Chapter 3 Chapter 03

On November 5, Xuzhou's "General Suppression" was terrified when he learned that our East China Field Army was going south.The Kuomintang armies in the east of Xuzhou all rushed to flee to Xuzhou. At this time, Gu Zhutong and Guo Rugui had not left Xuzhou.In order to stabilize the situation in Xudong, Gu Zhutong ordered Qiu Qingquan to withdraw from Xuxi to Xuzhou quickly, and Li Mi to withdraw from Nianzhuang to Xuzhou in the name of the headquarters.At the same time, he summoned Huang Baitao and asked him to stay in Xin'an Town for another two days to meet Li Yannian.Huang Baitao was very angry, but Gu Zhutong was his backer and old superior, so he didn't dare to confront him face to face.Back in Xin'an Town, he lost his temper at every turn.

In order to prevent Li Yannian's Ninth Appeasement Area from being wiped out in Haizhou, the Kuomintang High Command ordered Huang Baitao's 7th Corps to cover the retreat of the Ninth Appeasement Area in the area of ​​Xin'an Town.Later, the Kuomintang Command decided to let the navy pick up Li Yannian's department from the sea.Because the navy's warships could not be assembled, and it was changed to allow Li Yannian's troops to withdraw westward from the land, Li Yannian was also extremely dissatisfied. In order to escape the danger, Li Yannian had to take Li Yikuang, a major general of the Nanjing Kuomintang Presidential Palace who was in Haizhou, and field inspector Li Yikuang to drive to Huang Baitao's Corps Headquarters in Xin'an Town to discuss with him about the retreat.He was afraid that Huang Baitao would retreat on his own in a fit of anger and leave him alone, so he dragged Li Yikuang along with him.Li Yikuang and Huang Baitao are good friends.Although Huang Baitao didn't leave him alone, he was in a bad mood, and he didn't hide it in front of Li Yannian and Li Yikuang.Huang Baitao told the two of them that when he was in danger, he would never run for his life alone, he would only fight to the death.Between the words, it is very pessimistic.

Affected by Huang Baitao's pessimism and despair, Li Yikuang also spent a sleepless night in Xin'an Town. It was not until November 7 that Huang Baitao's corps began to withdraw westward from the Xin'an Town area. Huang Baitao ordered the 100th Army to cover the 44th Army, and the 25th Army to cover the 100th Army, and retreated in sequence. When the large army of the Corps retreated to the canal, Huang Baitao looked at the stream of people squirming on the iron bridge of the canal, his heart was in a state of confusion.Only the officers and soldiers of the army and the personnel of the local party and government organs of the Kuomintang who accompanied the retreat crowded the bridgehead, scrambling to pass, in a state of chaos.

In the afternoon, the regiment headquarters of the 7th Corps and the leading troops crossed the canal. It was very difficult to move along the way, and the formation of the troops was scattered.Sitting in the car, Huang Baitao couldn't help shaking his head and sighing in front of the signs of defeat that had appeared before the battle.Huang Baitao felt very depressed. Originally, he only had three armies, but now he had five armies under his command because of the sudden increase of two armies. The number of troops has almost doubled, but it weighed him down like a heavy burden. out of breath.

There are no other passages on the canal, and there are no ships. The five armies can only squeeze through the canal on an iron bridge. How many days will it take?Besides, the battle line is too long, so how can we fight? At dusk that day, when the three columns of our Shandong Corps were pushing forward along the canal with all their strength, we suddenly received an urgent telegram from Su Yu, acting commander and political commissar of the East China Field Army, who learned that the main force of Huang Baitao's Corps was fleeing west of the canal, and ordered the Shandong Corps to command the first 7. The 10th and 13th columns overcome all difficulties and march straight into the Cao Baji, Daxujia, and Yuanshan lines to cut off the enemy's retreat and form a situation to encircle and wipe out Huang Baitao's corps.

At the beginning of the battle, the task of our Huaye 7th Column was to encircle the enemies of Zaozhuang and Yi County (now Yicheng) with a force, and send capable and capable troops to capture and control the Wannianzha Bridge. Crossing the canal from the east and the west to attack Jiawang, and cooperating with the political offensive, prompted the uprising of Feng Zhi'an Department in the 3rd Appeasement District of the Kuomintang. The primary task of the 7th vertical is to break through the enemy's canal defense line and capture the Wannian Gate.A section of the canal in front of the column runs east-west, with a distance of about 200 meters between the two banks. The embankment is low in the north and high in the south. The water surface is 50-70 meters wide and the water depth is about 3 meters. The flow speed is relatively fast.Among them, the section of the canal where the Wannian gate is located is divided into two sections: the northern section is Yuewan River, with a bridge; the southern section is the mainstream of the canal, and there is a bridge; between the two sections, there is a reed beach.The enemy built fortifications along the canal, and built bunkers and group fortifications every 200 meters, with small teams guarding them.There are more and stronger fortifications and defenders in the Wannianzha area. Both bridges have relatively strong bridgeheads, and there are peripheral bridges at Daliuzhuang, Yangzhaguan (now Yangzhaguan) and Xiaolizhuang on the north bank. stronghold.The 539th Regiment of the 180th Division of the 59th Army defended the Wannian Gate to the Liushizi area. Its 3rd Battalion, together with the Yi County Brigade and some security forces, guarded the Wannian Gate and its peripheral strongholds.

On the evening of October 30th, the 7th Zong was ordered to move to the east of Knee County and north of Xiji to assemble, further make various preparations, and focus on organizing the assault troops to prepare the tactics and techniques for capturing the Wannian Gate and forcibly crossing the canal Prepare. On the evening of November 5, it moved in from the south of Teng County and Xiji. On the evening of the 6th, the enemy defenders in Zaozhuang and Yi counties withdrew to the south. On the morning of the 7th, our army advanced to Jinling Temple, Gushao, Dahuang, Hulubu, and Nigou areas, and arrived close to the enemy's canal defense line.At 3:00 pm that day, the assault regiments of the 19th and 21st divisions of the first echelon of the 7th column began to contact the enemy.At this time, the clouds were overcast, it was drizzling, and the sky was dark, which was very beneficial to the troops' covert movement.

The 61st Regiment of my 21st Division is located in the south of Xiazhuang, about 1 km away from the Wannian Gate.There is Yangzhaguan Village in the middle, Daliezhuang on the east side of Yangzhaguan, Xiaolizhuang and Heshangzhuang on the west side, and the terrain is open.Commander Wu and the battalion commanders squatted in a hidden place to open the map, looked at it with a flashlight for a while, and ordered the 2nd Battalion to be commanded by the chief of staff of the regiment. . The 1st Battalion first eliminated the enemy at Yangzhaguan, and then used a company to detour to the west head of Wannianzha to make a feint to attract the enemy. The 3rd Battalion was on standby.All battalions are required to seize the time and act quickly.

The rain stopped, the sky was shining with stars, the ground was cold and windy, and it was even more chilly wearing wet clothes.The reconnaissance platoon walking in front of the 1st Battalion advanced with their guns on their waists, jumping up sometimes, and lying down sometimes, to covertly meet the enemy.The enemy sentinel holding a gun at the entrance of Yangzhaguan Village was dozing off with his head down.Our scouts rushed like a hungry tiger and grabbed the enemy sentinel. "Don't move, don't shout!" "Brothers of the People's Liberation Army, spare me! I was arrested."

Before the words were finished, a beam of flashlights came, and the enemy sentinel quietly told me the scouting soldiers: "This is the leader of the squad." The guy in charge fired a shot in a panic and ran away, shouting as he ran: "The People's Liberation Army is coming! The People's Liberation Army is coming!" The 1st company and the reconnaissance platoon took advantage of the enemy's chaos, rushed up, and surrounded the enemy's barracks. The enemy became a prisoner before they even had time to wear cotton trousers. At the same time, the 3rd company quickly captured Xiaolizhuang, and then quickly approached the Yuewan River bridge head eastward.The head of the regiment ordered the 3rd Battalion to enter the battle, and cooperated with the 1st Battalion to quickly capture the Wannian Gate.Our army attacked from east to west, and the enemy was caught off guard and in chaos.The security brigade retreating from Yangzhaguan fled towards the bridgehead of the canal. The 3rd company tactfully let them pass, preparing to cross the bridge together when chasing after them.Unexpectedly, the enemy guarding the bridge blocked it tightly, and the fleeing enemies could not get on the bridge, so they had to jump into the water one after another.

At this time, our 1st Battalion and 3rd Battalion approached the bridgehead almost at the same time.The enemy on the bridge tried to blow up the bridge to escape. The 3rd company has strong firepower and quick action. The enemy's explosive package was detonated by the submachine gun, and the enemy carrying the explosive package was also blown into the river together.The dynamite package didn't blow up the bridge, it just burned a hole in the bridge deck.The soldiers took advantage of the thick smoke of the explosion and rushed over to seize the bridge across the Yuewan River. After the enemy lost the Yuewan River Bridge, knowing that they would be destroyed if they retreated, they made up their minds to defend the second bridge.While shooting blindly, they closed the barbed wire gate with their hands. Wang Kebin, the deputy platoon leader of the 2nd platoon, led the 4th squad to rush up, and rushed over without waiting for the enemy to close the door.Immediately afterwards, the squad leader Wei Changyuan and the soldier Wang Shanghai quickly rushed across the bridge and fired at the enemy bridgehead. The soldiers of the People's Liberation Army bravely blocked the reinforcements and threw grenades to wipe out the enemies in the bridgehead south of the bridge. The 3rd company rushed across the bridge quickly, wiped out the 2 reinforcement enemy companies, and kept the bridge.The regiment command post has also been transferred to the south of the bridge. Besides, the 55th Regiment of the 19th Division on my right was at Yangongtou, about 4 kilometers west of Wannian Gate, and used fierce firepower to cover the commando swimming across, drove out the south bank embankment to defend the enemy, and occupied a favorable position.Then, 6 rubber boats were used to cross 2 battalions and 3 reconnaissance teams one after another, and quickly eliminated the enemies of Liushizi and Juliangqiao on both sides, and opened up the connection with the 21st Division crossing troops. The rapid breakthrough of the canal defense line, especially the intact occupation of the two bridges at Wannianzha, opened the way for our main force to go south. At the same time when our 7th column broke through the canal, the 10th column on the right approached Hanzhuang, annihilated a part of the enemy's security forces, fought for an uprising in 1 battalion of the 77th Army, and 2 companies crossed the canal at the new gate; the 13th column on the left Surrounded Taierzhuang to defend the enemy, and one part crossed the canal west of Taierzhuang. The strong pressure of our army gave great encouragement to those in the Kuomintang's third appeasement zone who originally agreed with the uprising, and made those who were hesitant and hesitant quickly turn to support the uprising. On the morning of the 8th, two generals, He Jifeng and Zhang Kexia, immediately led the 59th and 77th armies with a total of more than 230,000 people, and gathered in Taierzhuang and Jiawang respectively to stage an uprising.Our 19th Division quickly entered the Jiawang and Guxian areas.The uprising led by He and Zhang disturbed the deployment of the enemy's "suppressing the general" in Xuzhou, completely exposing the north and northeast of Xuzhou, and provided a very favorable situation for our army's northern line to move south quickly, cut off the Longhai Road, and encircle Huang Baitao's corps. conditions of. On November 8th and 9th, Huaye and the heads of the Shandong Corps successively ordered the 7th, 10th, and 13th verticals to move southward quickly, directly into the Yuanshan, Daxujia, and Caobaji sections of the Longhai Line, and continue to advance to the single Advance to Ji, Shuanggou, and Fangcun, and cooperate with the 11th Jiao and Jiang Tui brigades that are rushing westward from the south to the west, and strive to intercept and annihilate a part of Li Mi's corps. It is necessary to cut off the westward retreat of Huang Baitao's corps, so as to protect and cooperate with the main force of Huaye to encircle and wipe out The Yellow Corps is located west of the canal and southeast of Xuzhou. More than 23,000 people from the three and a half divisions of the 59th Army and the 77th Army of the Kuomintang's Third Appeasement Zone, led by Generals He Jifeng and Zhang Kexia, staged a positional uprising.This is the uprising troops going to the Liberated Area 7. After receiving the order, the 7th column will determine the following deployment: the column will lead the 20th and 21st divisions through Chaishan, North Xuyang, Fuxuyang, Zhuwan, Tashan and their sides, and head to Daxujia Station Advance with a single attack; the 19th Division controls Jiawang with a force, and after the 10th Column sends a team to take over the defense, it will enter. Huangji and Yinshan (now Yingshan) attacked and advanced. From the evening of the 8th to the morning of the 9th, the 20th and 21st divisions arrived at the north bank of the Bulao River on both sides of Zhuwan.Bulao River, more than 10 kilometers away from Longhai Road in the south, runs east-west, with a water surface of nearly 200 meters wide and a depth of about 3 meters.Before the war, our 7th column did not know enough about these situations and lacked proper preparations, so that the troops could not quickly cross the Bulao River and enter the designated area. At this time, the enemy Li Mi's corps had withdrawn to the northeast suburbs of Xuzhou, and most of Huang Baitao's corps had withdrawn across the canal.If our army cannot quickly cross the river, seize the railway between Cao Baji and Xuzhou and the interception positions on both sides, and let the Huang Corps move closer to Xuzhou, it will have an extremely adverse impact on the entire campaign. 7 The commanders and fighters knew the importance of crossing the Bulao River as soon as possible. They ignored the enemy planes and frantically strafed and rushed to cross.From noon to night, the leading regiments of the 20th and 21st divisions used several rubber boats and a dozen wooden boats collected one after another to cross in batches, and some used temporary rafts or dried gourds to cross the sea in the bitterly cold water. Zhongyudu finally successfully landed on the south bank, occupied the area between Xiaotashan, Banqiaoji and Daxujia, and approached the north side of the railway.The detachment in charge of building bridges, not afraid of difficulties and setbacks, repeatedly set up and failed repeatedly, and finally built two pontoon bridges, so that the main force of the 20th and 21st divisions and the troops directly under the column all crossed the Bulao River before noon on the 10th. . After the 19th Division handed over Jiawang's defense to the 10th Column, it went south on the afternoon of the 9th, and crossed the Bulao River at Youfang at dusk through a temporary pontoon bridge. All entered the south bank around dawn on the 10th. On the morning of the 10th, the 7th vertical continued to move southward. Around 15:00, the 19th Division occupied Huangji, the 21st Division occupied Daxujia, and the 20th Division occupied Xiaoshazhuang, controlling about 18 kilometers of railway lines, and the first division occupied Yulou. The 20th Division crossed the Longhai Road and continued to advance southward, and found that a large number of enemy troops were rushing westward in a dense formation in the direction of Cao Baji. The 60th Regiment immediately rushed to the enemy's vanguard and annihilated the 1st Regiment of the 3rd Division of the 9th Army of the Li Mi Corps in one fell swoop. a battalion.That night, the 20th Division cooperated with the 13th Column to encircle the main force of the enemy regiment and the 44th Division of the 100th Army of the Yellow Army in Dagengzhuang and Cao Baji respectively. On the afternoon of the 11th, the 60th Regiment of our 20th Division and the 1st Regiment of the 58th Regiment, with the cooperation of the 13th Vertical and 1st Regiment, launched an attack on the 8th Regiment of the 3rd Division of the enemy's 9th Army who was hiding in Gengzhuang, and solved all of them. On the same day, our 19th Division occupied favorable positions in Lilou, Huanglongshan, Xueshan, Yinshan, and Dengzhuang areas. Set and other places. That night, at dusk, the 10th vertical troops adjacent to the right entered the line of Hushan, Damiaoshan, and Yuanshan. In the early morning of the 12th, Zuolin 12 entered Lintong Mountain and the area east of it.In this way, the westward retreat road of the enemy Huang Baitao's corps was heavily blocked, so they had to stick to the narrow area centered on Nianzhuangwei, and fell into the vertical encirclement of our army's east road. On November 12, the 2 corps of Qiu Qingquan and Li Mi were assisted by the east of Xuzhou. The front line launched the 9th, 8th, 5th, and 70th armies from north to south. The lines of Meng'anzi Village, Yaozhuang, Weiji, Chutou Mountain, and Lintong Mountain in the friendly and neighboring security positions. In order to ensure the complete annihilation of the Huang Baitao Corps on the Eastern Front, and follow-up to wipe out the enemy aided by the Eastern Front, Chief Hua Ye decided on the 13th: to encircle and wipe out the Huang Corps with 5 columns plus the main force of the Special Column, and to use 3 columns along the railway and its sides Block the two corps of Qiu and Li, form a flanking corps with 4 columns (later increased to 7 columns), advance to the southeast of Xuzhou, and lure the 2 corps of Qiu and Li to Cao Baji when the enemy's Huang corps is about to be wiped out Surround and annihilate the area to the west and east of Daxujia. According to the above intention, our 7th column, right neighbor 10th column, and left neighbor 11th column are all under the command of Song Shilun, the commander of the 10th column, and political commissar Liu Peishan, and they are responsible for blocking the enemy of Xuzhou's east aid across the two sides of the railway.The column leaders decided that the 19th Division would be the front line in the occupied positions, the 20th Division would be in the north of Shanji, the south of Daxujia, and the Yuehai area in the west, and the 21st Division would be in Daxujia, Liu Lujia (Liu Lulu), Ma The line of Guzi and the area east of it is the second line; the depth of the two lines is about 17 kilometers, and the front is nearly 10 kilometers, and the construction of fortifications has been stepped up. Xu Dong's blocking is related to whether Huang Baitao's army can be completely wiped out.For me, 7 verticals, this battle is more difficult than previous blocking battles.The reason is: the enemy has a large force, strong equipment, fierce attack, and is close to Xuzhou, so the supply is convenient; in our 7th vertical block zone, there are some low-level mountains about 5 kilometers south of the railway, but most of them are rocky mountains, which are inconvenient to build fortifications. The rest are open plains, which are conducive to the activities of enemy tanks; the distance to aid the enemy is less than 40 kilometers from the besieged Yellow Corps of Nianzhuangwei, and the depth of the 7th vertical defense is less than 20 kilometers, so there is very little room for maneuver. Based on these circumstances, the units of the 7th vertical have earnestly studied and improved their tactics, and implemented them one by one from tactical guidance to position formation, fortification construction, troop deployment, and firepower organization. Stop in the area west of Daxu's house, and ensure that our eastern front troops wipe out the Yellow Army. Immediately afterwards, there was a fierce and arduous blocking battle. After the enemy of the East Aid entered our security position, on the 13th, with the support of powerful artillery fire, aircraft, and tanks, they launched an attack across the board.Among them, the 200th Division of the enemy's 5th Army attacked the Dengzhuang and Yinshan positions of our 7th and 19th Division along the south side of Longhai Road.Our garrison troops are blocking every step, and every step forward the enemy has to pay a heavy price. On the 17th, in order to lure the enemy to advance eastward so that the flanking corps could cut off the enemy's back route northward, the commander of Huaye decided that our 7th, 10th, and 11th verticals would withdraw slightly to the east that night, and the flanking corps also retreated slightly. The 19th division of the 7th vertical moved to the Longji area in the northwest of Caobaji to assemble and organize. The first-line blocking task was taken over by the 20th and 21st divisions occupying the positions on the Yuehai, Liulujia, and Maguzi lines. The enemy Xuzhou "General Suppression" Liu Zhi mistakenly believed that our army's planned retreat was a "general retreat", and ordered the Qiu and Li corps to pursue our army. On the 18th, after the 200th Division of the enemy's 5th Army occupied our Gangshangji, Zhuzhuang and other places, they attacked the Yuehai position of our 20th Division with two battalions, and broke through our forward position in the afternoon. Most of the 5 enemy companies were wiped out.On the same day, the 170th Division of the enemy's 8th Army attacked the Liu Lujia position of our 21st Division, and once broke into our forward position.That night, in order to cooperate with the flanking corps to attack, our 7th column organized a multi-regiment to counterattack the enemies of Wuzhuang, Zhuzhuang, and Xiaozhuzhuang, wiped out part of the enemy, and forced the enemy to retreat to Xiaolizhuang. The enemy's 200th Division was hit hard by our army, with more than half of the casualties. It was transferred after the 20th and replaced by the 32nd Division of the 70th Army. On the 21st, the enemy attacked Yuehai, Liulujia, Maguzi and other places again. After our 20th and 21st divisions killed the enemy, they moved to Shaojialou, Sunzhuang, and Huoshen Temple respectively. On the 22nd, the enemy's 32nd Division occupied Shaojialou after paying heavy casualties; the 170th Division continued to attack our 21st Division's Sunzhuang and Huoshenmiao positions, and we organized continuous counterattacks to repel the enemy.In the evening of the same day, the enemy Huang Baitao's corps was completely annihilated by our columns on the east road.So far, the blocking task of 7 verticals has also been successfully completed. After the Battle of Huaihai started, our 10th Column went south along Jinpu Road on the evening of the 6th according to the order of our superiors, and launched an attack on the enemy Feng Zhian in the Lincheng and Hanzhuang areas north of Xuzhou on the evening of the 7th. Canal Iron Bridge.Then, the 10th Zong forcibly crossed the Bulao River on the evening of the 10th, and the vanguard quickly occupied Houji, Damiaoshan, Xietaizi and several villages near the front and back fields, Linzhuang and Xuhai Highway on both sides of the Longhai Road, thus fighting with us. Together with the 7th and 13th Columns and other brother troops, they cut off the retreat of Huang Baitao's Corps. On November 11, our 29th Division of the 10th Vertical first seized positions more than 10 kilometers long along the Hushan, Damiaoshan, Qianliuzhuang, Sishankou, and Houzhuang lines east of Xuzhou.Here, except for a few small hills, it is an open land without danger.The commanders and fighters of the whole division rushed to repair the fortifications under the slogans of "one more minute to prepare, one more point to win" and "hold the ground and not give up an inch".After a day of hard work, trenches were dug and bunkers built. On the 12th, the 5 divisions of the 2 corps of Qiu Qingquan and Li Mi aggressively advanced eastward, causing dust to rise on the road.The enemy first used 2 regiments, led by 6 tanks, to attack our Sishankou position.Our 84th regiment rose up to stop it.The 2nd Battalion, which stood firmly on the front of Sishan Pass, repelled the enemy's attacks more than 10 times in a day, buying time for the brother troops to build the main position fortifications. At 9 o'clock in the morning on the 13th, enemy planes violently bombarded the positions of our 83rd regiment, and then bombarded them with heavy artillery.The enemy rushed up, and when the enemy approached our position about 50 meters away, the first shot of the counter impact was fired.In an instant, platoon guns, light and heavy machine guns, grenades, and mortar shells fired at the enemy group.More than half of the enemy troops were killed or wounded.Soon, the enemy dispatched more troops to attack our army's position for the second time.Inspired by the oath of "people are in the position, swear to live and die with the position", the soldiers repelled the enemy again. On the same day, part of the 200th Division of the enemy's 5th Army equipped with 23 tanks stormed the Mazhuang, Yaozhuang, and Damiao positions of our 82nd Regiment.When the enemy approached the front, the commanders and fighters of the whole regiment jumped out of the fortifications and rushed into the enemy group.After two and a half hours of fierce fighting, the enemy left 4 tanks and corpses everywhere and retreated. At dawn on the 14th, the battle was still going on fiercely. Commander Song Shilun called the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 82nd Regiment who was sticking to the Xietaizi position, and asked the 1st Battalion to stay in the position and resolutely fight for every inch of the enemy.As long as there is one person, as long as there is one breath, you can't lose your position!At 8 o'clock in the morning, the enemy launched an attack on the 1st Battalion, and countless shells exploded before and after the 1st Battalion's position.Enemy planes also circled and strafed the position.Enemies several times larger than the 1st Battalion rushed to the Xietaizi position, trying to break through our defense line in one fell swoop.My heroic commanders and fighters of the 1st Battalion fired at the enemy with machine guns, rifles, and submachine guns. The grenades bloomed in the enemy group one after another. They repelled more than 10 enemy attacks in a row and wiped out more than a thousand enemies.On the same day, the 200th Division of the 5th Army, the 42nd Division of the 8th Army, and the 166th Division of the 9th Army, under the cover of 20 tanks, aircraft and artillery, attacked our front and rear fields, Fengzhuang, and Taipingzhuang positions in three ways. Fight bravely.The 87th regiment guarding the field positions on both sides of the railway defeated the all-day attack of the enemy's 1 regiment. At dawn on the 16th, in the faint starlight, the 3rd Battalion of our 85th Regiment, who was standing firm at Taipingzhuang, discovered the strength of an enemy company and secretly dug fortifications 70 meters away from our front.The battalion commander Liu Zhenze commanded decisively, first suppressing the enemy with firepower, and then attacking suddenly.The enemies who had no time to escape crawled on the ground one after another to capture them.Deputy platoon leader Yin Qishang rushed to the enemy's machine gun first, and snatched the gun away.In a few minutes of fighting, more than 20 enemies were killed and 17 rifles were captured.At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the enemy with a regiment of troops, under the cover of intensive artillery fire and 6 tanks, rushed towards our 3rd battalion position, was defeated by our crossfire, and retreated.At night, the cunning enemy changed to a sneak attack when they saw that a strong attack was not possible.When the enemy climbed to our position, our defenders suddenly opened fire. As a result, the enemy left more than 10 corpses and fled back.After a while, an enemy regiment launched another charge against our army under the cover of 9 tanks, and the fighting was very fierce. The head of the 85th regiment immediately led the 2nd battalion to support. The commanders and fighters of the 2nd Battalion repelled batch after batch of enemies with the determination of "I would rather die than let the enemy move forward", and our Taipingzhuang position remained unchanged. On the 17th, our 10th vertical main force moved to the front line of Penglou, Shigou, and Wuyao, and the enemy also followed up, trying to detour our Penglou position, but was repelled by our 86th regiment.At the same time, the 498th regiment of the enemy's 9th Army attacked our Wuyao position under the cover of tanks.Our 87th regiment fought back bravely and repelled the enemy's attacks several times.That night, we started a night battle with the enemy, and fought fiercely until dawn. Our army wiped out more than 200 enemies who invaded the village, and repelled another enemy attack outside the village. On the 20th and 21st, our special task force fought back against the enemies who smuggled into the Bulao River, and defeated all the smuggled enemies. On the 22nd, our Huaye main force wiped out Huang Baitao's corps in the Nianzhuangwei area and won the first phase of the campaign.In our 10th column and 11-day blocking battle, the Kuomintang army paid the price of more than 10,000 men, 30 tanks, and more than 120,000 shells. During Xu Dong's blocking battle, the superior gave the 13th Zong the task of blocking Qiu and Li Group in the area of ​​Cao Baji.Cao Baji is located more than 40 kilometers east of Xuzhou. It is an important enemy stronghold in the eastern section of the Longhai Railway, and the only way for Huang Baitao's corps to retreat westward.Therefore, the superior asked our 13th column to quickly eliminate Cao Baji defending the enemy and occupy this key point.Like a steel knife, cutting off the connection between Huang Baitao's corps and Li Mi's corps, this is the key to a breakthrough in the middle. On the 7th, the superior ordered the 13th vertical and the 7th vertical to cross the canal side by side and go straight to the Longhai line.Zhou Zhijian, the commander of the column, deeply understands the significance of "straight into the Longhai Line", and is determined to overcome all difficulties and resolutely complete the task.Zhou Zhijian ordered the 38th Division to be the first echelon; through the Hou Qianzha west of Taierzhuang, he rushed across the canal and attacked Suyang Mountain and Cao Baji. The 39th Division hurried across the canal at Houqianzha and followed up with the 38th Division; the 37th Division approached Taierzhuang along Houzaozhuang and Liujiahu, preparing for a strong attack. After rushing all day and night, the 38th Division arrived near Longhai Road.The division ordered the 114th Regiment to attack Cao Baji; the 113th Regiment entered Cao Baji Dongjingzhuang to build fortifications, cut off the connection between the enemy Cao Baji and Nianzhuangwei, and prepared to block the enemy fleeing westward from Nianzhuangwei; the 115th Regiment cooperated with the 7th Vertical The troops captured Dagengzhuang to ensure the safety of the right wing attacking Cao Baji's troops. Cao Baji was originally the garrison of the Li Mi Department of the 13th Corps of the Kuomintang. There are a lot of fortifications. There are trenches around the wall. It is connected with the criss-crossing People's Liberation Army soldiers digging traffic trenches, and the firepower between the forts can support each other. The south and north gates have two floors of firepower launching points, forming a tight fire net and controlling the surrounding areas. .After the battle began, Li Mi's troops were ordered to withdraw to Xuzhou.At that time, Cao Baji was guarded by the 44th Division of the 100th Army and a part of the 132nd Regiment of Huang Baitao's Corps, who were trying to escape to the west. On the evening of the 10th, under the cover of artillery fire, the 1st Battalion of the 114th Regiment of the 38th Division attacked the outside of the north gate of Cao Baji. After 30 minutes of fighting, the enemy's defense obstacles were cleared, the enemy's bunkers were blown up, and more than 100 enemies were captured.In the middle of the night that day, after continuous blasting, the 1st company blasted a gap in the wall on the left side of the north gate, opened the passage, and the troops quickly rushed into the wall to fight fiercely with the enemy. The 2nd company and the 3rd company joined the battle in succession, repelling the enemies who counterattacked me along the street and on both sides of the breakthrough.When the enemy saw that the north gate was lost, the enemy commander Liu Shenghe personally supervised the battle and commanded the "death squad" to pounce on me. These desperadoes rushed forward screaming.The enemy and the enemy fought fiercely on the front and both sides of the breakthrough. After repeated scrambles at the breakthrough, the 1st Battalion occupied more than 10 houses on the east side of the North Gate as a support, and defeated the enemy 9 times in a row.There are more and more enemies, and the counterattack is getting more and more fierce. As soon as one wave retreats, another wave surges up again.The explosions of shells, grenades, and explosives were all connected together.The fierce fighting lasted until 2:00 in the morning, and the breakthrough was blocked by the enemy again. The 1st Battalion lost contact with the regiment command post and was in a critical situation. Zhou Zhijian ordered the 38th Division to organize forces to reopen the breakthrough, and instructed them to cooperate well with the infantry and artillery, break through in one fell swoop, and quickly get in touch with the 1st Battalion that broke in. The 114th regiment organized the 2nd and 3rd battalions to launch a second attack.With the support of artillery fire, our 7th company, 8th company and 4th company rushed in one after another, repelled the enemy's continuous counterattack, reoccupied the breakthrough, developed the attack in depth, and competed with the enemy street by street and house by house.Due to the desperate resistance of the enemy, the troops were blocked by intensive firepower, and their progress was blocked. In addition, not enough troops were left to consolidate the breakthrough. The enemy was attacked from the front and back, and the casualties were heavy. On the 11th, the 2nd Battalion of the 115th Regiment of the 39th Division attacked the South Gate and captured several houses outside the South Gate. The enemy counterattacked and formed a stalemate. The north gate breakthrough was lost and recovered, and the reinforcements sent by Huang Baitao were getting closer and closer, and the situation became more and more serious.At this moment, the 38th Division reported that the 112th Regiment arrived.Zhou Zhijian immediately asked Master Xu Tishan to order the regiment to quickly enter the battle from the north gate of Cao Baji. No matter what, the opening must be reopened! After receiving the order, Huang Guanting, the head of the 112th regiment, commanded the troops to launch a third attack at 12 o'clock, regardless of the hunger and fatigue of the troops, the indiscriminate bombing of enemy planes and the bombardment of ground artillery fire. The 3rd company, under the leadership of the 114th regiment leader Wang Chengbin, rushed into the breakthrough, wiped out the enemy in front of it, joined the troops trapped in the wall, continued to develop to the left, and seized the enemy's mountain artillery position. Just as the troops of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 112th Regiment and the 114th Regiment were boldly interspersed and divided in depth, the enemy concentrated their forces and counterattacked frantically, trying to seize the breakthrough again.Our assault force concentrated more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns and fired violently at the enemy. The enemy was finally defeated. One of them fled to the southeast of Cao Baji in a hurry, and was intercepted and annihilated by our 113 regiment in the wild. In this battle, more than 3,000 defending enemies were wiped out, and Liu Shenghe, commander of the enemy's 44th Division, was killed. 13 Zong began the battle to encircle and wipe out Huang Baitao's corps after the battle of Cao Baji. The battle of Cao Baji was an important battle after I forcibly crossed the canal and the Bulao River in 13 years.This battle captured Cao Baji, cut off the Longhai Road, and created conditions for the main force of Huaye to encircle and wipe out Huang Baitao's corps and block the eastward aid of Qiu and Li's corps. 11 Luring and Aiding the Enemy with Wit In the first stage of the Huaihai Campaign, Huaye 11 was ordered to block the east aid of Qiu Qingquan Corps. From November 6th to 10th, according to the plan scheduled by the head of Huaye, the 11th Zong entered the southeast and west of Suqian and attacked northward along the west bank of the canal, and cooperated with the brother troops to capture the canal station to Zhaodun line, and wiped out more than a thousand enemies name.Then, he swung his weapon to the west, chasing and annihilating the fleeing enemy. At midnight on the 11th, when the troops arrived at Shanji, Chief Huaye telegraphed that Huang Baitao's corps had been surrounded by our main force in the Nianzhuangwei area. East Aid, in an attempt to rescue Huang Baitao; ordered the 11th Zong to travel to the east of Xuzhou to cooperate with the 7th and 10th Zongs to block the enemy of the East Aid, so as to ensure that the main force of Huaye wiped out the Huang Corps. After receiving Huaye's telegram, the Party Committee of the 11th Column immediately held an enlarged meeting to convey the message, carefully studying the situation of both the enemy and ourselves and the mission of the column.Comrades at the meeting clearly saw that Huang Baitao's corps was besieged in the Nianzhuangwei area, only more than 50 kilometers west of Xuzhou. Qiu Qingquan's 5th Army, 70th Army, and 12th Army were located near Zhangji, south of the Longhai Line. The 8th Army and 9th Army were assembled near Yuanshan, east of Xuzhou.The task of this vertical is to organize defenses on a front with a width of 6 kilometers, and together with the 7th vertical, they will block the east aid of Qiu Qingquan's corps.After full discussion, the party committee finally determined that: the 31st brigade was the vanguard force, marching westward at the same time, seized and deployed on the line from Fanjiahu to Yushan; the 32nd brigade was behind the front-line troops, controlling the commanding heights of Gushan and Montenegro; the 33rd brigade was the reserve team.The formation of the positions is arranged according to the depth echelon, and each level uses 1/3 of the troops as the second echelon. That night, the troops quickly marched to the designated location. On the 12th, the brigades entered their positions one after another.Due to time constraints, the troops mobilized while building fortifications.The party committee of the column ordered political workers at all levels to go deep into the company to assist the party branch of the company in political mobilization.Commander Hu Bingyun asked Minister Jiang Junji of the Propaganda Department to draft a key point of education and inform all troops to conduct in-depth education.Through repeated education, the commanders and fighters have clarified the significance and role of fighting a blocking war from the perspective of the overall strategy. At dawn on the 13th, the eastern sky had just turned fish-belly, and the fierce blocking battle began. As Hu Bingyun expected, the Dengjialou position is the main direction of the enemy's assault.In order to break through Dengjialou, the enemy concentrated a large number of heavy artillery to bombard this area.As soon as the shelling stopped, the enemy planes took turns bombing and strafing at low altitude.Immediately afterwards, a reinforced regiment of the 96th Division of the enemy's 70th Army launched continuous attacks on our army under the cover of tanks.A reinforced battalion of the 42nd Regiment of the 31st Brigade, with fearless heroism and relying on hastily constructed simple fortifications, fought tenaciously from early morning to dusk, repelling the enemy's attacks again and again. In the evening, the Huaye Command received a call, ordering me to order the 11th, 7th, and 10th verticals not to allow the aid enemy to enter the east of Daxu's house until the evening of the 15th. area, so that our Northern Subei Corps can penetrate from the southeast to the north of Xuzhou and cut off the enemy's rear.Afterwards, the three columns flanked and counterattacked the enemy respectively, and coordinated with the Subei Corps to encircle and wipe out part of the Qiu and Li Corps. On the 14th and 15th, the fighting was still fierce. Facing the crazy bombardment of the enemy's artillery and the continuous attacks of the 200th Division of the 5th Army and the 96th Division of the 70th Army, the 91st Regiment was fearless and tenaciously guarded the positions of Mashan, Zhongshan, Zhangzhuang, and Diaoquan.The enemy bombarded me, and my commanders went to hide behind the mountain; as soon as the enemy's shelling stopped, they quickly returned to the front to meet the enemy, and defeated the enemy's 6 attacks successively.One reinforced battalion of the 92nd Regiment on the Langshan position bravely stood firm when the 45th Division of the enemy's 5th Army and the 139th Division of the 70th Army attacked from three directions, launched 5 counterattacks, and killed a large number of enemies.In the end, there was only one squad left in the 2nd company of the battalion, and they still stood majestically on the ground. The 2nd Battalion of the 93rd Regiment, on the front lines of Chengxitou and Shanghong, also effectively resisted the wave-like impact of a regiment of the 96th Division of the 70th Army of the enemy. On the evening of the 15th, Commander Hu Bingyun ordered the 31st Brigade to fight and retreat according to the need to lure the enemy deep, and spread to the Shanwang and Gushan lines southwest of Daxujia to set up blocking positions. On the morning of the 16th, Hu Bingyun ordered the 32nd Brigade to take over the blocking mission of the 31st Brigade. At the same time, the 7th and 10th verticals of You Neighborhood also took the initiative to retreat one after another.This creates an illusion for the enemy.Liu Zhi, the commander-in-chief of Xuzhou's "Suppression General", while calling Chiang Kai-shek "victory", ordered the East Aid Force to continue to move forward.Beginning on the afternoon of the 17th, a part of the Qiu Qingquan Corps launched a fierce attack on our 94th and 96th regiments, and occupied the Gushan and Shanwang positions on the afternoon of the 18th.I spread 11 vertically to the front line of Daheishan.In order to ensure that the main force of Huaye encircled and wiped out Huang Baitao's corps, the head of the column ordered the 32nd Brigade to take back the Gushan and Shanwang positions while the enemy's foothold was not stable. At 6 p.m., the counterattack began.Before the enemy had time to redeploy, the artillery fire of our army was overwhelming like a storm, and the fierce fighting lasted until 11 o'clock at night, and the Shanwang and Gushan positions were regained. However, the enemy is not reconciled. At 3 o'clock in the morning on the 19th, the enemy soldiers divided into three groups, did not fire guns, did not fire artillery, moved in the dark, and suddenly attacked our army. The commanders and fighters of the 32nd brigade were very sleepy after days of fierce fighting, but they still guarded the Gushan and Shanwang positions vigilantly.Many comrades rushed forward, wrestled with the enemy, grabbed their hair, pulled their ears, stuck their necks, and wrestled with the enemy.Some suffered several stab wounds, some had broken waists, some were blind, and they were still shouting, beating and stabbing.The brutal and fierce battle continued for 5 hours, and our army was finally recaptured by the enemy because we were out of ammunition. Never let the enemy show their ferocity!The entire campaign must not be affected!The party committee of the 11th Column decided to throw the reserves into battle and counterattack again at dusk.Just when Hu Bingyun was about to issue a counterattack order to the troops, Chief Huaye assigned the 1st Column to cooperate with the 11th Column to attack the Shanwang position, and ordered the 31st Brigade of the 11th Column to attack the enemy from Xigengji to Xiaolizhuang. On the evening of the 19th, with the rumbling guns of Huaye's main force attacking Huang Baitao's corps, the 1st and 11th Columns launched a counterattack against the enemies of Gushan, Shanwang and Xiaolizhuang.The fierce battle lasted until 1:00 am on the 20th, and the 1st vertical captured the Shanwang position.At 10:00 in the morning, the 31st Brigade of the 11th Column captured Xiaolizhuang. In the following two nights and a day, the 11th Column and the Brother Columns repelled the enemy's repeated attacks, and blocked the eastward enemy at only 15 meters away from Nianzhuangwei. Kilometers of Daxujia Line. 在淮海战役第一阶段作战的关键时刻，中共地下党员、国民党第3绥靖区副司令长官何基沣、张克侠于1948年11月8日在前线率部起义，让开了百里防线，敞开了徐州的北大门，使得解放军3个纵队顺利通过该部防地，拦住了国民党黄百韬兵团10多万人的西逃之路。对我军取得淮海战役第一阶段的胜利起到了重大作用。毛泽东于11月18日给刘伯承等人的电报中对此作出高度评价：“北线何、张起义是第一个大胜利。”张克侠1900年10月7日出生于河北省献县。他上中学时，为抗议袁世凯接受日本强加于中国人民的丧权辱国的“二十一条”，愤而投笔从戎，考入陆军清河军官预备学校，后加入冯玉祥部队。1924年，他冲破重重险阻，到达广州，先后在孙中山大本营军政部任少校科员、讲武堂学校教育副官和队长。1925年，北伐战争开始，他担任了学生营营长。张克侠为追求光明，探索真理，在冯玉祥夫人李德全的支持下，于1927年春至1928年冬在莫斯科中山大学学习，认识到只有在马列主义指导下，才能建立起光明的世界。1929年，张克侠在上海经张存实介绍加入中国共产党，成为党组织直接领导的秘密党员，并肩负党的使命做西北军工作。 何基沣是河北省藁城县人，1923年毕业于保定陆军军官学校，1931年毕业于北京陆军大学。参加了对军阀吴佩孚的讨伐。1931年“九·一八”事变发生后，何基沣不畏强暴，面对侵华日寇，坚决率部迎战，参加了喜峰口战役。1937年，他任29军旅长，驻守卢沟桥一带，于7月7日指挥部队打响了全国性抗战的第一枪。1938年，何基沣为寻找革命真理，秘密前往延安，受到毛泽东、刘少奇等中共领导人的亲切接见和教诲。后来，他根据党的指示，仍回原部队工作，1939年1月被中共中央批准秘密加入中国共产党。 抗战胜利后，第33集团军开赴徐州。不久，即被改编为第3绥靖区，以冯治安为司令官，张克侠、李文田为副司令官，陈继淹为参谋长。司令部设在徐州东北的贸汪煤矿。第3绥靖区辖第59军和第77军两个军。归第3绥靖区指挥的还有泰莱支队约2000余人，徐州附近10余县的团队约1万多人，临城、枣庄、贾汪各矿区的矿警队共千余人，连同绥靖区司令部及军、师直属部队，总计约6万人的兵力。 何基沣原任第77军军长，1946年10月11日升任第3绥靖区副司令官，遗职由第132师师长王长海升补。 第3绥靖区内部存在着种种矛盾，主要是政治见解上的分歧和个人之间的利害冲突。这中间虽然有着交互错综的矛盾和斗争，但大体上可分为两个对立的方面：一方是以冯治安为代表的上层军官，如陈继淹、李文田，他们思想顽固，生活腐化，甘心作蒋介石的忠实工具，以军队作为升官发财的资本，在蒋介石发动内战的时候，他们就忠实地执行蒋介石的命令；另一方是张克侠和何基沣，他们多年在共产党的教育影响下，认识到蒋介石集团的反动本质及其必然要走向灭亡的命运，总是千方百计地想把军队引向光明的道路。 为配合淮海战役，陈毅司令员指示，要策动驻徐州东北的国民党第3绥靖区部队在战役开始时起义。1948年10月，13纵队联络部长杨斯德同志以陈毅代表的身份秘密进入贾汪，与何，张两将军取得了联系，向他们转达了陈毅司令员的问候和指示，并同他们研究了起义前的准备工作问题。为了保密和活动方便，杨斯德化名陈惠国，何基沣向南京国防部请准，正式加委杨斯德为该部高参。 何基沣当时在贾汪，为第3绥靖区副司令官兼前进指挥所主任。在杨斯德转达陈毅司令员的指示后，他表示决心率部起义，并认为77军大部较有把握，但有些军官尚有疑虑，需要深入做工作，59军困难较大。 张克侠当时在徐州，任第3绥靖区副司令官兼徐州市城防司令，他表示要继续做59军的工作。他认为冯治安顾虑较大，说服冯较困难，但他表示仍将尽量动员冯同部队一道起义。 接着，杨斯德与何、张两将军研究确定，以77军132师及37师111团为基础准备起义，并研究了最困难的预案。 杨斯德在贾汪半个月左右的时间，摸清了第3绥靖区主要军官的态度并做了初步的宣传、组织工作。于10月底返回曲阜，向粟裕副司令员、陈士榘参谋长汇报。粟、陈首长听取汇报后指出，战役将在11月8日发起，届时将由7纵、10纵、13纵从第3绥靖区正面渡运河南下，分隔徐州同黄伯韬兵团的联系。要求何、张所部按计划在战役发起后起义，让开运河防线，并力争控制运河上桥梁，以便确保我军顺利渡河。同时，还研究了联络方式、夜间识别标志、开进路线以及我方几个干部的位置。决定：起义部队联络口令为“杨斯德部队”，夜间反穿棉衣，手电明灭3次；起义后分两路开向解放区：一路由韩庄至兰陵，另一路由台儿庄至兰陵；起义时，杨斯德在指挥所协助何、张统筹指挥。 冯治安戎马生涯几十年，凭着直觉，感到风声有些不对，于1948年10月下旬的一天，突然来到贾汪的指挥所，先在矿场内巡视一番，接着，拉着何基沣避开众人说：“我家里人从上海来急电，说是在上海的财产受到抢购风潮和货币贬值的影响，我必须去上海一道，你在前方多注意。” 何基沣知道这是冯在试探他的态度，故意表示：“总司令这时离开很不好，万一前方有事，不能随时报告请示。如果非去不可，最好带一部电台。” 经这样一说，冯治安似乎释去了一些狐疑，神情也变得安静了些。说：“我去去就赶回来，上海有电台，不用再带了。” 其实，冯回到徐州并没有去上海，只是他的小老婆带着孩子去上海了。临走时，他约何基沣的家属一同前往。何基沣明白，这是要以他的妻子作人质。何推说孩子有病，正在煤矿医院治疗，治好了病随后就去。为了避免他的怀疑，就把几只笨重的箱子托他带去。这时何基沣早就拿定主意，等到军队快要行动的时候，就把家属星夜送到解放区去。恰好北平来了电报，说何基沣的岳母病危，何基沣妻子就持电报到徐州见冯，商请搭飞机回北平。冯治安想以何基沣妻子为人质的阴谋终于落空。 11月1日，杨斯德、孙秉超又来到了贾汪指挥所。何基沣同这两位客人和孟绍濂、过家芳一起研究，对可能发生的情况作了估计。 人民解放军认真执行宽待俘虏的政策，将被国民党政府军队遗弃的伤员送往后方治疗11月5日，冯又将何基沣请到徐州开会，他把“剿总”那套作战计划整整地谈了一个上午。何基沣与冯治安谈完话，就以前方情况吃紧为由，立即告辞。何基沣来到车站，见卫队仍未上车，顿觉有异。这时站长跑来连连道歉，说他自己不会办事，误了副司令专车开出的时间，因为10多列兵车占着铁道，正在尽力调度，争取很快就把专车开出去。何基沣在车站散步，发现很多货车，载着战车、大炮，还有不少高射炮，何基沣当即留下副官在徐州郊区观察，第二天返回贾汪报告。 何基沣回到贾汪指挥所，连夜找132师师长过家芳来谈，告诉徐州看到的情况。过师长也把他昨天到徐州“剿总”得悉的顾祝同所谈当前形势和“剿总”的战略布署情况向何基沣作了汇报。两人都认为情况已很紧迫，要尽快与比较有把握的部队联系，做好准备。过家芳走后，何基沣又将以上情况告诉了59军副军长孟绍濂。 何基沣回到贾汪的第二天，也就是11月6日，何基沣的副官偕孙秉超回到指挥所，把他们了解的情况详细地谈了一遍，经过讨论和分析，一致认为国民党军的态势根本不是什么决战，情况已相当清楚：高射炮从开封飞机场撤走，是要放弃开封了，战车、大炮从豫东撤下开往蚌埠以南，徐州附近仓库的汽油、炮弹日夜南运，表明准备南撤，很可能效东晋淝水之战的故伎，主力以江淮为第一线，先保住长江以南，然后伺机北进。所谓正面以湖坚守，只不过是利用杂牌第3绥靖区的部队替他看守大门。如果看不好送了礼，对他们来说，则可以免除后患。 大家认为这个判断如果正确的话，在此时起义，正是长期梦寐以求的绝好机会，万万不可错过。3人计议妥当，何基沣即派人将杨斯德送走。临行时何基沣对杨斯德表示：“希望你快去快回，我们有1团算1团，有1师算1师，一定在解放大军向南进攻时，采取行动，决不放过有利时机。” 当天晚上，过家芳来到何基沣的指挥所，报告他当天上午召开了团以上干部会议，作了起义的思想动员，以及到军部向军长王长海策动的情况。看来第394团团长王仲元和王长海较顽固，其他各团营都态度积极，并作好了行动的准备。 晚10时许，何基沣的副官突然向何基沣报告说：“8日下午解放军全面开始总攻，叫我们部队配合，让出防地，以便解放军迅速渡河南下。” 何基沣和过家芳听了很高兴，当即规定了本部识别记号和问答口令，并叫副官随同过师长即回师部，继续掌握好部队，于第二天拂晓前将情况告诉张兆英团长后，即迅速与解放军联系。何基沣随即用电话请孟绍濂来，作好安排后，孟即返部。 起义前夕，张克侠的处境是比较困难的。冯治安因为张克侠曾多次动员过他起义，也知道张克侠在解放战争初期就动员过不少原西北军高级将领起义，所以对张克侠戒心很重，一直让他住在徐州，不允许他接近部队。 面对这种困难的局面，张克侠心想：自己留在徐州，不和部队在一起，怎么起义呢？现在，冯治安顽固不化，起义的时机已经来到，必须设法尽快赶到贾汪，以保证起义的顺利成功。 这时，前方已有了战斗，张克侠便向冯治安提出到贾汪参加作战指挥，并通过何基沣及第59军高级将领，向冯提出同样要求，但冯十分狡猾，一概予以拒绝。冯治安经过反复琢磨，最后想出一招，就是把军长请到徐州，到他这里，由张克侠主持开会，来讨论作战计划。这样可收一箭双雕之效，既堵住了张克侠要回去的嘴，也使前方部队要求张回去，指挥失去的依据。 于是，在11月7日这天，第3绥靖区的高级将领会议就在冯治安住处召开了。除参谋长陈继淹外，第59军军长刘振三不在，由副军长盂绍濂参加；第77军军长王长海有病，由副军长许长林参加。会议由张克侠主持，上午开了半天，当然不可能有任何结果。午后继续开会。晚上，冯治安去宴请在徐州的国民党高级将领邱清泉等，留下陈继淹及冯的亲信，继续开会。 这时贾汪来电话找张克侠，开始是何基沣，接着便是杨斯德的声音，他焦急地催促张克侠即刻到前方去，电话机在楼梯下正对着会议室的大门，室内紧张而寂静，大家都可以听得见对话的内容。张克侠很了解对方的心情，但他知道如有一点疏忽，事情败露，就会造成对全局的无法弥补的损失。因此，张克侠一面压耳机，一面告诉对方：“现在还在开会，会后争取早回去。” 夜间12点多，冯治安回来，询问讨论的如何，孟绍濂副军长回答：“还是需要张副司令官到前方去。” 冯说：“今晚谈不完，明天继续谈。”还是坚持不让张克侠前去。 张克侠在困境中冷静地思考，认为明天(8日)军队就要行动，孟绍濂等在此，部队无人指挥，势必混乱，于是提议说：“前方紧急，指挥官都在这里很不利，今晚必须先让他们回去做好准备，明日可再来。”这是无法回拒的建议，冯治安只好表示同意。凌晨1点多，会议暂停，张克侠交代了一下，孟绍潦等便走了。 与会人员走后，张克侠久久难以入睡。他既为即将到来的起义所激奋，难以成眠；又为不能回前方而苦恼。同时，他对起义的准备和一些细节，又反复想了很多，每一个主要军官的情况又在脑子里滤了一遍：第59军的军长、副军长及师长、团长，自己都已做好工作，起义没有问题。第77军，何基沣在该军历史较久，可以由他处理。师长过家芳没问题，军长于长海有病不问事，师长李宝善虽是冯治安的亲信，但问题也不大。想到这里，他觉得不能再等下去，必须采取行动，于是立即收拾随身的简单用具，决心火速去贾汪前线。屋子里的东西基本未动，以免行动被人察觉。 冯治安扣留张克侠的同时，也在紧紧盯着何基沣。7日中午，冯治安就来电话责问何基沣为何事先不请示报告就撤出临、枣等地。何基沣否认撤退，说是前面发现“敌情”，阵地构筑在临城南面丘陵地带，部队已进入阵地准备战斗。冯又问矿区如何，何基沣答已在坚守。看来，冯治安也安插了耳目在时时监视何的行动。 下午，第59军180师陈芳芝团1个营进入万年闸桥头堡阵地后，晚5时许与解放军发生战斗。晚9时，刘景岳电话报告万年闸失守，陈团情况不明。何基沣知道刘景岳反对起义，就十分严厉地说：“前有桥头堡，后有阵地，为什么突然间就弄得这样糟糕，这种情况决不能向上交代。我命令：把第38师全部开上套，从左翼调1个团来作预备队，无论如何要把阵地收复回来。” 然后何基沣把情况立即报告给冯治安，冯连连说：“这样处置很对，很好。限天明以前收复阵地，如届时完不成任务，一定以军法从事，对团长、师长也不姑息。” 何基沣则趁机提出：“参谋长刘景岳贻误战机，要一律同罪。” 冯的命令下达后，立即引起了反应。刘景岳首先就恐慌起来了，他在电话上颤栗着对何基沣哀求说：“杨师长已经急苦了，黑夜队伍联系不上，现在的情形很混乱，请副座念多年长官部下的情谊，万望宽恕，事已至此，请你给个办法才好。” 何基沣故意以不耐烦的口气回答道：“办法要他们自己想。你叫他们去找孟副军长，遇事大家好好商议，在午夜前后把意见告我，然后再行定夺。天明以后执法队就要从徐州到指挥所来了，因此你们商议的时间绝不能拖长。” 一听说执法队要来，刘景岳顿时大惊失色，连连答：“是，是。” 从这以后，前方逐渐沉寂下来，只是左翼报告解放军已在韩庄至万年闸之间的运河上架好了几道桥，正在大批地渡过运河。 8日1时左右，孟绍濂打电舌给何基沣说：“他们已遵照副座指示同我商量好了，都同意照原计划办。并希望副座来军部见见面，以便按指示行动。” 何基沣知道电话上说的他们