingquan, and Li Tianhuan to move eastward in secret with three main columns, and cooperated with the troops of the Jirecha Military Region to cut off the connection between Ping and Zhangjiakou, encircle Zhangjiakou, and attract the Kuomintang troops in the Beiping area to go west to rescue Zhangjiakou. It was the time when Pingjin Fu Jun fled south. On the 24th, the Central Military Commission once again telegraphed that the 3rd Corps would set off on the 25th; it would take 6 days to arrive near Zhangjiakou, and then surround the defenders at Zhoujiahe and Huai'an in the southwest of Zhangjiakou with 2 columns, and insert a column into Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua. During this period, Zhang Xuan was cut off from contact, so that the defenders at Zhoujiahe, Huai'an, and Zhangjiakou could not escape.If the defenders of Zhoujiahe and Huai'an quickly shrink to Zhangjiakou, or the defenders of Zhangjiakou quickly shrink to the east, they should quickly go east and encircle Zhangjiakou, Xuanhua or Xiahuayuan. On the 26th, the Central Military Commission called Yang Dezhi and others, ordering the 2nd Corps to dispatch from Yangqu and go to Zhuo County and the area west of Laishui on a 5-6 day itinerary. On the 27th, the Central Military Commission officially issued the flat tension line combat plan: "In order to attract several armies of Fu Zuoyi's troops to the Pingzhang line during the whole of December and wipe out one or most of the armies on this line, so that the main forces of our Lin and Luo forces can advance to Hebei in December. After the East, we have successfully cut off the Pingjin, Tianjin and Tangang lines, wiped out several enemies, and opened up the battle situation in the main areas. The deployment is as follows: "Cheng and Huang led the Northeast Four Columns, Eleven Columns and a Cavalry Division; Yang, Luo and Geng led the North China Second Corps' Three Columns, Four Columns, and Eight Columns; Yang and Li led the North China Third Corps. The first column, the second column (two brigades), the sixth column, and the Zhandanan local corps formed the forces for the Pingzhang Campaign, and all the above units were under the unified command of Cheng and Huang. "Yang and Li led their troops to advance eastward from the Suidong area on the 20th, concentrated in the areas around Chaigoupu and Huai'an around the 30th, and then quickly seized and surrounded Chaigoupu and Huailai, or Zhangjiakou, The enemy at various points in Xuanhua has a force of about one army, and attacks with cameras to attract reinforcements from the enemy in the east to the west. "Yang, Luo, and Geng led their troops to set off from the Quyang area north of Shijiazhuang on the 26th. On December 1, they concentrated in the Zijingguan area in the northwest of Yi County for shelter. Then they planned to enter the Zhuolu area on a five-day journey. fight. "Cheng and Huang's units will be concentrated in the Pinggu area within a few days. After the preparations are completed, after Yang and Li capture a few enemies in the Chai, Huai, Zhang, and Xuan areas, they will immediately surpass the enemies on the Miyun, Huairou, and Shunyi lines. Proceed to Yanqing and Huailai areas to fight with cameras. The mileage time from Pinggu to Huailai is Wang Cheng and Huang Chagao. "The enemy now has one cavalry brigade in Xinghe, one division and two cavalry brigades in Chai and Huai, one division in Zhangjiakou, the headquarters of the 105th Army and the headquarters of Sun Lanfeng of the 11th Corps, one division in Xuanhua, and one division in Xiahuayuan , Huailai, Tumu, Shacheng, Nankou, three divisions of the 104th Army and one division of the Sixteenth Army, a total of eight infantry divisions and three cavalry brigades, are estimated to be surrounded in Chai, Huai, Zhang, and Xuan. After your units advance There are two divisions of the Sixteenth Army and three divisions of the Thirty-fifth Army. It is very likely that reinforcements will be sent in. In this way, you must prepare to fight against thirteen infantry divisions and three cavalry brigades. The enemy transports troops by train and automobile very quickly. Yes, you must also pay attention to your movements quickly. "As long as you can grab and wrestle the above-mentioned sixteen divisions of infantry and cavalry on the flat line within December, and annihilate part of them, so that the enemy cannot move, cannot flee west or east, that will be a great achievement. strategic victory. "It must be fully estimated that when the situation is unfavorable, the armies directly under Fu Zuoyi may flee westward, and then you must use two methods to annihilate them. "It must also be estimated that when the situation is unfavorable, the enemies on this line will rush eastward, and then you must use the same means to annihilate them. "Carry out sufficient mobilization work in your troops to wipe out the enemy. "Food on this line is relatively difficult, and I hope that the Beiyue and Recha districts will use all means to meet your army's food needs for two months. "Before Lin, Luo, and Liu entered the pass, the Pingsui Line was under the direct command of the Military Commission, and after Lin, Luo, and Liu entered the pass, it was handed over to Lin, Luo, and Liu. "Lin, Luo, and Liu have any opinions on Cheng and Huang's actions, and report them immediately." After receiving the order from the Military Commission to encircle Zhangjiakou, the 3rd North China Corps made the following deployments: With the strength of the 2nd and 6th columns, a total of 5 brigades, the means of encircling first and then annihilating each one were used to attack and annihilate the enemy's 210th Division and the 11th Cavalry Brigade in the Chaigoubao and Guoleizhuang areas. Attack before dusk. With the 1st column and 1 brigade, they rushed to Huai'an before dawn on November 30.The main force of the column gathered in the Huai'an and Zuoweijian areas on the evening of December 1. In addition to destroying the railway roads west and south of Zhangjiakou, the main force was responsible for destroying the enemies of Chaigoubao and Guoleizhuang fleeing east, and Cooperate with the task of the 6th Column to wipe out the enemy of Zhangjiakou West Aid. For example, the defenders in the Chai and Guo areas fled to Zhangjiakou in advance, and occupied Wanquan County and the Kongjiazhuang area with 6 verticals, occupied Taipingzhuang, Zuowei and the area east of them with 2 verticals, and cut off the railway line between Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua with 1 vertical , forming a siege of Zhangjiakou. In order to cooperate with the North China 3rd Corps, Cheng Zihua and Huang Zhiyong ordered the 11th Inner Mongolian Cavalry Division to approach and occupy Zhangbei County before December 1st, and then oppressed Zhangjiakou from the north;The team broke the road between Xuanhua and Huailai before December 1.At the same time, the 12th Brigade of the 4th Column of the 2nd North China Corps was ordered to undertake road breaking and attack tasks in Xuan and Huaijian. On the 25th, Yang Chengwu's 3rd Corps set off from Suidong and went to Zhang?The mouth area is advancing rapidly. On the night of the 29th, the 3rd Corps' 1st vertical Huai'an, 2nd vertical, and 6th verticals attacked Chaigoubao and Guoleizhuang areas west of Zhangjiakou, and the famous Pingjin Battle started at home and abroad. On the 30th, the 2nd vertical occupied Chaigoubao and Zuowei, the 6th vertical occupied Wanquan and Guoleizhuang, and the 1st vertical occupied Huailai.Then, the 2nd and 6th verticals successively occupied Huangtuliang, Guanjiayao, Zhaojiayao, Kongjiazhuang and other peripheral positions west of Zhangjiakou, while the 1st vertical turned to Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua to attack.In this way, the 3rd Corps formed a situation of encircling Zhangjiakou from the west and south. Facing the rapid offensive of the People's Liberation Army, Sun Lanfeng, the commander of the 11th Corps of the Kuomintang Army stationed in Zhangjiakou, was adjusting his deployment and shrinking his troops. Fu Zuoyi had no idea of ​​Mao Zedong's intentions. He judged that the People's Liberation Army's attack on Zhangjiakou was only a partial operation, and the main force of the Northeast Field Army had not yet entered the pass.In this situation, the westward route must be maintained.So he immediately ordered the main force of the 35th Army (2 divisions) in Fengtai and the 104th Army (1 division) in Huailai to be led by the commander of the 35th Army, Guo Jingyun, to rush to Zhangjiakou in the starry night.In addition, the main force of the 104th Army in Changping was transferred to Huailai, and the 16th Army in Zhuo County was moved to Changping and Nankou. His intention was to defeat the North China Liberation Army before the main force of the Northeast Field Army entered the pass, and then concentrate its forces against the Northeast Field Army that entered the pass. Before leaving, Fu Zuoyi said to Guo Jingyun: "The 35th Army is the elite that I have accumulated for 30 years. Every soldier, every shot and every bullet in it is condensed with my hard work, and even my handwriting is printed on it. It is my mobile phone. Troops, it took me a lot of trouble to get over 400 Dadges from the American allies, all of which are equipped with you, and your weapons are also the latest models. You understand the status of this troop with me; hereby The next time you rush to help Zhangjiakou, go and come back quickly, don't stay because of trivial matters. I wish you success!" The 35th Army is the first trump card of Fu's army, and it is the foundation of Fu Zuoyi's fortune.In the early years, Fu Zuoyi followed Yan Xishan to participate in the Central Plains War. After Yan Xishan's defeat, Zhang Xueliang reorganized the Jinsui Army in the name of the deputy commander of the army, navy and air force. Because of his special appreciation for Fu Zuoyi, he appointed Fu as the commander of the 35th Army and the commander of the 73rd Division. From then on Fu Zuoyi's independent development as a party force.Because Fu Zuoyi was extremely powerful in the Anti-Japanese War, the 35th Army was expanded. In 1940, based on the 35th Army, Fu Zuoyi expanded the new 3rd Army and the 4th Cavalry Army, which later became the 104th Army and 105th Army.Now that there was a problem with Fu Zuoyi's escape to Suiyuan's lair, he did not hesitate to take out his trump card, the 35th Army. Guo Jingyun, the fourth and last commander of the 35th Army, had pockmarked face and unattractive appearance. He was known as Guo Mazi.He was born in Chang'an, Shaanxi. He fled famine and begged for food when he was a child, and lived in Tianjin, where he worked in the Dagu Saltworks.Later, he joined the army and served as a soldier in Fu Zuoyi's Ministry. Because of his bravery in combat, he was highly regarded and served successively as regiment commander and division commander. In January 1948, after Lu Yinglin was defeated and committed suicide in the Battle of Laishui, he was specially promoted by Fu Zuoyi as the commander of the 35th Army. Guo Jingyun said in his inaugural speech: "The 35th Army is an ever-victorious army. Is it easy to be the commander of the ever-victorious army? You division commanders, regimental commanders, battalion commanders, company commanders, and platoon commanders are not easy to do. The army commander has made a show for us. If you lose me, I will commit suicide." After receiving the mission, Guo Jingyun said to his subordinates: "The commander-in-chief wants us to rescue Sun Lanfeng. I don't think there will be any trouble. But you should pay attention, the commander-in-chief is not at ease without our 35th army in Beiping. So he wants us to hurry up." Go, hit quickly, and come back quickly after hitting."