Chapter 9 Chapter 9

On November 3, all troops entered the designated positions according to the scheduled deployment.On the second night, they crossed the Hutuo River and completed the siege of various strongholds outside Shijiazhuang with covert actions. On the morning of November 6, all troops launched an attack on the periphery of Shijiazhuang at the same time. After a night of soil work, the Jijin Corps under the command of Tang Yanjie and Wang Ping occupied several points in the northwest suburbs and surrounded the Daguo Village Airport along the traffic trenches. Attacked the villages such as Daxiao'anshe and other villages on the periphery of the airport, and then continued to develop towards the airport.The enemy is well aware of the importance of the airport. Without the airport, Shijiazhuang will truly become a shackle, and soon organizes the main force of the security team to counterattack Xiao Anshe.The fierce fighting continued until dawn on November 7, when the enemy's continuous attacks were defeated.Two independent brigades in the Hebei-Shanxi Military Region attacked from both sides, annihilating a battalion of security guards at the airport and cutting off the enemy's air transport of reinforcements and ammunition.An enemy security regiment stationed in Lulu immediately abandoned the city and fled, and the Fourth Military Division of the Jijin Military Region immediately moved in.

The Jizhong Military Region occupied Dongsanjiao and other villages in the southern suburbs.The 3rd and 7th Brigade successfully captured the West Barracks of Xiwang Village and various points in Wangcun within a few hours; The forward position of the Shigou defense line.On the 6th, Si Zong cleared the bunkers in the north-south Zhaiying, Taoyuan, and Liuxinzhuang Xiaoyan villages on the outskirts of the northeast city. On the 7th, they continued to transform the terrain of the starting point of the attack, and bombarded the Shijiazhuang power plant accordingly, cutting off the city's power supply. , the power grids of the inner city ditch and the outer city ditch all failed.

In the process of disabling Shijiazhuang's power grid, the underground party members in Shijiazhuang also made a contribution.The electricity in Waishigou and Neishigou is supplied by Daxing Cotton Mill. Although the power has been cut off, for the sake of insurance, the two branches of the underground party have respectively controlled the guards and the power plant of Daxing Cotton Mill. The grid was disrupted. Jia Xiangli, an underground party member, brought his adjutant to the power plant. When he saw that the power plant was seriously damaged, he asked when it would be repaired. The adjutant said that it could not be repaired and that there was no hope.

What if the power grid is out of power? It doesn't matter, you can use the electricity from Daxing Spinning Mill.The adjutant said disapprovingly. As soon as he heard that the Daxing Spinning Mill would be connected to the electricity, Jia Xiangli drove to figure out how to cut off the power supply.He knows that there is a power grid around Shijiazhuang. Without electricity, the power grid will not work. Once it is cut off, it will pass.Once powered on, it will be a big obstacle for our troops to attack.Jia Xiangli drove along the wire to find a suitable place to destroy it. The cut was too obvious. Once the enemy was connected, the electricity could still be turned on again.Finally, he finally discovered that there was a hidden gate beside the defensive ditch on the east side of the core fortification.In the afternoon, he sent the adjutant back to the blockhouse, and while there was no one around, he quickly went down into the ditch, and broke the switch with pliers, completely cutting off the power grid in the outer city ditch in the northeast.

While capturing the airport, the battle of Yunpanshan began. Yunpan Mountain is the commanding height in the northeastern suburbs of Shijiazhuang, and the only one in Shijiazhuang. It is 15 meters higher than Shijiazhuang City, and the top area is more than 240 square meters. The enemy used a temple on the mountain as the core and built a three-story bunker with steel plate concrete.There are 13 blockhouses and bunkers from the top of the mountain to the mountainside, connected by trenches and traffic trenches.At the foot of the mountain, there are two inner and outer ditches, 6 meters wide and 11 meters deep, with a grid between them.There are tunnels connecting up and down the mountain, leading to the city.The garrisoning the enemy is a reinforced company of the security team. It has 4 machine guns, 9 heavy machine guns, and 3 60 mortars. network.

It was the third battalion of the fourth vertical, ten brigades and thirty regiments who attacked Yunpan Mountain. The Ninth Company served as a commando. The breakthrough point is at the northeast corner of Yunpan Mountain. On the evening of the 6th, battalion commander Li Dechang and instructor Cao Yinpu led the third battalion to sneak along the embankment of the canal to build an offensive position 60 meters away from the enemy's front. Regarding the attack on Yunpan Mountain, the soldiers were not worried about anything but the power grid.If it is a barbed wire fence, it will be opened as soon as it is cut.What about the grid?The soldiers didn't understand electricity at all, they only knew that people could be electrocuted, and when the machete came up, they would electrocute people to death first.How to avoid it?Some people say that electricity is afraid of rubber, so people cannot be wrapped in rubber.After studying for a long time, some soldiers said, isn't it just holding a machete?Then wrap the handle of the machete with rubber, isn't it equivalent to separating it from electricity?This is a good idea, and the soldiers are confident enough to break the grid.

At dawn on the 7th, Fu Chongbi, the political commissar of the 10th Brigade, braved the enemy's artillery fire and came to the command post of the 30th Regiment, saying that the artillery supporting the attack on Yunpanshan would destroy the power plant in Shijiazhuang before the Ninth Company launched an attack. this is a good news. At 5 pm on the 7th, the artillery group attached to the Four Columns began to fire. Suddenly, the fortifications of Yunpanshan became dumb, and the power grid became barbed wire.The blasting team of the Ninth Company took advantage of the momentum and rushed towards the tunnel entrance of Yunpan Mountain, detonated the 25 kilograms of explosives buried there in advance, and blasted a gap in the enemy's outer trench, and the assault team and ladder team rushed up.

At this time, the enemy's dumb firepower suddenly opened fire, pressing the Ninth Company Commando into the outer trench.An armored train of the enemy came along the circular railway inside the outer city ditch, suppressing the assault company with artillery and machine guns. At this time, it was getting darker and darker, and our artillery fire lost its accurate target and stopped shooting. The first attack did not break through, mainly because it was not well organized.The company commander was dismissed.Although he was dismissed, the company commander still wanted to organize a second assault. He said to political commissar Fu Chongbi: I will issue a military order, and I promise to take down Yunpan Mountain in a quarter of an hour. I am familiar with the terrain.

That night, the Thirty Regiment decided to let the Eighth Company attack again at dawn the next day, and further studied the attack plan.The division of labor was assigned by company commander He Youhai and instructor Zhu Wenyi to the first and second platoons.Li Changyun, the deputy company commander, led the seventh squad into the enemy's outer trench, organized a ladder, dug a hole in the inner wall on both sides of the ditch, loaded 150 kilograms of explosives, and prepared to blast the inner wall of the ditch. Qiu Wei, the commander of the Tenth Brigade, was injured by an airplane during the battle of Qingfengdian, and the political commissar Fu Chongbi was in charge of the battle of the Tenth Brigade.Zeng Siyu, the commander of the Fourth Column, and Fu Chongbi, the political commissar of the Tenth Brigade, both went to the front line, because Yunpan Mountain is the focus of peripheral battles, and the enemy is well aware of this. If Yunpan Mountain is taken down, Shijiazhuang will lose its commanding heights. Yunpan Mountain is very important in military affairs .

After a night of intensive terrain transformation, with the direct aiming of the entire regiment's artillery and the close cooperation of tunnel blasting and ground blasting, the assault road was opened, and the enemy's inner and outer trenches became slopes. Captured the commanding heights of Yunpan Mountain, made me condescending, suppressed the enemy's main firepower point in the northeast corner of Shigou, and created favorable conditions for the main force to break through the outer city trench from the northeast suburbs. In the morning, another attack started, and all the firepower attacked Yunpanshan, suppressing all the enemy's firepower.Immediately afterwards, the blasting was successful, and the commando rushed down the inner ditch. Soldiers Chen Xianggao, Wang Lianxue, and Zhang Linian first climbed up the ladder, threw out the grenades and explosives, and the assault platoon quickly rushed through the ditch.Li Changyun, the former deputy company commander, shouted, rush, and rushed out first.

The sound of shouting and killing rang out. In order to strengthen the suppression of the firepower of the enemy's fortifications and overcome the problems existing in the coordination of infantry and artillery, it was decided to concentrate all firepower and form 8 firepower groups for unified command.The fourth squad of the mortar company, under the leadership of the hero gunner Shang Jinqian, repeatedly studied the method of using mortars to project explosives to break up the bunkers. This time, the infantry and artillery cooperated very well, and the commando ran upwards in the gunpowder smoke, and quickly surrounded and wiped out the enemy's core fortifications.The enemy outside the fortification ran into Shijiazhuang City along the tunnel. The whole battle was over in just 10 minutes. The eighth company waved the red flag on the top of the mountain, cheering up and down the mountain, victory! When the prisoners were being taken down, a big heavy machine gunner among dozens of prisoners asked, sir, what kind of gun did you use just now?The big projectile flew slowly, and it fell with such a powerful force that we were most afraid of that guy in the bunker. The soldiers all laughed out loud. It turns out that the enemy regards the explosives projected by our mortars as a new type of weapon. After capturing Yunpan Mountain, Fu Chongbi came to the top of the mountain and watched the reinforced concrete fortifications on the mountain. The shells only made shallow white pits on it. The front is vulnerable.He tapped a section of the steel rail that pierced through the cement with his hand, and said, isn't this broken by us in an instant?The unbreakable myth has become a joke. So far, all the enemy troops on the periphery of Shijiazhuang have been eliminated. The soldiers sent the ladders into the outer city ditch. The inner and outer city ditch is actually the underground city wall of Shijiazhuang. Behind the ditch is the power grid and the circular railway. Armored trains are used as mobile bunkers to patrol day and night.The terrain at the enemy's frontier has been completely remodeled, not to mention trees, even a tombstone and a cemetery have been leveled out. There is no usable terrain in the entire large open land. After reading the terrain, the commanders all took a breath. If they charge hard, not only will they cause heavy casualties, but they may not be able to charge up.There are hundreds of meters of open land, and we don't have enough cannons, only explosives and grenades, how can people rush over?Or the old way, transforming the terrain.Geng Biao, chief of staff, said that we concentrated the wisdom of the masses and determined the following campaign steps and tactical and technical measures. First, we captured the enemy's strongholds in the surrounding suburbs, and then relied on the villages to transform the terrain to form snake-shaped trenches, chicken-claw-shaped firepower launch positions, and bunker fortifications. , Ditch to ditch, trench to trench, dig the trench to the enemy's line of defense to facilitate blasting and close combat.The attacking troops and militiamen started soil work on the night of the 6th. The first echelon built the offensive position, the second echelon built the traffic trench connecting the offensive position, and the campaign reserve team, militia and migrant workers built the traffic trench leading to the rear.For two full days and two nights, by the morning of the 8th, the attack starting position and traffic trenches had been pushed to within 100 meters of the enemy's foreign city ditch.The hidden tunnel has been dug to the outer edge of the outer city ditch.Neither the enemy's firepower on the ground nor in the air can prevent our army from approaching. At 17:00, the 3rd and 7th Brigade first broke through the West Barracks, conquering Xili Village, Chengjiao Village and the Agricultural Experiment Institute; the 8th Brigade broke through to the West Sanjiao and occupied Zhentou Town.Almost at the same time, the Four Verticals and Ten Brigades broke through to the west of Yunpan Mountain and occupied Yitang Village and Huayuan Village.At 18:30, the Hebei-Shandong Corps broke through from the northwest, occupied Gaozhu Village, Bolin Village and other points, and surrounded Beijiao Village.The Jizhong Corps broke through from the southeast, occupied Huaidi, and surrounded Yuancun and Pengcun.By the 9th, except for Beijiao, Fantan Village, Yuancun, and Pengcun, all the areas between Inner and Inner Shigou were occupied by me. Originally, the enemy thought that with the fortifications in Shijiazhuang, they could defend for three years, but they didn't expect that the city ditch would break through in a few hours.The next battle is to break through the inner market ditch, which is a tough battle.Before the war, Wang Zixing, an underground party member, was notified to go to the army to introduce Shijiazhuang’s military politics and combat readiness. The third and fourth verticals sent people to listen. Most of the people who attended the lectures were company commanders and battalion commanders who led the charge. , combat staff officers, etc., are all personnel who directly participate in the battle. Wang Zixing has spoken five or six times, and more than 100 army commanders have heard it.In order to give a good lecture, he also specially made a simple sand table.Wang Zixing was an experienced old underground party member. In January 1947, due to his identity being exposed, he returned to Jinchaji and worked as a secretary for Ke Qingshi.Because Wang Zixing studied architecture, had done technical work in the enemy's General Administration of Architecture, and was familiar with Shijiazhuang's fortifications, Ke Qingshi asked him to go to the army to give a lecture. He said that in the Japanese period, there was a blockade ditch, which was symbolic, not deep, only one meter wide and six to seven meters wide.But no one dares to pass, and if you pass, you will be killed, regardless of whether you have reason or not.After the Kuomintang came, it widened and deepened on this basis, fearing that it would not be safe, and then dug another ditch outside the ditch.There are bunkers in the two ditches, five groups, a mother bunker with four sub bunkers, the mother bunker is in the light, the sub bunker is in the dark, buried in the mound, the perforation is facing outwards, the entrances and exits are all inside, separated by several One hundred meters, the firepower can cross. There are tunnels connecting each castle.There are five or six thousand such bunkers.After the battle of Qingfengdian, a circle of railways was surrounded in the Liangdaoshi ditch.The big and small cross streets, T-shaped streets, slightly wider roads, and important corners and protrusions of the streets are all built with blockhouses. After the fight, Wang Zixing followed the three verticals to fight.This is because the Four Columns were active in this area during the Anti-Japanese War, and the terrain is very familiar, but the Three Columns are not familiar with the terrain of Shijiazhuang. Not to mention the soldiers, many commanders have never been to Shijiazhuang, let alone go to the city at night. up.Another situation is that there are no private houses in the east of the bridge attacked by the four verticals. It is basically an industrial area, and the buildings of the core fortifications can be seen in the inner city ditch.The side where the three verticals are attacking has many houses and business districts, and the attack road is relatively complicated. Neishigou is the main defensive position in Shijiazhuang, with both strong and numerous fortifications, and it is defended by Liu Ying's main force, the 32nd Division.The main fortresses are located in relatively hidden places along the ditch and at the bottom of the ditch.In Zhentou Town, outside the three vertical breakthroughs, there is a flat and open land more than 2,000 meters away from Neishigou.The periphery of Shijiazhuang was originally a flat river.In addition, the enemy has been meticulously mopped up, not to mention getting close to the enemy, even observing before the battle is also very difficult. In order to reduce casualties, it is imperative to transform the terrain. The troops vigorously carried out soil work.Tunnels were dug from the ground, and blasting soil was used to fill up the inner ditch; various trenches and bunkers were dug from the ground, and the front of the inner ditch was quickly approached by the operation method of front to back, point to the back, and line and surface. The 23rd Regiment of the 3rd Vertical and 8th Brigade has a tradition in soil work.The world-famous war spectacle tunnel warfare in the Jizhong Plain is their pioneering work.At first, some people fought against the enemy to grab food and dug a hole in the yard to hide the food.Later developed into Tibetans.In the future, the caves will be connected, and the villages will be connected, and it will become a tunnel war.Such a tunnel is an underground battlefield.Generally, the height is 1-1.5 meters, and the width is about 1 meter. There is a large rest room every other section. The roof is supported by wood, and there are air holes that can penetrate sunlight. Around the large basement, there are many small holes where people can live.The big one can accommodate as many as a hundred people, with boiling water, dry food, bedding, and lights, it is not a problem to live for a few days.There are also toilet warehouses and the like.In addition to successfully saving yourself, the biggest function of the tunnel is to better attack the enemy.Often the enemy only hears the gunshot, but cannot find the target to shoot.At that time, Commander Yang Chengwu inspected various tunnels, discussed in depth how the tunnels can deal with the enemy's attacks of water, fire, smoke and poison, and life problems. Booklets are issued as secret documents. This unit with a glorious tradition of authentic warfare has won the task of attacking Shijiazhuang. After breaking through the enemy's outer defense line, part of the Jijin and Jizhong Corps monitored the remaining enemy strongholds in Neishigou, and the main force continued to attack Neishigou.Large troops and migrant workers began to transform the terrain entering the inner city ditch.In just one night, the offensive starting trench with a length of about 2,000 meters from the outer city ditch to the inner city ditch was completed, and most of the internal charge was also completed. On the night of November 9th, more than 10,000 people from the entire Wild Eighth Brigade, under the slogan "where the people go, the fortifications will go", braved the wind and rain, and started large-scale soil work.First dig down and shoot, then dig and kneel and shoot until you shoot the bunker vertically.Finally, the bunker and the bunker were connected horizontally to form a trench. The soldiers leaped from their bunkers and charged into the ditch in the city. In order to ensure the victory of the battle, the party and government organs and the people of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region enthusiastically devoted themselves to pre-war preparations. There were more than 10,000 militiamen and more than 8,200 migrant workers who came to participate in the war, mobilized more than 10,000 stretchers, more than 4,000 carts, more than 10,000 livestock, and transported more than 80,000 artillery shells and 1.5 million bullets for the troops. 30,000 kilograms of explosives, more than 100,000 kilograms of tackling materials, and more than 120,000 kilograms of staple and non-staple foods.In addition, various condolence activities were carried out to encourage troops to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds. Jia Guifu, squad leader of the 1st Battalion and 3rd Company of the 26th Regiment of the 3rd Vertical and 9th Brigade, was most impressed by digging trenches when he hit Shijiazhuang.A new method of trenching has been promoted, which is not the same as before.I have never seen a ditch digging like this before. The distance between a soldier and a soldier is so far away, and the rope is spread out, and each person is divided into a section.First lie down to dig, dig down and then kneel down, and finally stand up to dig, and then add some bunkers to build a bunker, and the activities are always below the horizon.At that time, a new term was given to this kind of work, called "terminal work".Soldiers all know why we dig trenches. Our firepower is not good enough, so we can only use local methods to dig in front of you. This is how Waishigou approached the enemy. Each regiment had two or three trenches, and not only men but also horses went underground, so there were almost no casualties.The same is true for playing Neishigou. Among the teams participating in trench digging, there were more migrant workers than troops. It's really a massive earthwork job. On the night of November 9th, with continuous drizzle, the first echelon moved to the enemy's frontier and started soil work 60 meters away from Neishigou.The second echelon built longitudinal traffic trenches, and the traffic trenches outside the range of enemy fire were built by militiamen and migrant workers. Digging all night. The Neishi Ditch is the enemy's second line of defense, as well as the enemy's main line of defense. There are sharp bamboo piles in the ditch, and there are Leiluzhai and barbed wire fences outside the ditch, as well as denser bunkers and various obstacles than the outer city ditch.All these make up a stronger position.The enemy woke up overnight, and the open land in front of him became a winding trench. At dawn the next day, the enemy saw it and was terrified. Overnight, there were dense traffic trenches like cobwebs on the open land of Yimapingchuan. The head of the enemy's 94th Regiment, who became a prisoner after the war, said that at dusk the first day, there was still an open field in front of the position. We thought that not only would you not be able to cross the Neishigou, but it would also be impossible for you to connect to the Neishigou.But at dawn the next day, half of our defense confidence was lost. Liu Ying panicked. He knew very well that Shijiazhuang could only be found in Neishigou.He sent his thirty-two divisions to guard them personally, and numbered them with Liu Ying's "Ying".But now, Neishigou is at stake.The garrison commander, who was known as calm and calm, could no longer lose his temper. While losing his temper, he asked Nanjing and Peiping for help. He sent more than 40 telegrams in a row, and his superiors Sun Lianzhong and Li Wen replied to him: "Stick and wait for help." For some reason, both Nanjing and Peking ignored the hapless general.Chiang Kai-shek didn't want to give up Shijiazhuang, but Luo Lirong brought his military headquarters and even a band, saying that he came out to seek mobility, but he really didn't want to come back after going out.Coupled with the fate of being wiped out halfway, who would dare to save Shijiazhuang again? Therefore, Shijiazhuang did not have any reinforcements along the way. At 16:00 on the 10th, the general offensive began.All the troops exerted the greatest power of all firepower, using mountain artillery to attack enemy bunkers, flat-firing guns and infantry artillery to attack enemy bunkers, automatic firearms to block the perforation of enemy bunkers, and mortars to continuously bombard the enemy's front. The artillery suppresses the enemy in depth.The three-column and four-column commandos took advantage of the rapid attack effect of artillery fire and started to act at the same time.The blasting team of the 23rd Regiment of the 3rd Vertical and 8th Brigade put explosives into coffins and transported them into the tunnel to blast the outer city fort of the enemy's city ditch defense line, and then used the smoke screen to blow up the inner ditch fort with external charges to fill up the city ditch. The 2nd Battalion 4th of the 23rd Regiment was connected to the power grid, Luzhai, and walls of the inner city ditch, and then carried out continuous blasting, blasting the ditch into a 45° slope. And the wall of the southwest barracks close to Shigou, broke through in one fell swoop. Subsequently, Sizong also opened a breakthrough in the northeast direction. According to the records of the frontline command post, the second battalion and fourth company of the 23rd Regiment of the 3rd Column, which was the first to break through the Neishigou, opened the way for the infantry in only 6 minutes.Although it was 6 minutes, it was a tougher battle than Waishigou. The combat deployment of the three verticals is like this, the seventh and eighth brigades are the first echelon, and the ninth brigade is the second echelon.Among the two first echelons, the Seventh Brigade is the main direction.Among the eighth brigades serving as the first echelon mission, the 22nd and 23rd regiments are the first echelon of the brigade.The 23rd Regiment dug a tunnel from the northwest of Zhentou Town to the barracks in the southwest of Shijiazhuang.The 22nd Regiment extended from the northeast of Zhentou Town to Dongli Village to approach the enemy.The twenty-fourth regiment, as the brigade's reserve team, is ready to join the battle at any time.In the 23rd Regiment, before digging the tunnel, it was decided that the 2nd Battalion would be the main attack task.The second battalion handed over this task to the fourth company. This is an assault mission that has been won with great difficulty. Zhang Hong was so happy that he even walked with a smile. Originally, Zhang Hong had already gone to study at the accompanying school after receiving the order.Before each major battle, some outstanding grassroots cadres must be transferred to the teaching team. This is mainly to preserve the cadres. , sacrifice more.In this way, if the cadres reserved before the war are sent to the company, and recruits are added, it will be a full-fledged company again.When Zhang Hong was fighting in Xushui in Baobei, he was suddenly transferred to study in the camp school. Hey, God is really good-looking. I haven't learned half of it, and then came back to the army's order, saying that the army needs cadres, and let six or seven students go back to the regiment headquarters to report to Tang.Zhang Hong was among the six or seven students.Zhang Hongxing and his comrades rushed to the old base of Xingtang. The regiment did not let him return to his original third battalion and eighth company, but assigned him to the second battalion and fourth company, and directly promoted him from platoon leader to company commander.Zhang Hong said that this is not allowed. I am low-educated, and I am fine as a deputy. There are 140 to 50 people in this company. I am not good at leading and cannot do it.The regiment knew that Zhang Hong was a Li Kui-like character who fought and rushed, so they said, if you can do it, you have to do it, and if you can't do it, you have to do it. This is an order.The order is like a mountain, execute it! Zhang Hong came to the second battalion and fourth company.Li Gong, chief of the organization unit of the 23rd Regiment, said that the first and third battalions in the regiment were reorganized from old troops, while the second battalion was a new one.The second battalion and the fourth company are indeed a head that is not easy to shave.Withdrew from the Zhengtai Line, because the commander of the fourth company was dismissed because he did not fight a good battle.Zhang Hong said, in fact, if he was a bit tougher, he would have rushed up, but if the company commander softened his hand, the casualties would be a bit greater.Only the deputy instructor Sun Chenliang and the deputy company commander remained in the company.At this time, it was the time of the Baobei blockade, but their company was useless, maybe it was distrust, maybe it was because Zhang Hong was a new company commander, I don’t know.At the beginning, the assigned task was to let the fourth company cut the railway, and the company blocked the enemy with the railway as the center.When the fortifications were dug and ready for a fierce battle the next day, an order came to change the position to someone else, and go to dig the fortifications of Gaolinying 20 miles away from Baobei. Zhang Hong was very unhappy, the positions were familiar, and we had repaired the fortifications, and there were not many troops on the railway.But an order is an order, let's go.By this time it was already dark, and I was not familiar with Silian Road. I wandered around in the sorghum and cotton fields, and finally turned to Gaolinying.Hearing the noise in front, Zhang Hong decisively ordered the company to stop in the sorghum field. He and a few soldiers moved forward, within a few tens of meters, saw the enemy soldiers attacking the power station post, Zhang Hong hurriedly adjusted the machine gun. It's dangerous, if you enter the village and fight again, it's hard to say, you have to be a bull.The soldiers were transferred, and Zhang Hong really hoped that the enemy would find out at this time, so it would be easier to fight that way.Unexpectedly, the communicator stopped transmitting and asked to retreat.Fortunately, there was no fight. There were not two enemy companies in the village, but eight companies.When withdrawing, the morale of the soldiers was still very high, and they walked back humming songs.In this way, it was withdrawn to the original place and deployed on the right wing of the railway. Ready to hit Shijiazhuang.At that time, not only the soldiers, but also the villagers were singing: "Thunder is rumbling all over the sky, first hit Qingfengdian and then Shijiazhuang."Sure enough, the superiors soon called a meeting of cadres above the company and took out the map. The enemy's situation, weapons, and the whole situation in Shijiazhuang were laid out. Zhang Hong didn't bother to listen carefully. "Steel Battalion".The third battalion was an old Red Army battalion with a Red Army company, and battalion commander Ma Zhaomin was a "smart monkey" who was good at fighting. Every time the third battalion fought, the casualties were very small, but the results were great.The third battalion also got a title in Gucheng, and the seventh company in the third battalion was a tiger company, capable of attacking.The first battalion can also defend and fight. In the 23rd Regiment, the second battalion was inferior. The old second battalion was dismantled because of the victory in the War of Resistance, and a part of the first battalion and a part of the third battalion were distributed.The Second Battalion was adapted from the Northeast in 1946. Zhang Hong didn't want to come to the Second Battalion at the beginning. Not only did he feel that he could not be a company commander, it was just an excuse. More importantly, he felt that the Second Battalion had no combat effectiveness. , Fighting in such a company is useless.The leaders know which company is hard and which company is soft.The first battalion of the Baobei blockade was good. The enemy didn't hit the railway, and the nearest place was 50 meters away. After three days of attack, they couldn't attack. They were the veritable "First Steel Battalion" .But the second battalion can't do it, because you haven't really fought a good battle, and the leaders don't trust you. Zhang Hong said, I have to do the same when I am a battalion commander. Wars are not a joke. If you can't fight well as a company, it's not you as a company. It may affect the defeat of the entire army. This time when fighting Shijiazhuang, there was no explicit comparison, but the actual formation was a comparison, with four verticals in one corner and three verticals in one corner. When you fight head-to-head, it depends on who gets in first.Can the leader give up the glory?Zhang Hong thought, what do you do with such a useless company, don't compete for tasks, just stay honest. Yesi attaches great importance to fighting Neishigou, and the task is heavily assigned.The 23rd Regiment where Zhang Hong was in was one of the main attacking regiments of the brigade, and the 2nd Battalion was also the main attacking battalion of the main attacking regiment.Generally speaking, there is no competition for the first echelon above the regiment, and whoever can fight will be the main attacker.In addition, there is another rotation. This time you will attack with heavy casualties, and then the next time someone else will attack.It's different below the regiment, whoever grabs the battalion company counts.There was no result in the fight between you and me. In the end, the regiment party committee decided to focus on the order of establishment, and Waishigou was the first battalion.Neishigou is the second battalion, and street fighting is the third battalion.Ma Zhaomin, the commander of the third battalion, had some opinions on the regiment party committee. Your first battalion is in the front, and my third battalion should be behind.Of course everyone wants to be the first to enter the battle, but the decision of the party committee must be implemented. Who told you that you are the third battalion? Therefore, after arguing and arguing, it was decided to use the Second Battalion as the main attack, and the Second Battalion handed over the task of the assault company to the Fourth Company.This is really the sun coming out from the west, and Zhang Hong, the commander of the fourth company who was waiting passively, never dreamed that such a good thing would happen to him. The morale of the whole company is not to mention high. This is the first time that the whole company has been the main attacker in such an important battle since its formation.As soon as they heard that the main attack mission had been seized, the soldiers cheered around the company commander.The platoon leaders on the branch committee fought again, and they also fought at work in the platoon committee.The company commander, Zhang Hong, remained silent. He knew who would be in charge of the assault and who would be the cover. We are finally in our positions. The first thing to do before the war was to transform the terrain. From the west of Zhentou Town Village along the northwest entrance of Zhentou Town, to Neishigou for nearly 500 meters, Zhang Hong was at the forefront. He was from the Yanling Team of Baiyangdian. His hometown The tunnels in that area were very famous during the Anti-Japanese War, so digging tunnels was no stranger to him.After tossing and tossing for two nights in a row, because they were all cotton fields and vegetable fields, and there were no stones, the mice dug the attack road like a hole.It is only 8 meters away from Neishigou.The dug trench is 1.5 meters wide and as deep as a person, and can be walked on a stretcher, and the situation inside the trench cannot be seen from the outside. Once the ditch has been dug, the next step is to study how to drill it. The Neishi ditch is 8 meters deep, and the walls of the ditch itself are cut so smooth that it is impossible to go up without a ladder.Zhang Hong crawled there at night to see that the water in the ditch was very clear, and he could see stars in the water when he looked closely. The water was at most one or two meters deep, and there was nothing in the water.Zhang Hong decided to blast, and let the blasting fill the 8-meter-deep ditch, so that people would be better off. Therefore, it is determined that blasting is mainly used. All is ready except for the opportunity. At this time the commando has changed.The Iron and Steel First Battalion took down Waishigou very smoothly, and there were no casualties.The regiment decided that the first battalion would continue to attack Neishigou, but of course the second battalion would not.The regiment said, no, it has been decided that the commando team that hit Neishigou will be replaced.Zhang Hong, the commander of the fourth company, guessed the regiment's considerations. When attacking the first big city, good steel must always be used wisely. The assault company must choose the best company in the army.Half a century later, Zhang Yinghui, the head of the team, didn't say anything about changing the main attacking company. Maybe he forgot, but Zhang Hong remembered it very clearly. Zhang Hong understood that the mission of the assault company was taken away by the first battalion, so he immediately exploded, shouting while running. Quit, quit! Zhang Hong wanted to put down the pick.In the Baobei battle, the fortifications were dug and handed over to others. This time, they thought that the pie had fallen from the sky, but unexpectedly, they still gave it to others, and they had to follow behind to pick up the spoils.What else is this company commander in charge of?Zhang Hong said, it's so simple, let me fight, I spent a lot of effort, dug the fortifications, prepared everything, and finally said lightly, I won't have my share, it's not hard to cook, Did you let people eat it?How do I explain to the soldiers in the company?How can I be this company commander again? Zhang Hong ran to the battalion commander and instructor and said that he was determined not to do it.I will go back to the regiment headquarters, and I will not do whatever the regiment headquarters will do.If you asked me to go back to the third camp, I would never work in the second camp.Things got serious, and the head of the regiment, Zhang Yinghui, came to the second battalion. Zhang Hong was still arguing, so I quit.Later, political commissar He Ming also came. The leader Zhang Yinghui and the political commissar He Ming looked at each other. Zhang Hong said very resentfully, whatever the reason, just believe them or not us.Take it out for comparison, even battalions can be compared. Our fourth company and our second battalion have the best equipment. We also have small mortars, three crooked handles, and... Isn't this weapon not good?Weapons can do it, but people can't?Is it me, Zhang Hong?I, Zhang Hong, can't be the company commander, you withdraw me.We have four companies, you can show how many party members, how many backbones, how many meritorious deeds, and how many rewards.There is still time now, let's pull to the back for a competition, a martial arts competition, whoever wins will be the commando, then I have nothing to say.I can't figure it out that you're taking our company down like this, and I'll never figure it out. Fifty years later, Zhang Hong still clearly remembers every word he said at that time. Is it the aggressive method? Maybe. Anyway, this radical method was successful. In fact, the regiment really wanted to change to the assault company, fearing that the fourth company would not work, and wanted to change to the second company of the first battalion, which was the Red Army company of the first steel battalion.The troops used in the battle in the regiment are usually the first or third battalion.The first battalion and the third battalion fought, and the head of the regiment knew it well.The Second Battalion was newly formed. After several battles but failed to fight well, there was always some doubts.This time, when fighting Shijiazhuang, the troops participating in the war attacked from all directions at the same time. This is actually a game to see which army is strong and which army hits the enemy's core fortifications first.Break through at the same time on all sides, compare with the local troops, and compare with the four verticals in the northeast direction, and compare who will attack first.Which leader doesn't want to put the best company on the tip of the knife and win glory for his troops. Zhang Hong struggled for a whole day.Even went to brigade headquarters.In the end, there was another meeting in the regiment and battalion. Zhang Hong laid out the favorable conditions for the fourth company to be an assault team, saying that the whole company was screaming, that the fourth company had completed all preparations for the assault company, and that the blasting team, the assault team, and the preparation team of the four major organizations transported The teams were all arranged, and engineers were also assigned.The commandos were successful or not, mostly blasting.Zhang Hong said that as long as the blasting is successful, the assault company will be successful.If the blasting is not successful, the assault company can also succeed. We still have two big ladders, all of which are ready.In the end, the assault company was finally determined to remain unchanged, and it was still the second battalion and the fourth company. Once the main attacking mission was achieved, Zhang Hong turned around and thought, this time he really has to go all out, what if he can't get in with the big talk?Thinking back again, there is no such thing as not being able to get in, and I must get in.What should I do after calling in?How to consolidate breakthroughs and develop results?Thinking left and right, thinking about it made my head a big circle.Later, I simply thought, let's fight right away, as soon as the gun is fired, everything will be clear.This is the case in war. Before an attack, you are the most uncertain. If you don't shoot, you will panic.As soon as the gun fired, it was all over. Zhang Hong is a veteran of the "Yanling Squad" in Baiyangdian. He joined the army in 1940. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Japanese invaders carried out brutal raids on Jizhong again and again. The Eighth Route Army launched guerrilla attacks on this blood-stained land. war.Young people in Baiyangdian brought out the large musket "big lift pole" for hunting wild geese and wild ducks, and joined the guerrillas.This kind of "big lifting pole" is afraid that the spray will soak the gunpowder in the gun chamber when hunting wild birds, and a wild goose feather is inserted in the mouth, so the guerrillas are named Yanling team for this reason.They fought against the Japanese invading army many times. They dared to fight hard, were witty and flexible, and won a complete victory every time.After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Hong followed the county brigade in the first group to leave the Yanling team and join the main force, and became a battalion under Zhang Yinghui - the third battalion. Zhang Yinghui, the head of the regiment, knew Zhang Hong well. There were several tigers in the entire third column, and Zhang Hong was one of them. He believes that one "tiger" will bring out a series of "tigers". There are no weak soldiers under a strong general, and most of Zhang Hong's soldiers are very brave fighters.Everyone contributed ideas, determined the assault platoon, the demolition platoon and the second echelon, and divided the combat teams.第二天拂晓，尖刀连挖了400米的堑壕，在内市沟“英”字第23号和第24号碉堡的外面横着挑一道沟，8米长8米宽，再从底部挖一个2平米的炸药室，在旅工兵的配合下，放进一个装着成吨炸药的大棺材。一起爆，就可以把8米深的内市沟填平，这样，内市沟就不成其为内市沟了。 总攻击的时间已经确定，突击连每个人都开始了紧张的战前准备，二营四连10名参加突击队的干部、战士每人都配备了四五十发子弹，手榴弹10枚，5公斤的炸药包一个。此外，还剩余2包炸药，以备急需。火力组有4门六○炮，3挺轻机枪，预备队那里还有几千发子弹。战前的一切都忙忙碌碌地准备好了，而且检查了又检查，就等时间了。距离下午4点总攻还有一会儿时间，张鸿的心却老扑腾扑腾的，来回转弯，甚至有些许的不安。这一次四连的牛皮都吹出去了，完不成任务可不行。这是背水一战啊，只能成功，决不能失败，而且一定要第一个突破。 这么一想通，张鸿的心安静下来了。 在抗美援朝战争中写出轰动全国的《谁是最可爱的人》的著名作家魏巍在解放石家庄战斗中，战前战后都进行了采访，他亲眼看见内市沟西南突破口的连长张鸿和他的突击队员们是怎样激烈战斗的。战后，他很快写出了一篇充满硝烟味道的散文《在突破口》。这篇散文，后来收进《魏巍散文选》。魏巍写道： 11月10日，暗淡的落日，照着石门。尽管敌机来回地扫射轰炸，我军已经以各种形式的阵地，迫近了敌第二道防线50多米的距离，四点，总攻的炮声，开始响起。密集的炮火连续排射，引起了整个战壕兴奋的骚动。大家挤着，看着，指着，叫着。眼看这道两丈多深，布着电网的深沟的里沿上，那些用铁轨构成的密密的地堡和密密的枪眼，顷刻都被炮烟罩住。这时，同志们纷纷脱下棉衣，有绑鞋带的，紧腰带的，还有人就在鞋底上磨起刺刀来。战壕里贴满了花花绿绿的标语，“坚决解放石门！”“打到哪里占到哪里！”“打进去就不出来！” 快到时间了，张鸿一个一个地问，枪子弹手榴弹炸药包带好了没有？摄影员孟庆彪寸步不离地跟着张鸿一块回到了连部，连里营里的干部都在那儿。 沟里静悄悄的，大家都把脸昂到天上，焦急地等待着第一个准备信号。 第二发信号弹射上天了。这是一枚红色的信号弹，突击队开始在沟里运动，张鸿跟着第一梯队。 担任尖刀班任务的六班，做好了冲击准备。 爆破组长刘英福得意地对小白说，上级可真有个眼劲儿，把这个光荣任务交给了咱们啦。 听了刘英福的话，小白拍拍胸脯，笑着说，没当几天八路军，就赶上这样的好机会。小白叫白玉全，是清风店刚解放过来的解放战士，虽然只有17岁，却是苦大仇深。前几天，在诉苦大会上，他哭着说，解放石门，我要给被逼死的父亲报仇。这回真解放石家庄了，又摊上突击队，小白说，咱真走运。 班长在一边说，啥运气？This is a blessing! 全班都笑起来。 班长问，都准备好了没有？ 好喽！每一个人都有劲地回答。 这时，太阳快碰到树梢了。 爆破组长刘英福低头看了看自己胸前的“人民功臣”的奖章，走到一排长王二小跟前：“排长！这次打石门，离我家不远，我怎么也得卖把力气，碰见危险事，你就叫我去。”王二小说，我是文安人，石家庄也是我的家乡呢。话没说完，只见敌人的前沿上，红艳艳的火头霍地一闪，大家的身子不由一晃，只听一声震天巨响，立刻冲起了十几丈高的黑烟。原来是六连和工兵同志们的炸药成功了。六连长祁世军和工兵三连长苑贵礼组织的工兵爆破组，准备一旦不成功，再连续爆破。眼瞅着，英勇的工兵连的连续爆破组长刘俊亮带着战士李树民和郭保祥，又扛着炸药，飞也似地钻进烟雾，进行连续爆破。又是两声巨响后，四连的爆破组长刘英福，也像箭一般地跟了上去。第一次爆炸起的土块还没完全落下，接着又是两声巨响，又冲起两道黑烟。 大地直摇晃，尘土蒙住了半边天，拳头大的土块像冰雹一样落下来，突击队员有的头被砸破了，有的脊背上被砸出了大包。但是，似乎谁也没注意这些，大家都在紧张地盯着前方。 这时，只听冲锋号响成一片。机枪射手们一起站立起来，掩护的枪声也响成一片。远远近近的机枪声、炮声交织在一起。排长王二小在规定的哨声指挥下，尖刀排四班的战士抬着长长的梯子向烟雾中冲去。尖刀班六班提着大铡刀，冲了上去。负责掩护的第一梯队的火力组每人挎着一个里面装满了手榴弹的沉甸甸的篮子，也猛地跳出战壕，紧跟在突击队后面向黑烟里冲去。这时候，集中在一起的全团的轻重机枪都响了起来，高碉堡上敌人的机枪也在狂叫。突击队员就觉得脑袋顶上子弹乱飞，那呼啸声就像是漫天的大风暴。 爆破第二道市沟。实际上没起到好作用，反而起到了坏作用，由于炸药过多爆起来的土没有乖乖地按人们的愿望填到沟里，而是萝卜拔起带走了泥，预计落到内市沟的土，反而飞上了天。沟没平，却出现更深的一个大坑，而且破坏了进攻的路线。突击队一时受阻，有的突击队员没返回沟底，在沟沿的内侧立刻挖小洞或台阶，暂时藏身。和二营这边同时爆破的一营也没有成功。八旅是这样，七旅也如此。七旅在外市沟爆破成功了，但内市沟却没成。据事后分析，说是土质不一样，自己生产的炸药性能也不那么稳定。爆破的效果虽然不理想，但是冲锋号像风一样漫天吹起来了，突击队员已别无选择，喊着雷声样的冲啊声跃向内市沟。