Chapter 6 Chapter 5

On the afternoon of November 30th, the 35th Army arrived in Zhangjiakou.So far, most of Fu Zuoyi's direct troops have been attracted to the Pingzhang Line.Mao Zedong pointed out happily: "This situation is extremely beneficial to me." On December 1, the 35th Army, together with 4 divisions and brigades of the defending army, launched a counterattack against the 6th column of the People's Liberation Army to the west of Zhangjiakou, and once occupied Wanquan County; The column around Kongjiazhuang counterattacked violently and was repelled by the People's Liberation Army.

In the evening of the same day, the 1st Column crossed the Yanghe River, captured Shalingzi and the station by storm, and destroyed the railway between Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua, cutting off the connection between Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua.The troops of the Jirecha Military Region occupied Shacheng and Tumu, and destroyed the railway between Xiahuayuan and Huailai.The 12th Brigade of the 2nd North China Corps occupied Xinbaoan.The flat tension line is cut into several sections by the PLA. In order to quickly achieve a complete division and encirclement of Fu Zuoyi's direct troops on the Pingzhang Line, at 16:00 on December 4, the Central Military Commission called Cheng Zihua, Huang Zhiyong, Yang Dezhi, Luo Ruiqing, Geng Biao, Yang Chengwu, and Li Tianhuan, and made the following deployment for the next step:

(1) Yang and Li's current deployment is excellent, that is, the two columns are west of Zhangjiakou.A column cut off the connection between Zhang and Xuan to prevent the enemies of Xuanhua from concentrating on Zhangjiakou (this point is extremely important).However, we must pay attention to quickly strengthen the blocking position, prepare to repel the enemy's many attacks, consume the enemy in front of the position, and then concentrate our forces to wipe out the enemy. (2) Yang, Luo, and Geng Wu acted quickly, surrounded the enemies at Xuanhua and Xiahuayuan with their main forces, and wiped them out (first wiped out the enemies at Xiahuayuan).Use a powerful force to cut off the connection between Huailai and Xiahuayuan, and indeed prevent Huailai and its enemies to the east from sending reinforcements to the west.

(3) The Cheng and Huang divisions rushed forward to the Huailai and Nankou lines, and when they arrived, the cameras annihilated the enemies on the line one by one. (4) After the above three tasks are completed, concentrate on solving Zhang Yuan's enemies! At 17:00 on the same day, the Central Military Commission called Yang Chengwu and Li Tianhuan: "Prepare to fight tenaciously for many days with the attacking enemy, and firmly cut off the connection between Zhang and Xuan. It is your top priority to prevent the Xuanhua enemy from concentrating on Zhang Yuan. You use The force used to cut off the link between Zhang and Xuan must be all in one column; if necessary, it should be strengthened."

At 21:00 on the same day, the Central Military Commission called Yang Dezhi, Luo Ruiqing, Geng Biao and others again, requesting to resolutely prevent the enemy troops from Zhangjiakou from breaking through to the east: The biggest concern for the past few days is that Zhang Yuan's enemy will take advantage of our journey and the Huang Department will break through to the east, while the Huailai and Nankou enemies will go west to meet them.Therefore, in addition to the points already stated, the following additions must be made, which I hope will be carried out promptly, truly and resolutely:

Yang, Luo, and Geng Wu will use all their strength to control the section of Xuanhua (not included) and Huailai (not included) on the 5th of tomorrow, and immediately start to build strong blocking fortifications to the east and west, so that the enemy of Zhang Yuan cannot retreat eastward. is the most important task, don't be too busy attacking the enemies of Xuanhua.If there is only one regiment in the lower garden, destroy it.If there is a division, don't fight it, just surround it, and wait for Cheng and Huang to reach the Huainan line before fighting. Yang and Li Yizong must stick to the blocking positions between Zhang and Xuan. If the troops are insufficient, they should increase their troops.

"If the enemies of Zhang and Xuan make a detour to retreat to Peiping, the Yang Luogeng and Yang Li corps should pursue and encircle the enemy during its movement." In accordance with the deployment of the Central Military Commission, the 2nd North China Corps and the Northeast Advance Corps marched towards the Pingzhang Line with all their strength. On the way to Zhuolu and Xiahuayuan from Fuping and Quyang via Yixian and Zijingguan, on December 5, the Front Committee of the North China 2 Corps issued instructions to the Vertical Committee and the Brigade Committee on mobilizing troops to participate in the North China Great War:

"This is the Great Battle of North China. As a result, the enemy will be completely wiped out, Ping, Tianjin, Zhang, and Tang will be liberated, and the whole of North China will be liberated. From the perspective of the strategic situation, we can concentrate the main forces in the Northeast and North China to fight, while the enemy is trapped. The narrow area is isolated and helpless, and there are many internal contradictions. If I can capture and divide them and cut off their escape routes, I will definitely wipe them out. But Fu Zuoyi still has 11,000 regular troops, and together with other troops about 5 There are around 100,000 troops, and they must resist tenaciously when they want to escape. Therefore, this battle will be another fierce battle, and several fierce battles must be fought before the problem can be solved. Therefore, we must fully Prepare to fight big battles, fight bad battles, and fight many bad battles in a row. All blindly optimistic thinking of underestimating the enemy because the situation is better, or not working hard because of certain difficulties (such as lack of troops or training, etc.), or even fear of fighting big battles The idea of ​​fighting bad battles and fearing continuous fighting is wrong and must be completely broken.

"There should be sufficient political mobilization to eliminate Fu's enemy, so that the whole army has the determination to destroy Fu's enemy and prepare to fight several desperate battles with the enemy. We must repeatedly explain that all our efforts and hard work are for the purpose of It caused the day to wipe out the enemy, and now this day has indeed come. We must repeatedly explain that we have endured for a long time to win the victory of the revolution in the whole country, and now the national victory is just around the corner. We must repeatedly explain It is extremely shameful for a minority to falter and flee, and to mobilize sufficient public opinion to sanction the escape and wavering of the minority. It is necessary to advocate that although we face difficulties, they can be overcome, especially after winning the battle, all difficulties can be resolved. For example Replenishment is limited by captives, and this operation can be tried out based on the experience of the Northeast and East China to "replenish as soon as it is attacked" (the specific method will be formulated separately and must be reported to the Military Commission and the North China Bureau). Some new troops are poorly equipped or have little transportation capacity. They can all be solved during the battle capture (it must be distinguished from the foreign wealth thinking of some people who want to grab a hand or solve some personal problems in the battle). According to a rough understanding of this operation, it is estimated that more than a thousand of my corps escaped. People, it proves that the ideological mobilization during our several days of training is completely insufficient (the Political Department will issue separate instructions on the political work of the campaign).

"We must really pay attention to tactics, especially the senior commanders above the regiment. The key points are: (1) It is necessary to study and clarify the situation at any time, strengthen battlefield observation, and base determination and deployment on the real and objective situation. (2) For every important official attack, the commander must personally observe the terrain, figure out the enemy's deployment, select the assault point and indicate the way forward, and personally deploy troops and organize firepower.The command organs at the two levels of column and brigade should be as close to the front as possible (but attention must be paid to concealment) so as to command at any time (brigades and columns can be divided into front and rear echelons during wartime, and the same is true for corps).

(3) Don't forget to concentrate your troops and firepower at the main attack point at any time. Don't be afraid of too much concentration, but always be afraid of not being concentrated. troops to wipe out several weak enemies at the same time), (4) Pay attention to communication and communication, and earnestly abide by the regulations on battlefield communication signals, etc., so as not to accidentally injure yourself and let the enemy go. (5) Resolutely execute the order, and combine the execution of the order with the due opportunity.It is not allowed for large corps not to resolutely implement orders, not to take care of the overall situation, or to let go of fighters under the pretext of orders, and to cooperate with friends and neighbors without taking the initiative to fight. (6) In terms of company platoon tactics and formation, in addition to using the three-three system tactics, we must emphasize the combination of individual blasting, group assault, and fire support; we must carry forward the advantages of our past positional attacks that were longer than soil work; We must be good at concentrating the wisdom of the masses and mobilizing the masses to think of ways in terms of tactics and techniques (a tactical instruction given by Lin, Luo, and Liu to their troops before the Battle of Liaoxi and Chairman Mao’s instructions following this instruction have great practical instructions for us. role, I have transferred to various ministries to study before, it is best to learn it again before this battle). "We must repeatedly educate and carefully manage the troops, earnestly abide by discipline and implement policies after entering the countryside and cities, and let everyone understand that any region and any city we acquire in the future will always be owned by the people, and destroying every stitch is destroying ourselves. .It is necessary to implement the seized return to the public regulations and the city code. In order to effectively implement the law, call on cadres and party members to lead by example. We must earnestly reward individual party members and cadres in the army who abide by the policies and disciplines, and punish individual party members and cadres in the army who violate the policies and disciplines.” However, due to various reasons such as long distances, few roads, river blockages, radio failures, and the lack of estimates by the leaders of the Corps on the Zhangjiakou KMT's escape to the east, the 2nd Corps failed to reach the Pingzhang Line as scheduled. The Northeast Advance Corps set out from Jixian and Sanhe areas.Advance rapidly towards Huailai and Nankou. When the 11th Column of the Front Guards arrived at Miyun, the head of the Corps considered that Miyun was located in the triangular area of ​​the lower reaches of the Chaohe River and the Baihe River, and controlled the crossings of the Chaohe River and Baihe River. Difficult to pass.At the same time, according to reconnaissance, there is only one security regiment of one or two thousand people defending Miyun City, and it is believed that it can be conquered in a relatively short period of time without major battles.Then the 31st Division of the 11th Vertical Vanguard attacked Miyun City.But in fact the Miyun garrison had 4 regiments.Due to the underestimation of the enemy's combat effectiveness, the attack on Miyun has changed from stalking the sheep to gnawing hard bones. On December 4th, the 11th Column decided to withdraw the 32nd Division, which had mostly crossed the Chaobai River, to cooperate with the 31st Division to attack the city. A general attack was launched at dawn on the 5th, and Miyun was conquered at dusk that day, killing more than 6,000 enemies and causing more than 1,500 casualties.More importantly, the battle was delayed for one day, preventing the Corps from reaching the Pingzhang Line according to the time stipulated by the Central Military Commission. On December 4th, Fu Zuoyi flew from Beiping to Zhangjiakou and convened a military meeting attended by Sun Lanfeng, Commander of the 11th Corps, Guo Jingyun, Commander of the 35th Army, Yuan Qingrong, Commander of the 105th Army, Jin Shuke, Commander of Zhangjiakou City Garrison, and division and brigade commanders. Seek advice on defending Zhangjiakou. Fu Zuoyi said at the meeting: Under the current situation, it is meaningless to stick to Zhangjiakou, and we must prepare to retreat.Before retreating, all military materials including weapons, ammunition, clothing, food and fodder and other materials should be counted once, and what can be taken away during the retreat should be taken away as much as possible, and those that cannot be taken away should be made into an inventory, and left for local workers who do not want to follow. Personnel, make an "honorary confession".As for when to retreat, we have to wait until we return to Peking to study. After Fu Zuoyi returned to Peiping, he was informed of the fall of Miyun.Miyun is 80 kilometers away from Beiping, and it is the barrier of Gyeonggi. In 1933, Fu Zuoyi led his troops to fight against the Great Wall here, and he knew the importance of Miyun to Beiping.As soon as Miyun was lost, Fu Zuoyi began to feel cheated and complained endlessly. He flew to Zhangjiakou and called a meeting of senior generals. He judged that a part of the Northeast People's Liberation Army had already entered the customs; there was an attempt to join forces with the North China Liberation Army to cut off the tension line and go straight to Peiping.Under such circumstances, it is impossible to abandon Zhangjiakou and withdraw all troops and supplies to Beiping.So the plan was changed, and Guo Jingyun was ordered to return to Beiping immediately, and Sun Lanfeng's regiment guarded Zhangjiakou to contain Yang Chengwu. What Fu Zuoyi was most worried about was whether his 35th Army could safely withdraw to Peiping before the People's Liberation Army cut off the tension line.For this reason, the main force of the 104th Army stationed in Huailai was ordered to respond westward, and the 104th Army covered the 35th Army and retreated by train after passing through Huailai.Beiping ordered the 16th Army in the Nankou area to go west to Kangzhuang to support the 104th Army. At the same time, in order to increase the defensive strength of Beiping, Fu Zuoyi not only ordered the 35th Army to quickly return to Peiping, but also urgently transferred the main forces of the 92nd, 62nd, and 94th Armies in Tianjin and Tanggu to strengthen the defense of Beiping, and ordered the 13th Army to abandon Huairou and Shunyi. Withdrew to the vicinity of Tong County.Order the main force of the 101st Army to abandon Zhuo County and Liang Township, and withdraw to Wanping, Fengtai, Changxindian, and Mentougou. At this time, the 3rd Corps judged based on the situation that when the Zhangjiakou garrison discovered that the Northeast Advance Corps and the North China 2nd Corps were approaching the Pingzhang Line, the possibility of fleeing westward increased, so they decided to focus on preventing the Zhangjiakou garrison from fleeing westward. , 2 columns were deployed in the area west of Zhangjiakou, and only 1 column was deployed in the southeast area, without focusing on cutting off the connection between Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua. In order to restore the traffic between Pingzhang and Xuanhua, Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua garrison launched a pincer attack on the Shalingzi position from December 2.The 1st Brigade of the 1st Column defending the Shalingzi position stubbornly resisted and repelled the enemy's attacks many times.After 3 days of fierce fighting, the 1st Column suffered heavy casualties, so it abandoned the Shalingzi position and withdrew its main force to the banks of the Yanghe River on the west side of the Zhangxuan Line. One brigade was located in the East-West Wangshan area on the east side of the Zhangxuan Line to monitor Zhang Xuan line. At 6 o'clock on the 6th, the Central Military Commission called Cheng Zihua, Huang Zhiyong and others to organize the Pingsui Front Committee to lead the Pingsui operations and pointed out: "After Yang, Luo, and Geng all arrived in the Xiahuayuan area, they immediately marched in a powerful column between Xuanhua and Zhangyuan, and together with the l column, they controlled the positions in Shalingzi and Balizhuang in Zhangxuanjian, and moved as far as possible. The expansion of Zhang and Xuan defeated all the enemy's attempts to break through Zhang and Xuan, so that Zhang and Xuan were isolated from each other, so as to facilitate their subsequent annihilation. "After the columns sent by Yang, Luo, and Geng have indeed reached the Shalingzi and Balizhuang areas to meet with the 1st column, Yang and Li can join the 2nd column to the north and northwest of Zhangyuan, and step up with the 6th column to build a blocking position. , it must be achieved so that Zhang Yuan’s enemies cannot escape north, northwest, or west at any time. The Beiyue Group is located on the second line (Yang and Li choose the appropriate position, whether it is suitable for Xinghe area). Suiyuan 8 is the third line. Yang and Li Dian ordered him to pre-arrange all possibilities to prevent the enemy from fleeing westward. "Yang, Luo, and Geng's remaining two verticals are located east of Xuanhua, cutting off the connection between the two enemies, Xuanhua and Huailai. "Whether the Zhang and Xuan enemies are attempting to establish contact with each other, or attempting to break through the encirclement eastward, westward, or by detour, they must be resolutely smashed, and if this happens, the entire army will pursue and annihilate them. "The two enemies, Zhang and Xuan, stick to their positions and will temporarily encircle without fighting. Wait for Cheng and Huang to occupy Huailai and Badaling, and wait for the main forces of Lin, Luo and Liu to arrive (it will take two weeks) and confront Ping, Tianjin, Tang, After Tang's deployment was completed, he began to attack Zhang and Xuan's enemies. "After Yang, Luo, and Geng arrived in Xuanhua and Xiahuayuan areas, Yang and Li were under the command of Yang, Luo, and Geng. After Cheng and Huang arrived in Huailai, they followed Cheng, Huang, Yang, Luo, Geng, Yang, and Li. The Seven Comrades organized the Pingsui Front-line Committee, with Cheng Zihua as the secretary and Luo Ruiqing as the deputy secretary, to unify and lead the Pingsui operations and matters such as food, ammunition, and prisoners. To wipe out 10 enemy infantry divisions, such as Zhang, Xuan, and Huai, Three cavalry brigades, and the goal of recovering Zhang, Xuan, and Huaizhu cities, and strive to complete the task in about one month." On the morning of the 6th, the 35th Army left Zhangjiakou and galloped east.Guo Jingyun was unwilling to give up his car to take the 258th Division of the 104th Army in order to load the machines of the army's one repair shop in Zhangjiakou.Without the main force of the People's Liberation Army blocking the situation, the 35th Army quickly passed through Xuanhua and Xiahuayuan. At this time, the Pingzhang line came to the new security room.Only the 12th Brigade of the 2nd North China Corps and the 7th Independent Division of the Jirecha Military Region and 2 independent regiments, the main force of the 2nd Corps is still in the area south of the Dayang River. The new guard is still a day or two away.Less than 30 kilometers east of Xinbaoan is Huailai County, where the 104th Army, another main force of the Fu Clan, is stationed.If the 35th Army breaks through Xinbaoan and joins the 104th Army, it can quickly withdraw to Peiping. Mao Zedong was furious when he learned that the 35th Army broke through the Shalingzi position and returned eastward.The 35th Army is Fu Zuoyi's old foundation, and seizing it is equivalent to seizing the entire Fu family.Otherwise, if Ren's 35th Army returns to Peiping, the decisive battle plan carefully formulated in the previous stage will be in danger of being ruined. On the 7th, in an urgent telegram to the generals on the front line, Mao Zedong severely criticized the generals concerned: "We have sent you telegrams many times, be sure to firmly separate Zhang and Xuan, so that the enemies of the two places cannot meet together. If the 1 vertical is not enough, the 2 vertical should be added. Why do you ignore it? You must understand As long as the 4 divisions of the Xuanhua enemy cannot meet in Zhangjiakou, the enemy in Zhangjiakou will not flee westward; if you allow the Xuanhua enemy to meet in Zhangjiakou, not only will Zhangjiakou gather the enemy's 9 infantry divisions and 3 cavalry brigades, it will be difficult to wipe out them afterwards, and you will also be able to attack them at any time. There is a danger of concentrating and fleeing westward together. Just look at the enemy’s efforts to open up the connection between Zhang and Xuan for several days, and you can see that the enemy’s isolation of the two places is not good, and this isolation is extremely beneficial to us. Because we can annihilate the four divisions of Xuanhua first, Then wipe out 5 infantry divisions and 3 cavalry brigades in Zhangjiakou. Therefore, you must resolutely implement our previous telegrams, secure the positions in the Shalingzi and Balizhuang areas of the 1st column, and add part or all of the 2nd column if necessary. Wait for Yang, After Luo and Geng arrive, we will adjust the deployment (we must first approve it), and we must not violate it.” Not long after, Mao Zedong drafted another telegram and sent it to the front line. The telegram reads: "Yang and Li violated the clear and clear orders of the Military Commission many times in the past, arbitrarily gave up the task of cutting off the contact between Zhang and Xuan, and allowed the 35th Army to flee eastward (the two divisions of the 35th Army dared to go eastward without hindrance in more than 300 vehicles. 1. It is extremely wrong to retreat vertically to both sides of the railway to sit and watch, not to block or to fight). From now on, the task of Yang and Li is to encircle the enemy in Zhangjiakou, and make sure that the enemy does not run away from west to east or take a detour (mainly not to flee west). If they escape, they will be resolutely wiped out. Yang and Li should strictly order their troops to take full responsibility for this and not to violate any mistakes. Now the 35th Army and a part of the Xuanhua enemy are fleeing eastward. Yang, Luo, and Geng should obey the military commission's orders many times, If the enemy escapes eastward from Xiahuayuan and Xinbaoan, Yang, Luo, and Geng will be responsible. The Military Commission has already ordered Yang, Luo, and Geng to act quickly and arrive at Xuanhua on the 5th This order is also clear and clear. Even if the troops of Yang, Luo, and Geng cannot arrive on the 5th, they should be able to arrive on the morning of the 6th. The 35th Army arrived on the 13th of the 6th. At that time, they fled eastward from near Zhangjiakou. As long as all or most of Yang, Luo, and Geng reached the Xuan-Huai section of the railway line on the morning of the 6th, the enemy would not be able to escape. Cut off the connection between the east and west enemies, and use cameras to annihilate the enemies in this section." Mao Zedong sent another telegram to reprimand the leaders of the Northeast Field Army: "The orders you have sent to Yang, Luo, and Geng several times are not in line with the specific circumstances. They all conflict with the Military Commission's regulations to cut off contact between Zhang and Xuan. Now that Yang and Li have allowed the 35th Army to flee eastward, I don't know if Yang Luogeng can stop it with the new security guards. The enemy. You yourself do not use the rear guard to attack Miyun, but use the vanguard to attack Miyun, which will delay time. In this case, the 35th Army and the Huailai enemy may have fled eastward together before you arrive. There is nothing to do, and you go back and forth empty. Even so, you still have to rush in at night. I hope that Yang, Luo, and Geng can capture the main forces of the 35th Army and the 104th Army at Xiahuayuan and the new security line on the night of the 6th or early on the 7th. And the enemy of Huailai has not escaped yet, you can cooperate with Yang, Luo, and Geng to eliminate this enemy." Mao Zedong was in a hurry, and Yang Dezhi, who was criticized, was even more anxious. When Mao Zedong asked the 2nd Corps to block the enemy's telegram on the line of Xuanhua and Xiahuayuan, the 35th Army had already crossed the finish line Mao Zedong set for the 2nd Corps-Xiahuayuan, and went straight to the new 15 kilometers away. security guard.At this time, the 2nd Corps was still more than a day away from Xinbao. The 35th Army is a mechanized unit, and it is easy to travel 15 kilometers by car. what to do?Yang Dezhi, Luo Ruiqing, and Geng Biao, the three corps leaders, were very anxious. Luo Ruiqing said: "If the 35th Army escapes from us and joins the 104th Army in Huailai, then our 2nd Corps will not be able to pay the bill! It will be a big mistake in history!" Luo Ruiqing asked: "From Xiahuayuan to Xinbao, isn't there a chicken station?" "The distance is 10 kilometers." Geng Biao replied. Yang Dezhi smiled: "Immediately send power to Comrade Wang Zhao, and order the 12th Brigade to resolutely block the 35th Army at all costs. We must persist until the large forces arrive!" 4 Vertical Political Commissar Wang Zhao is a well-known brave general in Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei, and the founder of the "Pingshan Regiment" of the 359th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. A few years ago, he led the 4th Vertical and 12th Brigade of the 2nd North China Corps to go deep into the enemy's rear, and fought inside and outside the Great Wall. , Repeatedly made military exploits. crucial moment.The regiment leader thought of him.Sure enough, he lived up to his expectations, led the 12th Brigade to send out surprise troops, took the first step to occupy Xinbaoan, and blocked the way of the 35th Army. The 35th Army fell behind, and when they were late, they were stubbornly blocked by the 12th Brigade. That night, the 35th Army occupied Xinbaoan.Wang Leizhen, the deputy commander of the army, believes that the terrain of the new Baoan is surrounded by mountains in the north and the Yanghe River in the south. The castle is like the bottom of a pot. Reinforcement is not easy, so we should return to Peiping overnight. However, Guo Jingyun, who is arrogant and domineering, does not take the People's Liberation Army seriously at all. He willfully orders the whole army to camp in Xinbaoan and leave in the daytime the next day. Guo Jingyun had a good night's sleep, which happened to give Yang Dezhi a night's time. The Ocean River in early December was covered with a thin layer of ice.The commanders and fighters of the 2nd North China Corps braved the biting cold wind, broke through the thin ice, waded across the river in vain, and rushed forward desperately. At dawn on the 8th, the main force of the 2nd Corps finally caught up with the 35th Army after a few days of forced march.Yang Dezhi and others immediately ordered the 4th Vertical 11th Brigade, 12th Brigade, and 3rd Vertical 9th ​​Brigade to occupy the Baligou, Dongbali, Cuihuangkou, and Wujiapu lines east of Xinbaoan, and the 8th Vertical 4th Brigade and the Independent 1st Brigade to occupy the area west of Xinbaoan The Jintangfang and Xibali lines form the first layer of encirclement; the 3rd vertical 7th and 8th brigades occupy Jiantan, Shacheng, and Jimingyi respectively, forming a second layer of encirclement, resolutely blocking the 35th Army's eastward escape and the Huailai direction of the 104th Army possible rescue. On this day, the Central Military Commission called the North China 3rd Corps to surround Zhangjiakou with all its strength, pointing out that since the 35th Army had fled eastward, the enemy of Zhangjiakou might flee to Suiyuan.Your only task is to encircle the enemy of Zhangyuan with 3 columns and 8 brigades with all your strength, and make sure that the enemy does not escape.If you fail to encircle and deploy well and allow the enemy to escape, you shall bear serious responsibility. On this day, Yang Dezhi, Luo Ruiqing, and Geng Biao called their ministries and ordered them to resolutely break the 35th Army's breakout: "(1) You should now build up multiple layers of blocking positions, surround the enemy from all sides, and resolutely break through the enemy's attempts to break out of the encirclement that may be dozens or even more times, and do not easily give up a position to the enemy. Destroy the enemy (don't attack now but kill him). "(2) The third and fourth columns should have defensive arrangements to the east, in case Zhan (Danan) and Su (Qisheng) cannot fight against the third temporary army (that is, the 104th army), and they can also cut off the enemy's two armies. connection between. "(3) The Military Commission has severely reprimanded us for arriving too late, allowing the enemy's 35th Army to advance eastward and affecting the entire combat plan, and asked us to surround the enemy's 35th Army in the current area and cut off its connection with Huailai. If Run away, we are responsible. We have already taken responsibility to the Military Commission. Therefore, we also ask you to strictly and faithfully carry out all our orders. Anyone who wants to let the enemy go due to negligence or indecisiveness must be held accountable. "(4) You must carry out repeated political mobilizations to encourage rusticity. You must mobilize all cadres (including yourselves). Don't be afraid of fatigue, don't be negligent because of fatigue, don't be afraid of casualties, and be afraid of all possible difficulties. Frustrated by difficulties or greater casualties. As long as we do this, we will be able to annihilate this enemy and complete the tasks assigned to us by the Military Commission. "(5) Our Three Corps have conquered Xuanhua, wiped out part of the enemy, and encircled Zhang and Yuan. The Fourth Army (i.e., the 105th Army) and two cavalry units: our Cheng and Huang Corps, can go to Yanqing and Huailai today .My main force in the Northeast is advancing into the pass, and the situation is very good.” When Guo Jingyun woke up and was about to set off, he was surrounded by the People's Liberation Army, and it was not so easy to leave. Guo Jingyun regretted it too much: "I made a mistake in judgment. I always thought that Pingsui Road was the road we used to travel frequently, and people who knew each other were familiar with it. I, Mr. Guo, knew where to turn and where to climb. I didn't expect so many communist troops to rush out at once. It's too late to take regret medicine now. My opinion is to temporarily take a defensive position and wait for reinforcements. I have already telegraphed Commander Fu and asked to send troops from both sides of Beiping and Zhangjiakou to attack from east to west. We respond from within, and we can break the siege in one fell swoop. I think the commander-in-chief will not ignore the 35th Army!" The bad news that the 35th Army was besieged by Xinbaoan spread to Beiping, and Fu Zuoyi felt as if his heart and liver had been taken away. The 35th Army is his lifeblood.Without the 35th Army, whether it is sticking to Pingjin, or having peace talks with the Communist Party, or withdrawing to the south, it becomes empty talk.The 35th Army must be rescued from the tiger's mouth at all costs. He dialed Huailai's phone number and urgently ordered the 104th Army and the 16th Army to send reinforcements to the west, and then the 35th Army sent out Xinbao.At the same time, the 105th Army in Zhangjiakou was ordered to attack eastward in an attempt to attack from east to west and rescue the 35th Army from difficulties. An Chunshan, the commander of the 104th Army, is small and thoughtful, and is known as "Little Zhuge" in the Fu Department.Although they are both direct descendants of Fu Zuoyi with Guo Jingyun, the two have been fighting openly and secretly for a long time and are not convinced by each other.Guo Jingyun believed that his soldiers were strong and his horses were strong, so he never took An Chunshan seriously.And An Chunshan was very worried about being under the pressure of Guo Jingyun all the time, and he never forgot to give Guo Jingyun some color.God has eyes, this opportunity finally came. Therefore, An Chunshan gloated a little about the 35th Army being besieged.And letting the 104th Army rescue the 35th Army made An Chunshan feel extremely proud and proud. Fu Zuoyi also heard rumors of discord between the two, and asked An Chunshan to command Guo Jingyun, Guo Jingyun would definitely not be convinced.But the situation is urgent, so I can't take care of so much.He knew that whether the 35th Army could escape, the key was whether An Chunshan actively supported it.Therefore, he appointed An Chunshan as the commander of the western region, unified command of the 104th Army, 35th Army, and 16th Army, quickly defeated the communist army in front of him, and supported and covered the 35th Army to return to Peiping safely. The telegram was sent to Guo Jingyun and An Chunshan at the same time. An Chunshan was extremely pleased when he received the telegram.He immediately went to the deputy army commander Wang Fazi: "The headquarters ordered you to lead two divisions to take over the 35th Army. I have other tasks and cannot leave." Its specific deployment is: The 250th Division and the 269th Division of the 104th Army set off immediately, and marched to the south of Shacheng near Jiajiaying to gather near Jiajiaying, and attacked Songjiaying, Zhaojiaying, and Maquan on the outskirts of Xinbaoan, focusing on Maquan.Capture the above-mentioned places before the 9th day and open up the channel with Xinbao, and support the 35th Army to break through the encirclement to the south, and return to Huailai to concentrate after completing the task; When the 35th Army waited for the 104th Army to attack Maquan and other places on the morning of the 9th, Xinbaoan attacked Maquan and attacked on both sides, breaking the siege of the People's Liberation Army.After that, the 35th Army withdrew to Peiping from the area south of Xinbaoan, along the highway north of the Yongding River via Huailai. After Guo Jingyun received the telegram, he was furious because the translator translated "Commander-in-Chief of the Western Region" as "Commander-in-Chief of Western Containment". You put a little man here to accommodate my 35th Army?Why don't you piss and take a picture of you?How old are you, An Chunshan?I also want to command Guo Jingyun; since the commander-in-chief ordered you to contain it, well, I will wait for you to contain it. On the 8th, the 104th Army attacked Civil Engineering and was blocked by the 7th Independent Division of the Jirecha Military Region.That night, the army detoured southeast of Xinbaoan to Xiawanzi, Songjiaying and Dongxishuiquan to attack, and was stubbornly blocked by the main force of the 3rd column and the 4th column of the 2nd Corps. At the same time, the 35th Army rushed southeast of Xinbaoan, fighting fiercely for a whole day, but failed to break through our army's defense line. On the 9th, the 104th Army and the 35th Army continued to carry out mutual attacks with the cooperation of 18 aircraft. The 104th Army advanced to the front lines of Zhaojiaying, Jiantan, and Maquan, less than 4 kilometers away from Xinbaoan. An Chunshan immediately yelled to Guo Jingyun of the new security guard via radio: "Brother Guo, hurry up and break out to the east, I will come to meet you in my arms." Guo Jingyun, who has always regarded himself as a direct descendant and is arrogant, has no way to swallow this breath. He insists that the 104th Army attack to the Xinbaoan City to respond. The two quarreled on the phone.Guo Jingyun cursed: "Damn it, I'm not leaving, I don't want you to take me in!" The 3rd column took the opportunity to close the gap and stabilize the position.After that, no matter how hard the two enemy troops tried, they could no longer break through the PLA's blocking position, even though Guo Jingyun was only 4 kilometers away from Anchun Mountain. When the fierce battle of Xinbao was in full swing, the Northeast Advance Corps rushed to the Pingzhang Line and completed the encirclement of the enemies of Kangzhuang. After the 109th Division of the 16th Army of the Kangzhuang garrison and one regiment each of the 94th and 22nd Divisions were surrounded, Fu Zuoyi sent a telegram to Yuan Pu, the commander of the 16th Army, to "break out of the encirclement with brave actions, return to the Badaling area to gather, and cover Beiping." .However, Li Wen, the commander of the 4th Corps, ordered Yuan Pu to "be cautious in breaking through the encirclement. If you think it is impossible to break through, you can strengthen the fortifications." Yuan Pu believed that he would be wiped out if he didn't break out of the siege, so he decided to take a dark road to break out to the southeast and return to Beiping via Badaling. 4. Quickly chase and block, attack front and rear.By 10 o'clock on the 10th, except for the guard battalion led by army commander Yuan Pu and a regiment of the 22nd Division who escaped, the remaining 6,600 people were wiped out in the Yangling and Paoerzhuang areas in the southeast of Kangzhuang. 4 Zong immediately occupied Kangzhuang, Chadao, and Qinglong Bridge, cutting off the return route of the 104th Army. After the 4th vertical wiped out the main force of the 16th Army, it turned to Huailai to attack and advance.An Chunshan, who was under the enemy's front and back, could not protect himself at this time, so he could not care about Guo Jingyun, so he ignored Fu Zuoyi's telegram to rescue the 35th Army. . At 16:00 on the 10th, all the 104th Army arrived near Huailai.At this time, An Chunshan learned that the 16th Army was wiped out and Kangzhuang was lost. Knowing that it was impossible to withdraw from the Pingzhang Line to Peiping, he decided to send the whole army from the south of Huailai, through Shibajiazi, Hengling Pass, and Zhenbian Town. , retreated to Peiping along the Shafeng line built during the Japanese puppet period. The Northeast Advance Corps discovered that the 104th Army had given up Huailai and fled, and immediately launched a chase and annihilation battle.By noon on the 11th, more than 13,000 people from the 104th Army were wiped out in the Hengling Pass and Baiyangcheng areas east of Huailai.After An Chunshan was captured, he disguised himself as a cook and was able to escape back to Peiping. So far, the 2nd and 3rd Corps of North China and the Northeast Advance Corps have annihilated 2 military headquarters and 5 divisions of Fu Zuoyi's Department on the Pingzhang Line, surrounded 2 divisions of the 35th Army in Xinbaoan, and encircled 7 divisions of the 105th Army and other departments. The first division surrounded Zhangjiakou and completed the division and encirclement of the Fu troops on the Pingzhang Line.At the same time, Fu Zuoyi was forced to transfer the 92nd and 62nd Armies of the Chiang Faction from the Tianjin and Tanggu areas to the Peiping area, which greatly weakened the defensive forces in the Jintang area, and realized the Central Military Commission's plan to seize the Fu Faction and hold the Jiang Faction , to cover the campaign attempt of the main force of the Northeast Field Army to enter the customs. On December 10, the Central Military Commission sent a call to all ministries, expressing their congratulations and awards, "I hope you strictly order all ministries to quickly complete all necessary blocking positions so that the enemies cannot escape." "If our Northeast Army and the North China main force can seize and wipe out the Ping, Tianjin, Zhang, and Tang Lines in a short period of time, the 44 infantry divisions and brigades of the Fu and Jiangbei Lines will not escape. The process is greatly shortened."