General Lin
From Wudang Mountain to Wuling Mountain
Li Renlin
In the breakout of the Central Plains of and the subsequent turnover, for me personally, the most difficult and unforgettable thing is to be ordered to lead the lonely army deep into the enemy's back, from Wudang Mountain to Wuling Mountain, and persist in the guerrilla warfare for 5 months.
(I)
Central Plains Military Region When the breakout battle was held, as the deputy political commissar of the Jianghan Military Region, I broke through with the Jianghan Military Region troops to the border between Sichuan, Hubei and Shaanxi. Later, the Jianghan Military Region troops were ordered to return east and met with the First Column in the Shangkan area of the southwest of Fang County, Fang County, and jointly formed the Party Committee of Northwest Hubei and Northwest Hubei Military Region, and established 4 prefectural committees and military sub-districts. I was appointed as the commander of the Fourth Military Sub-district. From then on, we began to enter a new stage of creating a northwestern Hubei base with Wudang Mountain as the center.
On September 2, 1946, the Central Plains Bureau telegrams Wang (Shusheng) and Liu (Zijiu) and reported to the Central Committee: "...You should immediately send a capable cadre to return to the original place to accommodate the scattered personnel of the 15th Brigade, unify the leadership of the guerrillas of Zhangbo and Ninghuai who remained in the original area, and rely on Tongbai and Dahong Mountains to persist in the development of guerrilla warfare in the region, and contact the Zhangtai Department of East Hubei. We suggest sending Li Renlin to lead a group of elite cadres and bring a radio station to complete this task." On September 10, the Central Plains Bureau reopened the Central Plains Bureau and agreed to this deployment. It pointed out: "The 15th Brigade will all be transferred to southern Shaanxi , and another part of the forces will be sent to Dahongshan to contact local forces to develop the Dahongshan base. In this way, western Hubei , central Hubei and southern Shaanxi form a corner, restraining a large part of the Chiang army's forces and assisting North China, central China and northwest to smash the Kuomintang's attack. This is your great strategic task. You should convey this strategic task to every commander and fighter."
Just as I, Liu Zihou, Wu Yunpeng and other comrades led the former First Regiment of the Jianghan Military Region and some cadres from Fang County to advance eastward and prepare to carry out the work of the fourth division, Commander Wang Shusheng told me that he would reorganize a prefectural committee and military division based on Dahongshan and Tongbaishan , and I would serve as the secretary of the prefectural committee and commander of the military division. At that time, I thought this was a major decision. Judging from the intentions of the superiors, Dahong Mountain and Tongbai Mountain have become a basis point in the overall strategic layout and are an indispensable and important part of creating bases in southern Shaanxi and northwestern Hubei and winning overall strategic victory. I feel a great responsibility and make up my mind to resolutely complete the glorious task assigned to us by my superiors.
Northwestern Hubei Military Region decided to transfer the second battalion of the first registrar of the Jianghan Military Region to the military region’s guard regiment system; the first battalion and one company were left to the fourth division, and the remaining four companies and regiment headquarters, pistol teams, and guard platoons were led by the regiment commander Zhong Chunlin and deputy regiment commander Zheng Huaiyuan. In addition, the radio stations and confidential personnel led by the military region and several department directors of the department, government and rear organs were led by the Party Central Committee and the Central Plains Bureau to carry out the new task of returning to Dahong Mountain in the east and rebuilding the base.
On September 18, the Central Plains Bureau once again informed the Northwest Hubei District Party Committee: "It is appropriate to send Li Renlin to lead a delegation to cross the east. I hope Li will implement it quickly." According to the instructions of the Central Plains Bureau, I led the troops from Xingjiaping, Nanzhang County to operate along the Xianghe on the 19th. When the troops arrived at Guoheping, south of Nanzhang, , a meeting of leading cadres at the regiment or above was held. I conveyed the tasks assigned by my superiors and the issues I have considered for a few days to be considered. I said: "I have broken through shortly and now I have to go back again. It will definitely cause great horror from the enemy. I will inevitably mobilize heavy troops to carry out a "clearance". What is facing us is a fierce and sinister struggle. We must rely on the favorable conditions in the base area, overcome all difficulties, quickly open up the situation, attract and mobilize the enemy's regular army, and cooperate with the struggles of western Hubei and eastern Hubei and . The most important thing at the moment is how to cross the Xiang River. First of all, we must choose a good crossing point and get the troops to cross the river to Dahong Mountain as soon as possible."
At that time, the enemy's blockade of Xiang River was quite strict. They concentrated the ships to some large market towns and organized the "river defense force" to garrison and control them. After preliminary reconnaissance and judgment, we can only choose a relatively suitable crossing point from the junction of Yicheng and Zhongxiang . After discussion, everyone agreed with these opinions.Therefore, the troops rushed to carry out political mobilization and various preparations before departure. All commanders and fighters launched a civil war in and occupied the revolutionary base created by our army's bloody battle. This time I heard that I was going to fight back, and everyone was in a very high mood.
In the early morning of September 21, my pistol team set out in advance. At dawn, the troops gathered, and I made a brief mobilization, asking everyone to "obey orders, obey commands, move quickly, avoid entanglement with the enemy on the road, and time is victory." Unexpectedly, as soon as the troops walked out more than ten kilometers, they encountered a regular enemy army chasing me in the Xiaojiayan area. The battle started. Before the enemy started, I ordered the troops to withdraw from the battle quickly, bypass the enemy's stronghold and advance quickly, and arrived safely at Lijiadong at dusk, block the news, and rest and standby.
Midnight that day, I convened cadres of the First Regiment and relevant personnel to join in the battle deployment. One of the closest ferries to the Xiang River in Lijiadong is Zhuandouwan . There is an enemy township office and a river defense brigade, with more than 100 people and guns. We immediately decided that Zheng Huaiyuan and Comrade Chen Luyan, deputy director of the Political Department of the First Regiment, led the pistol team and the second and third companies as the first echelons to cross the river from Zhuandouwan. At 3 a.m. on the 22nd, the troops rushed towards the Xiang River and walked more than 40 kilometers in one go. The vanguard troops had approached Zhuandou Bay before dusk. The pistol team members dressed in plain clothes and disguised as ordinary people first touched the street and quickly caught the enemy sentry. Then the sentry led the way to capture the enemy township commander and river defense brigade leader alive, and rushed to the enemy township office and brigade headquarters. After a brief contact, all more than 100 defending enemies surrendered.
learned from the prisoners' confession that there was also an enemy township office and a security squadron station in Fengle River on the east bank of the Xiang River. Zhuandouwan fired a gun, and the enemy probably had noticed it, so our avant-garde troops immediately organized a forced crusade. Take advantage of the cover of night and paddle to the other side as fast as possible. When the vanguard entered the heart of the river, the enemy on the other side fired fiercely at our fleet, trying to stop our ship from docking. Our frontier troops calmly responded to the battle, rushed hard, and quickly occupied and controlled the beachhead. The follow-up troops immediately took dozens of boats, sailed to the other side in an orderly manner, and entered Fenglehe Town one after another. Then the ferry was evacuated and hidden.
crossed the Xiang River eastward and won the first battle. When the enemy who was following us chased us to Zhuandouwan, we had to "sigh at the river"!
(II)
According to the seized of the enemy's confidential documents and the information we collected, there are no regular enemy troops in the Dahongshan area for the time being, only the county security brigade and township office are armed. We decided to take advantage of this great opportunity to annihilate the stubborn people in large quantities, destroy the ruling foundation of the Kuomintang, destroy the grassroots regime that harmed the people, and establish our local party and government organizations, "severely hit the new situation in Dahongshan."
At dawn on September 23, we began a rushing Zhangjiaji . Zhangjiaji, located at the junction of Zhong (xiang), Sui (county) and Yi (cheng), is the western part of our entry into Dahong Mountain. In addition to the township office, there is also a security squadron in Zhongxiang County, with more than 100 guns. Without the enemy's awareness, our forefront troops surrounded the enemy from the side and attacked fiercely from the front, removing the enemy's important stronghold. Then, he continued to advance and wiped out the enemy who defended the bunkers at the north of Zhong (Xiang) to wipe out the enemy who was defending the bunkers. A unit of the Hubei Provincial Security Brigade stationed here fled in panic. Then, our troops successively annihilated the enemy protection armed forces in the north of Jing (Shan) and other places, including Shibanhe, , Bazimen, Dahualing, Xiangjiachong, Xiongjiatan, etc., and defeated the two security squadrons of Jingshan County who rushed to "block" our army in Zhoujiafan and Xiongjiatan. Happily, we met with the guerrillas led by Peng Youde, the former deputy commander of Beijing North, in Bajia Chong. A few days later, we met a guerrilla team led by Comrade Rao Yuqing, secretary of the district party committee, in Zhongxiang and Liujiaji area. They have been fighting here in extremely difficult and difficult circumstances.
In order to realize the superior's intention to establish a prefectural committee and a military sub-district in Dahongshan and Tongbaishan as soon as possible, we decided to establish two counties and working committees. One is the Jingshan Zhongxiang Sui County Party Committee, with Li Guanqun as secretary, Peng Youde as commander, and Cheng Dunxiu as county magistrate, and assigned a company as basic armed forces to carry out guerrilla wars in Dahongshan.One is the Jing (Shan) Zhong (Xiang) Working Committee, with Rao Yuqing as secretary, and Wu Haiqing, the battalion commander of the first battalion, was transferred to them as the guerrilla brigade commander, and they also added 2 light machine guns and more than 20 rifles. At this time, we still have about 4 companies of troops.
In order to expand the influence, eliminate the enemy more, and raise funds for the troops, we decided to attack Duobao Bay. Duobao Bay is an aerial and land wharf by the Xiang River. It has convenient transportation and developed commerce. It was an important base during the Japanese and puppet and the Kuomintang rule. According to reconnaissance, there were town offices and Jingshan County Security Second Squadron stationed here, with about 200 guns. The enemy built many open and secret bunkers and solid fortifications. It was close to the Xiang River in the south, and the terrain was dangerous. After research, it can only lead to wisdom, not force attack.
In the early morning of October 8, after crossing Hanyi Highway , we quickly headed towards Duobao Bay. The pistol team members dressed in plain clothes were led by staff officer Ding Jianyang, and Lai Yukun and Xiao Jianlu followed closely behind. The mayor of Duobao Bay, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, and a group of more than ten people rode tall horses and took the guards to the Luohan Temple for a banquet. Not far from the town, they happened to have an encounter with us. The pistol team and the forefront troops were observing the order of "no random shooting", ignored them, and walked straight to the west end of the street with a swagger. When the enemy sentry found out, he hurriedly asked, "Which part of you are?" We replied, "We came from the county town to change our defense." The enemy sentry believed it and saluted us frequently, letting us enter the street. In this way, the second company captured all the enemies without any effort. Immediately afterwards, all the enemies in a bunker on the west side of the street were disarmed. The enemy squadron leader was captured by me, and more than ten people led by the enemy mayor and the chairman of the chamber of commerce were also disarmed by our rear guard forces. The enemy of the East and West bunkers surrendered one after another after the call of the enemy mayor and captain.
After our army occupied Duobao Bay, comrades Chen Luyan, Xiao Jian, Xia Kui, Zhou Huaqing and other comrades immediately went to the Chamber of Commerce to do publicity work and raised about 8 million yuan in fiat currency . Since then, every time we occupy a relatively large town, we will follow the Duobao Bay method to find the chamber of commerce to do work, hold meetings, conduct publicity, and gain the sympathy and support of most industrial and commercial workers, making fundraising the main source of funding for our troops.
(III)
Less than 20 days after we crossed the Xianghe River east, we wiped out 7 enemy township offices, defeated 6 enemy security squadrons, and established two county-level local party and political organizations. The situation has developed so smoothly that everyone is very excited and they have enhanced their confidence in rebuilding the Dahong Mountain and Tongbai Mountain bases.
However, the development and changes of the situation are not subjective to our subjective wishes. The enemy was shocked by our active actions and a series of victories. On the one hand, the Kuomintang Wuhan camp mobilized 14 security regiments and local security teams from Henan and Hubei to block the dangerous roads (ferry) and strengthen the defense of Xianghe. On the other hand, the 199th Brigade of the reorganized 66th Division followed us into the Zhongxiang area, and at the same time transferred the new 15th Brigade of the reorganized 72nd Division in eastern Hubei to Dahongshan and Tongbaishan areas to "clear up" in an attempt to annihilate me in one fell swoop.
troops left Duobao Bay and moved to the west of Tian (Gate). On the afternoon of October 12, they arrived at several villages including Jiangpi Lane near Shijiahe River, north of Tianmen. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, the enemy situation suddenly discovered in the southwest of the station, and then the dense bullets shot towards our station from three directions. The situation was unknown, and the troops had to fight and retreat while moving north quickly. By dawn, I found that many enemy regular troops wearing blocks were chasing me relentlessly. At this critical moment, our eighth company instructor Ni Bochi led the troops to suppress the enemy. When the troops rushed across the Yichang Highway in Hankou, suddenly seven or eight military trucks loaded with enemies drove on the road to stop and shoot at us. Under the cover of the eighth company, our troops quickly crossed the Hanyi Highway.
After we got rid of the enemy, we quickly entered the southern mountainous area of Jing (Shan) to assemble. After a short rest, transfer immediately. In the afternoon, when we arrived at the south side of the Jing (Shan) Zao (City) Highway, we suddenly found another enemy on the mountain on the right side of Yongxing Town. They used fierce fire to stop me from shooting. Then, the enemies from Qujiachang on the left also rushed out and strictly blocked the road from both ends, and the situation was extremely critical. I ordered the Second Company to seize the Guanyin Rock Highland in the north and cover the troops to rush across the road.As soon as the troops arrived at the foot of the mountain, a large number of enemies had already set up their formations on the mountain. A burst of guns and cannons were shot head-on, and our troops were surrounded by the enemy. At this critical moment, the second company commander Zheng Xuegao organized troops to stubbornly block the attack. The third company took the opportunity to seize the commanding heights of Jiujishan in the northeast, and once again exposed the enemy's encirclement and arrived near Huatai Mountain.
This battle was able to turn danger into safety in a dangerous situation, and it was entirely up to all cadres and soldiers to fight bravely. This shows that our army is a heroic force that cannot be dragged apart or defeated. Judging from the situation, the enemy's regular army was led by us. The enemy situation in Dahongshan was serious. We must avoid the enemy's edge, and try to rest in areas with relatively weak enemy forces, fight a few more victories, and restrain the enemy more. After research, we decided to move to the Tongbai Mountain area to guerrilla warfare. The army number is also called "Jianghan Guerrilla Detachment". We are moving towards South Henan , Anlu , Sui County , Yingshan and other counties. Late at night on October 20, when the troops entered a large ravine near Xujiachong, south of Xin (yang), they did not expect that about 120 people from the "Henan-Europe Border Independent Guerrilla Detachment" led by Ning Huai, they met successfully! Everyone jumped up in excitement at that time, and the intimate scene is still unforgettable.
(IV)
Xin (Yang) South area was also an old base during the War of Resistance Against Japan. But after the main force broke through, like Dahongshan, the original party organization and local regimes led by the party have been destroyed by the Kuomintang, and some have been disintegrated. In addition, the enemy situation was very serious. The enemy's reorganization of the 72nd Division, which was originally "cleared" by the eastern Hubei troops in the Dabie Mountains of . In addition to the new 15th Brigade being transferred to Dahongshan and Tongbaishan areas to "encircle and suppress our troops", the new 13th Brigade was transferred to the Pinghan Line Xinyang , Guangshui , and Yingshan Line. There are also two security groups in Henan and Xinyang Independent Group that are very close to this place. It is estimated that the enemy of Dahong Mountain may also pursue us to the Tongbai Mountain area. We may be surrounded and attacked by enemies at any time. Therefore, it was decided to return to Dahong Mountain again, circle the enemy, and contact the troops scattered there.
It was late autumn and the climate was colder day by day. The troops were still wearing single clothes that were sent before breaking through. After several months of sun and rain, they were already in rags. In addition, they often marched at night and slept in the mountains and fields, and they could not eat enough and sleep well, so their comrades' physical condition was severely reduced. I consider raising some more money and cloth as soon as possible and doing everything possible to solve the army's winter cotton coat. After research and decision, it was decided to launch a sudden attack on Zetan, an important town in the west of Sui (county). The pistol team quickly figured out the enemy situation in front. The forefront rushed into the street, wiped out the enemy security team and the township office armed forces, and quickly passed the chamber of commerce to raise about 13 million yuan in fiat currency and a lot of cloth. The next morning, the troops withdrew from Zetan and advanced southwest, entering the areas of Liufangzui and Xiaofu Street in Dahong Mountain.
The enemy built bunkers and set up strongholds in the Dahongshan area. Not only did they use about two brigades of heavy troops to siege and "search and suppress" day and night, but they also implemented a series of anti-communist measures to "clear the countryside" and "empty households", and forced the residents of the mountainous areas to move to the plains in a concentrated manner, in an attempt to completely destroy the foundation of our party and cut off the ties between our army and the masses. The enemy's rebellious actions aroused the revolutionary indignation of the majority of commanders and fighters, and also made us face great difficulties. At this time, the Party Committee of Northwest Hubei District forwarded the "Eleventh" instructions from the Party Central Committee (i.e. the "Three Month Summary" drafted by Chairman Mao himself). This glorious document summarizes the national war situation, analyzes the future of the civil war, points out the principles and combat tasks of the future struggle, affirms the victory of the Central Plains breakthrough and its huge strategic role, which is a great encouragement to us. Everyone said excitedly: The "Eleventh" instructions are like the bright lights in the night voyage, which make us see light and hope in the dark.
We were unable to contact several scattered guerrillas in Dahongshan, so we went north to the northern area of Zao (Yang) and sui (county), and successively captured Lutou , Xinshi and other towns.On November 7, the detachment held a meeting of cadres above the regiment near Sanhedian, Sui (County) and Zao (Yang) areas, summarizing the struggle experience since crossing the Xianghe River to the east, and analyzing the situation in the Dahongshan and Tongbaishan areas in a realistic manner. It is unanimously agreed that the current enemy situation is very serious, our original work foundation has been lost, the enemy's reactionary rule has been strengthened, the masses' emotions have been set, and it is impossible to rebuild the base, but we can use mass relations and united front work to establish a few rest points. The next day, I conveyed the Central Committee’s “Eleventh” instructions to all cadres, talked about the current situation and future tasks, and asked everyone to actively publicize the masses, strictly abide by the “Three Disciplines and Eight Objects of Paying attention to ”, establish good mass relations, rest and rectify the troops, consolidate the internal situation, raise grain and fundraising, and solve the problems of the troops’ clothing and food. This meeting, especially the conveying of central instructions, played a huge role in stabilizing the troops and enhancing confidence in victory.
In early November, our troops went north to southern Henan and captured the important town of Tongbai in one fell swoop, wiped out more than 100 local stubborn people in the town, and captured one deputy commander of the enemy militia alive. Our army was very proud. On November 12, we met with another unit of the Henan-Europe border Independent Guerrilla Detachment led by Zhang Bo and Niu Desheng in the north of Sui (County).
On November 9, the Central Plains Bureau once again sent a telegram to the Northwest Hubei District Party Committee: "Let Li Renlin try to unify the guerrillas in Dahongshan, Tongbaishan, Hubei and southern Henan." On the 13th, he received a telegram from Comrade Li Xiannian to me, saying: "After my main force breaks through, the armed forces left in the original area are extremely scattered, and strengthening and unifying leadership are extremely important issues. Comrade Lin must work hard to complete this task."
I immediately conveyed Comrade Xiannian's telegram instructions to Comrade Ning Huai, Zhang Bo and Niu Desheng. According to the spirit of the instructions of the Central Plains Bureau, I decided to merge them with the troops led by me to form a detachment. After the Party Committee of Northwest Hubei District reported to the Central Plains Bureau for approval, the detachment number was renamed "European and Henan Border Guerrilla Detachment". I served as the detachment leader and political commissar, and Zhong Chunlin was appointed as the detachment chief of staff. In order to strengthen the leadership and command of the troops, the detachment organized two regiment-level brigades (each brigade has two squadrons under its jurisdiction), and comrades such as Zheng Huaiyuan, Niu Desheng, Zhang Bo, Chen Luyan, Xiao Jian, Lai Yukun were appointed as chief and deputy captains and deputy political commissars. The detachment has 6 sections, and there is also a non-gun team and a guard platoon. Ning Huai is the chief of the combat section, Xia Kui is the chief of the political engineering section, Hu Dehai is the chief of the confidential section, Zuo Binchao is the chief of the reconnaissance section, Li Caichang is the chief of the health section, Zhou Huaqing is the chief of the supply section, and Hu Chunhui is the captain of the radio station. After the establishment of the Hubei-Henan Border Guerrilla Detachment, the townships and protect armed forces in the northern area of Sui (County) Zao (Yang) were successively annihilated and defeated. On November 18, when our troops arrived in Qingtai Town, Sui County, the town office armed forces relied on the mezzanine bunkers to resist stubbornly. Our 4th and 6th squadrons used fire attacks. Most of the more than 50 people below the enemy mayor were killed and burned, and a few were captured alive. Two enemy light machine guns and more than 30 rifles were seized.
Since late November, our guerrilla activities have changed a lot. It is not "what big mountain goes there, and what small village goes there to that village", but marching during the day, walking on the main road, living in market towns or villages in order to reconnaise the enemy situation, raise food and raise funds, rest the troops, and deal with sudden situations. But the enemy soon organized the first "encirclement" in Sui and Zaobian. The New Thirteenth Brigade was from east to west, the 199th Brigade was transferred from Dahongshan to north, and two security regiments in Henan went south to prevent blockades; and the fifth and eighteenth Brigades of Hubei Security Cooperation, the enemy situation was very serious. I decided that the troops would implement high maneuver, combine the attack on "big circles" with the "small circles", go south to Dahongshan, insist on fighting on the outside, avoid strong enemies, and take advantage of the situation to attack the stubborn people. At the same time, we would look for Li Guanqun's troops to avoid further losses.
At this time, the severe winter season was already in the cold, the frost and dew were cold, the cadres and soldiers were short of clothes and shoes, some walked barefoot, marched and fought day and night, and the difficulties were imagined. But everyone had no complaints, they were still in high spirits, and they rushed to the Dahong Mountain Area with confidence. When we arrived at Zhongxiang Yuanjiatai, we finally found Comrade Li Guanqun.According to his report, a few days after the breakup from Zhangjiaji, the 199th Brigade of the enemy followed from Xiangxi. In cooperation with the New 15th Brigade and the local stubborn locals, he "cleared" several of our guerrillas day and night in the Dahong Mountains. Under the siege of powerful enemies, the troops had to disperse the guerrillas. Some people secretly insisted in the local area, while others disguised themselves and moved to the liberated areas. At the same time, the guerrillas led by Comrade Rao Yuqing were also separated. Rao Yingyong died and Comrade Wu Haiqing was missing.
During this period, we restrained nearly 3 brigades of the enemy, which was a great victory, but it also paid a price and learned an extremely painful lesson. It tells us that during the War of Resistance Against Japan and the Civil Revolutionary War, national contradictions and class struggle had many different characteristics. The class foundation and ruling power of the Kuomintang are much stronger than the Japanese invading army. In addition, after our army broke through, the original local party organizations and regimes had been destroyed by the enemy and the basic masses were suppressed. Now, it is impossible to continue to use the experience and methods of the War of Resistance Against Japan and rely on a few troops to mobilize the masses and establish a base.
We were active in the Dahongshan area and soon attracted the enemy's 199th Brigade from Suizao area. The New 15th Brigade also "encircled" north from Jingshan, Tianmen and other places. So, the troops began to fight the "big circle" again and headed north along the western foot of Dahong Mountain. On December 9, the enemy Gengji Township Office and Tuwan were wiped out, nearly 100 enemies were killed, wounded and captured, and 2 light machine guns, 4 pistols, and more than 30 rifles were seized. The next day, the third battalion of the 596th Regiment of the 199th Brigade, who was dragged by me, followed him. We want to get rid of this enemy and continue to move north, but the enemy has been chasing him. Until dawn the next day, when we turned to Caojia Chong south of Ju Bay, southwest of Zaoyang, we could no longer get rid of it, forcing us to have no way out and could only fight against .
At that time, we were in a very dangerous situation, facing a plain and backed by a river. The enemy relied on their excellent weapons, numerous people, and were crazy and arrogant, and organized many charges. Our fourth squadron fought bravely under the command of the squadron leader Sun Guoqing and instructor Huang Zhen. He fought fiercely for two hours, but the enemy made no progress. Comrade Zhong Chunlin and I studied and decided to seize the fighter's plane and attack the whole line. Immediately transfer the second and third squadrons to quickly enter the battle and deviate to the left of the enemy; the sixth squadron and the pistol squadrons to the right of the enemy. The two troops suddenly appeared in front of the enemy as if arrows were out of their way. The enemy's left wing position quickly shook, lost one place and defeated the entire line. The enemy battalion commander's efforts to supervise the battle were useless. When he was about to get on his horse and escape, he was shot dead by my platoon leader Wang Jinshan. In this battle, more than 100 enemies were killed and injured, and more than 20 sets of brand-new American machine guns, 55 grenade launchers, and signal guns, 120 rifles, more than 20,000 bullets were seized. More than 20 sets of "National Army" cotton uniforms and large blocks were seized. Later, it became the "props" for our pistol team to disguise the enemy.
The battle in Juwan is a tough battle after we enter Dahong Mountain and Tongbai Mountain areas. "The brave will win when we meet on a narrow road." The first time it was an annihilated strike to the enemy's regular army was of great significance. First, the enemy's plan to "annihilate" our army was crushed, giving us a chance to breathe; second, the large amount of weapons and ammunition were seized, which was enough to supplement our army's consumption; third, more importantly, it eliminated the fear of the enemy's regular army, greatly improved the morale of our army, and enhanced the confidence to persist in guerrilla warfare in the enemy's long-term behind.
(Sixth)
Leaving Juwan, we crossed Xiang (Fan) Garden Highway to head north. The pistol team used the enemy's costumes seized yesterday to disguise themselves as "national army", and attacked Taiping Town in one fell swoop, capturing all the people and guns of the enemy township office. Zaoyang 's security team has been trapped in the county and dared not fight, so we took advantage of this short opportunity to solve the troops' cotton coats.
On December 14, we arrived in Xinshi, and immediately in Lutou Town, we mobilized three tailors to bring sewing machines to Sanhe Store in northwest of Sui County to make cotton coats. Since there were too few sewing machines and insufficient staff, we mobilized the women in the town to overcome this difficulty. There are so many difficulties, but it is not difficult to rely on the masses. The aunts, sisters-in-law, girls and tailors in Sanhe Store worked together. After three days and three nights of hard work, every cadre and soldier finally had a short cotton jacket.The troops took the people of Sui and Zao to their deep affection for their soldiers, bid farewell to their fellow villagers and moved eastward. After solving the army's winter clothes, I feel much more at ease. The fact that the masses in Sanhedian helped our army shows that people's hearts are towards the Communist Party and towards the People's Liberation Army. This is the fundamental condition for our army to survive and win behind enemy lines.
In late December, the enemy organized a second "encirclement" against our army in Sui and Zao areas. The 199th Brigade made every effort to go from the southwest, the New 13th Brigade, the Fifth Brigade and the Eighteenth Brigade from the southeast, and the First and Second Henan Security Regiments attacked Zaobei from the north, attempting to "annihilate" us in the Zaobei region in one fell swoop.
On December 20, the troops moved to the near new city and encountered the Second Squadron of the First Security Brigade of Sui County. The cunning enemy quickly penetrated into the landlord's manor and the bunker to resist stubbornly. I gathered troops to surround him and camped on the spot. At dawn the next day, we suddenly turned southwest, not far away. When we arrived at a mountain near Taoyuan, we caught an enemy spy and found a letter from Cao Yujing, the captain of the Second Security Brigade of Sui County, to the captain of the first squadron of the first brigade, saying that he was rushing from Zetan to Xincheng to meet him at night and asked him to stay and wait for help. What a "god-given opportunity"! The terrain here is suitable for ambushing, and this mountain rush is a must-pass road. After I discussed with Comrade Zhong Chunlin, the combat staff officer Zhang Yuying summoned the cadres of each brigade and quickly deployed the battle. Sure enough, the enemy hurried into our ambush circle. With the sound of the charge, the troops hidden on the mountains on both sides rushed towards the enemy's formation like tigers descending the mountain. It took only half an hour to end the battle cleanly. The enemy was wiped out, and more than 250 people below the brigade captain were captured alive. 200 long and short guns, 8 light machine guns, and more than 20,000 bullets were seized. None of them were injured or killed. This is the most beautiful ambush we fought after crossing the Xiang River east. The characteristic of this battle is to capture fighter jets in a timely manner, make up their minds and make quick decisions. The enemy's second "siege" plan went bankrupt again.
(VII)
After the Taoyuan ambush, we advanced to southern Henan, crossed the main peak of Tongbai Mountain, crossed the Huaihe , and turned to the Tongbai and Biyang in Henan to fight a "big circle", and once again jumped out of the enemy's encirclement. However, when we entered the Tianmu Mountain area on December 27, we were surrounded by the first part of the enemy's New Thirteenth Brigade, Xinyang Independent Regiment, and Biyang Security Brigade. We just jumped out of the encirclement of Zaoyang, but we were trapped in Tianmu Mountain. In this battle, we fought from dawn to dark, and finally retreated while fighting and climbed to the main peak of Tianmu Mountain. Thanks to the guidance of an old man in his 60s, we broke out from a ravine washed out by mountain torrents in the northwest. On December 28, the troops marched westward, passed through Biyang, Henan, Tanghe County, and returned to the northern part of Zaoyang, Hubei, and arrived in Yangdong on the afternoon of the 31st. The troops were exhausted at this time. It is estimated that the enemy in the north has been left behind and cannot catch up for the moment, so he decided to camp near Yangtou. Late at night that day, part of the enemy's 199th Brigade suddenly surrounded our station from three aspects: east, south and west. The battle started with close forces, and the enemy howlings and shell explosions sounded. Our troops were dispersed under the sudden attack of the enemy, and they retreated from the villages and broke northward. Comrade Zhong Chunlin and I led the guard platoon to the fields north of the village. We saw the village occupied by the enemy. People shouted and horses were neighing, and the fires soared into the sky. Most of our troops lost contact. If we did not collect immediately, the consequences would be unimaginable. I ordered the number officer to blow the emergency assembly number as soon as possible. This move is really effective. When the troops who lost contact hear our military horns, they gathered at me one after another. When the enemy heard our trumpet, they were not clear about the truth and were afraid to fight in the wild night, so they dared not pursue it. During this battle, our radio station reporters risked their lives to snatch the transceiver, but the antenna was not removed. A squad of the sixth squadron in front of the gate suffered losses, and one of the squadrons was in unknown direction, and the rest of the troops gathered in the darkness of the night. We ushered in the New Year's Day in 1947 with the loud military horn.
The troops quickly left the battlefield before dawn and advanced north of Taiping Town towards Xinshi. After walking for more than 30 kilometers in one breath, when I was about to approach Xinshi, a team suddenly walked down from the mountain on the left, which immediately caused a panic.I looked at it with a telescope and it was the row that broke out last night. Everyone was overjoyed. A few hours ago, they saw a battalion of regular enemy troops at the foot of the mountain heading west, and we saw the enemy pounce on Taiping Town. We walk on the small path, the enemy walks on the big path, and go their separate ways.
In January 1947, the troops continued to march eastward along the southern foot of Tongbai Mountain. Along the way, the enemy's regular army drove westward. We took a detour and unexpectedly wiped out the Wushan Town Township Office in Sui County and the Wudian Township Office in Yingshan County, and captured several left-behind personnel from the enemy's regular army. Then, enter Henan and arrive at the area of Damiaofan and Xianshifan in southern Xinyang, where there are many enemies. The New Thirteenth Brigade and the Xinyang Independent Regiment were all waiting for us, so we couldn't stop for a moment, so we turned south and entered Zhonghua Mountain in the northeast of Yingshan County, and were attacked by the enemy in the middle of the night. I quickly withdrew from the battle, walked along the west side of the Pinghan Railway, crossed the Guangshui Yingshan Highway south, and was blocked by the enemy again. The troops could not fight and walked while fighting, crossed Yingshan River, and entered the Zhaojiapeng area of Anlu. Later, we passed the Xiang (Yang) Flower Garden Highway and crossed the Shuishi ( Fuhe ) at night near Pinglin, and entered the northwest region of Baizhao Mountain. But there are still enemies everywhere here. For several days and nights, either the enemy's regular army chased, surrounded, blocked, intercepted, or harassed the country, unable to eat or sleep, and the troops traveled through the rain of bullets all day long. This period can be said to be the most dangerous and difficult period in our situation. Our cadres and soldiers are always facing the severe test of life and death, safety and danger, victory and failure.
According to various intelligence judgments, the enemy's troops invested in the Dahongshan and Tongbaishan areas reached 40,000, which is a hundred times more than me. Our guerrilla detachment with more than 400 people has turned the Dahongshan and Tongbaishan areas into earth. The enemy township and the security office were annihilated in large numbers, and the masses took the opportunity to escape. The Kuomintang was unable to recruit soldiers or grain. Some of the strong men caught were liberated by us, and the inventories of military rations were also opened to help the poor. In particular, the three brigades of the enemy's regular army were restrained. In order to free up the troops to transfer to the battlefield in Shandong and Henan, the enemy has been "encircled" and "cleared" us even more closely. Now it is really a critical survival and death. What should we do next? We must make a quick decision, and many cadres and I are anxious and thinking about the future of our troops. At this moment, a cadre suggested to me: Can you consider calling , Yangtze River and going to the south of the Yangtze River. His opinion attracted my attention. But this is a major military operation that must be carefully considered and cannot be acted rashly.
In the early morning of January 16, 1947, the troops moved to a mountain village near Huolongfang, North Jingshan. They were just preparing for lunch when the enemy caught up again. The masses helped us again. A farmer ran and shouted, "The enemy is here, the enemy is here, it's all big hats!" The troops gathered immediately, and the alert had started. The enemy was very crazy and had a strong firepower. It seemed that a fierce battle was about to happen. Now, "either the fish die or the net is broken." The troops fought and retreated, running towards the southwest mountainous area. At around 3 pm, when the troops entered a ravine called "Hei Chong", I ordered the troops to stop advancing. Several brigade cadres gathered around and asked me, "Why don't you leave?" I said, "If you don't leave, just beat him up here and ambush." The enemy never expected that we would ambush him here. I kept thinking all the way that the enemy was too rampant. If you don’t find an opportunity to knock him hard, don’t want to have a meal and have a good sleep. The troops quickly spread out along the hills on both sides, and soon the enemy climbed up to the cliff in a mess. When the enemy was less than 20 meters away from me, I shouted, "Fight!" All the firepower arranged on the mountains on both sides suddenly opened fire together, grenades exploded in the middle of the enemy, and the troops jumped up with the charge and rushed towards the enemy. The enemy was killed and injured, and the army was defeated. The follow-up troops saw that the situation was not good, so they turned around and ran away. We quickly gathered our troops, cleaned the battlefield, and carried the wounded Comrade Zhong Chunlin out of the battle.
According to the captured enemy deputy battalion commander, they were reorganized into the 72nd Division's engineer battalion, just arrived from Yingcheng and chased after two security squadrons in Jingshan County.The main forces of the division's "encirclement and suppression" our army were the New Thirteenth Brigade and the New Thirteenth Brigade. However, because our army was moving quickly and were left behind, the enemy had to use the division's direct team, which shows that it was determined to go all out and try to make a desperate bet. In this ambush, one enemy engineer battalion and one part of the Jingshan County Security Squadron each killed, wounded and captured more than 100 enemies, seized 7 Japanese machine guns, dozens of infantry and cavalry rifles, 3 grenade launchers, and more than 20,000 bullets. This is another example of our battle in Juwan where we defeated the more with fewer, weaker and severely damaged the enemy. The enemy attempted to "catch all of us in one net", but this "net" was broken by us and the fish was about to swim into the deep water.
(eight)
After the black rushing battle, I finally had a full meal. At this time, I had made up my mind to fight the Yangtze River and open up a new battlefield for guerrilla warfare in the south of the Yangtze River. In the early morning of January 17, I ordered the troops to set off and cross the Jing (Shan) Zhong (Xiang) Highway between Sunqiao and Guanqiao to move south. At noon, when the troops entered near Xiayang Port on the north side of Hanyi Highway, I seized the time to meet with the brigade cadres to study what to do next and where to go. I proposed the plan to cross the Yangtze River to Jiangnan to fight guerrilla warfare, which shows that this action can be unexpected and win by surprise. The deeper you go behind the enemy, the more empty the enemy's troops, it is estimated that the enemy's troops will pose a greater threat to the enemy and restrain more enemy troops; and in western Hunan and Hubei are old Soviet areas, with a good mass base, and there may be underground parties. I and several others, including Zhong Chunlin, Zheng Huaiyuan, Chen Luyan, Lai Yukun, Wang Xuefu, etc., were active there when they were in the Red Army. They are familiar with geography and people's conditions. After I finished speaking, everyone discussed enthusiastically and agreed with my opinion, saying that they would fight across the Yangtze River and open up a guerrilla battlefield in the south of the Yangtze River. At this time, gunfire sounded again on the northwest warning line, and we had to endure the unimaginable hunger and fatigue and marched southward. Some of the wounded and sick in the team were hanging their arms with bandages, while some were holding sticks, following the troops in pain and crutches. Comrade Zhong Chunlin also rode on the horse and bumped. In order to survive and win, everyone endures everything. We crossed the Tianmen River at dusk that day, and after a marching of more than 30 kilometers, we arrived at Sigang on the north bank of the Xiang River at dawn the next day. With the enthusiastic support and help of local fishermen, they successfully crossed the Xiang River and entered Huangjiachang, Qianjiang County to camp.
Here is about 100 kilometers away from the Yangtze River. We traveled day and night, continued to advance south, and decided to pretend to be the "Kuomintang 66th Division Supplementary Corps" to confuse the enemy. On January 21st (the 30th day of the lunar calendar), every household was preparing for the New Year, but we braved the cold wind and snow and trekked hard on the muddy road. In the evening, the troops arrived at a public welfare site about 15 kilometers away from the Yangtze River, which was not far from Haoxue Town. We spent New Year's Eve in a battle-oriented manner.
According to information, there is a security squadron stationed in Haoxue Town, Jiangling County, as well as a town office, a water police station, etc., with about 200 or 300 guns, but the enemy was unsuspecting. In the early morning, I and Zhong Chunlin convened a meeting between the brigade cadres, reconnaissance section chief, and pistol captain, and decided to take advantage of the favorable opportunity of "New Year's Day" to cross the river from Haoxue by disguising a surprise attack.
1 January 22nd, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, at dawn, heavy snow was flying, and the villagers closed their doors and sent gods to worship their ancestors. We faced the heavy snow and listened to the sound of firecrackers, and rushed straight towards Haoxue Town. When the vanguard climbed the east embankment of the street and walked towards the bunker, the enemy sentry shouted, "Which part of you are?" My pistol team member replied, "The 66th Division's supplementary regiment." Seeing that it was the "National Army" costume, the enemy sentry believed it and quickly saluted with a gun. Our army quickly entered the enemy bunker and disarmed all the enemy squads. Zheng Huaiyuan, Zuo Binchao, pistol captain Huang Zhujun and reconnaissance staff Gao Lidi led more than 50 pistol teams, and ordered enemy soldiers to lead the way to the town office and squadron headquarters. When the enemy mayor and the squadron leader saw the arrival of the "National Army", they quickly stood up to welcome him, served tea and cigarettes, and were busy. When Zheng Huaiyuan said, "You all put down your guns," the enemy was extremely surprised and said repeatedly, "Sir, don't misunderstand, you can discuss something if you have something to do." Zheng said, "No misunderstanding, we are the New Fourth Army!" The enemy was stunned and hurriedly ordered to surrender. The other route also seized the gun from the water police station. Except for some of the enemies in the town who entered the West Bunker and fled, the rest were annihilated. In this battle, we captured about 200 enemies and seized more than 100 long and short guns.
At 11 a.m., the Second Brigade had already concentrated the ship on the dock, and I ordered the troops to board the ship quickly. When our fleet sailed to the middle of the river, we suddenly encountered two small gunboats full of enemies sailing past our ship. The staff asked me what to do? I said, "By it! I'm going to pass openly." The enemy asked, "Which part is it?" "Sixth-sixth Division Supplementary Regiment." The enemy's patrol boat did not slow down and continued to sail upstream. I sailed along the water and reached the south bank. More than 10 soldiers from the enemy Haonan Township Office, close to the riverside, were watching on the embankment, we welcomed the "national army" and were immediately disarmed by me.
At 3 pm, all the officers and soldiers of our Hubei-Henan Border Guerrilla Detachment arrived safely on the south bank of the Yangtze River with fearless heroism and wisdom. The "impure" natural danger of the Yangtze River that Chiang Kai-shek boasted was broken through in one fell swoop.
(Nine)
We suddenly crossed the river, completely beyond the enemy's expectations. Immediately decided to move south quickly, take advantage of the opportunity to sweep the stubborn land, enter Hunan, and then advance towards the Wuling Mountains in Hunan and Hubei.
htmlOn the morning of January 23 (the second day of the first lunar month), we wiped out the armed forces of Shachang Township Office of the enemy County Gong'an County on the way, and advanced along the river bank towards Zhoujiachang. On the way, the township office in the township was armed with the enemy security brigade stationed in Zhakou in Gong'an County, and a total of more than 200 people came to "block and attack". The enemy never expected the "divine weapon to descend from the sky". We only took dozens of minutes to defeat the enemy and fled everywhere. The troops rested in Zhoujiachang for a while and continued to advance after dinner. When passing Hujiachang, our pistol team wiped out the local township office's armed forces. At 4 pm, we arrived at Ganjiachang and surrounded the Second Squadron of the Public Security Brigade of Gong'an County and the Chenghuang Temple, the township office, in one fell swoop, and annihilated the enemy. The next day, I crossed the Songdong River and arrived at Zhangjiachang, Niulang Lake via Zheng Gong Ferry. The enemy township office and the security team were overestimated and wanted to resist, but they were vulnerable and completely wiped out by me. On the morning of the 25th, our army entered Zhangjiachang Town, Li County, Hunan Province. Under the surprise attack of our pistol team, all the people, including the township chief, were captured by me. In the afternoon, the troops advanced west along the border of Hunan and Hubei, preparing to attack Nuanshui Street, Shimen County.Nuanshui Street is located at the junction of the three counties of Song (Zi) and Li (County) of Hunan and Hubei provinces. It has always been an important stronghold of the Kuomintang. In addition to the township office, there is also a joint defense command center in the three counties, which is under its jurisdiction. It is the old subordinate of the local bully Luo Xiaozhi, with about 100 guns. Luo Xiaozhi has been crazy about the Communist Party since the Agrarian Revolution, and has been engaged in enemies with our army, with bloody debts. I fought with him when I was a Red Army. Although Luo is dead now, his old subordinates are still rampant in the village, making fish and the people hate it to the core. I ordered the forefront troops to annihilate them all without leaving any future troubles. On January 27, we took a 30-kilometer raid and occupied AiShui Street, but the enemy went up the mountain when they heard the news. Our first squadron attacked with a squadron, and a squadron and a pistol team quickly detoured to the enemy's side and back, attacked forward and backward, annihilated most of them, killed and wounded nearly 100 enemies, seized 2 machine guns and 18 rifles, and the remaining enemies fled.
Nuanshui Street is already the northeast foot of Wuling Mountain. We decided to take a two-day break here. The comrades at the radio overcame many difficulties and changed a section of the cut on the telephone pole to an antenna by a double-wire, communicating their contact with their superiors. I immediately reported the situation of crossing the river to my superiors, and soon received two replies from the Central Plains Bureau and the Northwest Hubei Military Region, congratulating and commending us on our successful crossing of the river, and giving high evaluations of the military and political significance of this operation, instructing us to carry out a larger-scale guerrilla war in the south of the Yangtze River and actively cooperate with the main combat of our army in North China.
htmlOn January 29, we held a meeting of cadres at the brigade and above in Nuanshui Street to convey telegrams from our superiors and discuss future action plans. We agreed that our decision to cross the Yangtze River south was correct. After crossing the river, we quickly left the lake and swept the stubborn area and attacked the stubborn. In just six or seven days, we wiped out seven township offices, annihilated and defeated four security squadrons, wiped out about 500 enemies, seized more than 400 guns, more than 10 light machine guns, 1 heavy machine gun, and tens of thousands of bullets, which was a great victory.Next, we will carry out guerrilla warfare in the Wuling Mountains. This area is backed by mountains in the west and plains in the east. It is located at the junction of the two provinces. The troops are easy to move, the supplies are easy to solve, and the mass base is good. No regular enemy troops have been found yet. Our troops can rush around and do a big move. If we can restrain a few more brigades, it will be another major victory for us. At this meeting, it was decided that the troops would be renamed "Jiangnan Guerrilla Detachment". After the meeting, everyone's mood became even higher and expressed their desire to make greater contributions to continuing to fulfill the strategic constraints entrusted by the central government. htmlOn January 30, the troops entered Qingshui Bay in Wufeng County, Hubei Province through Ziliangping and Taiping Street, and stayed in Changleping that night. Comrades Mao Yunfeng and Liu Jiemin, who are underground party members here, come to contact us. They enthusiastically provide intelligence to the troops. Later, Comrades Liu Deru and Yi Tanaka were sent to follow the army to act as guides and help carry out mass work.Later, we went south from Wufeng to Hunan again, occupied mud, sand, city and other places, opened warehouses all the way to help the poor, promoted the masses, and posted slogans and leaflets everywhere; the life of the troops improved, and the physical strength of the commanders and soldiers gradually recovered.
The activities of our army in western Hunan disrupted the peace behind the enemy and caused horror among the Kuomintang Changsha authorities. The pseudo-Hunan Provincial Government urgently ordered the 18th Xiangbao Brigade stationed in Changde to come to "block and suppress". On February 8, I met me near the Yuwang Temple in the west of Shimen. Once in contact, the enemy retreated to the mountains and defended them with danger. I said to Li Guanqun, the second brigade leader, "We must fight this battle well and show our might in Hunan, so that the enemy will be scared." Li Guanqun led the fourth brigade of the second brigade to detour behind the enemy. The soldiers climbed up from the rarely-traveled cliffs, like a divine weapon falling from the sky, and suddenly opened fire at the enemy; our frontal forces attacked at the same time, and the enemy was immediately defeated and dispersed everywhere. Although this battle did not capture much, it had a great impact. The legendary deeds of our army became more and more amazing among the masses, and the news that "He Long's team is back" spread like wildfire.
crossed the Qinshui River and opened the road to western Hunan. We passed by Cili and Comrade He Long's hometown Sangzhi County, and then headed north to Hefeng in Hubei. He successively repelled the enemy's 9th Brigade of Hunan Security Police and Hubei Security Brigade in Miaozuihe and Zoumaping and other places, and captured one person and a gun.
htmlOne day in early February, I suddenly received a telegram from Comrade Zhang Caiqian. He asked about the enemy situation in Jiangnan and solicited opinions on crossing the river. I was very happy and immediately replied to the call and introduced the enemy situation, terrain and people's situation in Jiangnan. I hope they cross the river south as soon as possible to meet our troops. At the end of the message, "The Yangtze River can be crossed everywhere, it depends on your determination." On the evening of February 15, Comrade Zhang Caiqian called again and said: He has led his troops to cross the river successfully in the town of Gulaobei (now Niting) in Yidu, and crossed the Qing River at night. He advanced towards the five peaks through Changyang, preparing to meet with our detachment. At this time, the Kuomintang authorities were afraid that the two troops would rekindle the fire in the vast areas of Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou, so they urgently adjusted the 17th Brigade, 163rd Brigade and 164th Brigade of the 56th Division to block the attack from Sichuan. One of the 99th Brigade of the 66th Division followed and followed and entered Yidu and Wufeng. The 33rd Brigade of the 52nd Division to participate in the "encirclement and suppression" from Changsha and Changde. On the evening of February 20, Zhang Caiqian's troops attacked an annihilated attack on a battalion of the 33rd Brigade, the 33rd Brigade, who was chasing his enemy at Caihuatai west of Wufeng. At the same time, our troops repelled the attack of the 164th Brigade of the enemy at Maoba in Hefeng and annihilated a platoon of its vanguard. On February 24, two heroic troops met successfully in Hongyuping, west of Wufeng County. With the approval of the Central Plains Bureau and the Central Committee, the "Jiangnan Guerrilla Column of the People's Liberation Army of China" was formed, with Comrade Zhang Caiqian as commander and political commissar, and I served as deputy commander and deputy political commissar. It has two detachments of one and four. The Jiangnan Guerrilla Detachment was changed to the first detachment, with Zhong Chunlin as the detachment captain, Zheng Huaiyuan as the deputy detachment captain, and the Fourth Regiment led by Comrade Zhang Caiqian being changed to the fourth detachment, with Wang Dinglie as the detachment captain and Yang Jin as the political commissar. There are about 1,600 people in the entire column.After the meeting of Hongyuping, I reported to the Party Central Committee and the Central Plains Bureau through the radio station about the struggle of our department in the past six months.Looking back on the 5 months of hard work and fighting in the north and south of the Yangtze River, we crossed the Xiang River, broke through the enemy's encirclement, overcame countless difficulties and obstacles, galloped thousands of miles, fought more than 110 times, killed more than 2,000 enemies, seized more than 1,000 light and heavy machine guns and various guns, and seized more than 60,000 bullets, and restrained three brigades of the enemy's regular army, as well as 14 security groups and teams of Hubei and Henan provinces, about 30,000 people. In addition to the losses of the Jingzhong troops, we only suffered more than 50 casualties. Not only did we preserve the basic strength, but we also restrained a large number of enemy troops and strongly supported the operations of the troops in the liberated areas of the brothers. In the past six months of struggle practice, we have summarized the experiences and lessons from both positive and negative aspects, and deeply realized that: ① It is wrong to defend a region and fight a "small circle" and fight a "big circle" without restrictions; ② Leading cadres must have strong determination, otherwise they will inevitably fail; ③ In military, the troops must run and fight, simply running is collapse, and simply fighting is also collapse; ④ In terms of tactics, use long-distance disguise of the enemy's raid, and do not fight when the situation permits, and use a "soft" method to seize all the enemies. The other is ambush, which is a big catch and small casualties; ⑤ Under the policy of fighting a "big circle", the areas where the troops are active are generally not suitable for mountains, nor are they suitable for enemy traffic roads, and are generally suitable for small hill activities; ⑥ In terms of leadership, you should promote democracy, and you can gather ideas, and then the upper and lower levels are easy to unite and not complain to each other; ⑦ Two battalions are suitable for moving troops. Too fewer troops will not be able to deal with many enemies, and too many will cause great inconvenience to move. These seven experiences were born under specific historical conditions at that time, and were also the specific application of Chairman Mao’s military thoughts and tactical principles in a specific environment, and were fully affirmed and praised by the Party Central Committee and the Central Plains Bureau. lOn April 12, 947, the Central Plains Bureau forwarded our report; on the 13th, Zhou Enlai, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, forwarded the report to the leaders who insisted on the struggle behind enemy lines through the East China Bureau.
Today, when recalling this battle process, I miss my comrades who lived and died with us and shared hardships in those difficult years. I deeply mourn those revolutionary martyrs who sacrificed heroically for the revolution, and I sincerely thank the broad masses of people who helped and supported our army back then. We must continue to maintain and carry forward the revolutionary spirit of the war era, not bow our heads or surrender in the face of any difficulties, not panic or waves, and strive to build socialism with Chinese characteristics. (selected from "Commemorating Li Renlin's Collection")
Link: Generals who came out of the New Fourth Army (138) - Major General Li Renlin Therefore, the troops rushed to carry out political mobilization and various preparations before departure. All commanders and fighters launched a civil war in and occupied the revolutionary base created by our army's bloody battle. This time I heard that I was going to fight back, and everyone was in a very high mood.
In the early morning of September 21, my pistol team set out in advance. At dawn, the troops gathered, and I made a brief mobilization, asking everyone to "obey orders, obey commands, move quickly, avoid entanglement with the enemy on the road, and time is victory." Unexpectedly, as soon as the troops walked out more than ten kilometers, they encountered a regular enemy army chasing me in the Xiaojiayan area. The battle started. Before the enemy started, I ordered the troops to withdraw from the battle quickly, bypass the enemy's stronghold and advance quickly, and arrived safely at Lijiadong at dusk, block the news, and rest and standby.
Midnight that day, I convened cadres of the First Regiment and relevant personnel to join in the battle deployment. One of the closest ferries to the Xiang River in Lijiadong is Zhuandouwan . There is an enemy township office and a river defense brigade, with more than 100 people and guns. We immediately decided that Zheng Huaiyuan and Comrade Chen Luyan, deputy director of the Political Department of the First Regiment, led the pistol team and the second and third companies as the first echelons to cross the river from Zhuandouwan. At 3 a.m. on the 22nd, the troops rushed towards the Xiang River and walked more than 40 kilometers in one go. The vanguard troops had approached Zhuandou Bay before dusk. The pistol team members dressed in plain clothes and disguised as ordinary people first touched the street and quickly caught the enemy sentry. Then the sentry led the way to capture the enemy township commander and river defense brigade leader alive, and rushed to the enemy township office and brigade headquarters. After a brief contact, all more than 100 defending enemies surrendered.
learned from the prisoners' confession that there was also an enemy township office and a security squadron station in Fengle River on the east bank of the Xiang River. Zhuandouwan fired a gun, and the enemy probably had noticed it, so our avant-garde troops immediately organized a forced crusade. Take advantage of the cover of night and paddle to the other side as fast as possible. When the vanguard entered the heart of the river, the enemy on the other side fired fiercely at our fleet, trying to stop our ship from docking. Our frontier troops calmly responded to the battle, rushed hard, and quickly occupied and controlled the beachhead. The follow-up troops immediately took dozens of boats, sailed to the other side in an orderly manner, and entered Fenglehe Town one after another. Then the ferry was evacuated and hidden.
crossed the Xiang River eastward and won the first battle. When the enemy who was following us chased us to Zhuandouwan, we had to "sigh at the river"!
(II)
According to the seized of the enemy's confidential documents and the information we collected, there are no regular enemy troops in the Dahongshan area for the time being, only the county security brigade and township office are armed. We decided to take advantage of this great opportunity to annihilate the stubborn people in large quantities, destroy the ruling foundation of the Kuomintang, destroy the grassroots regime that harmed the people, and establish our local party and government organizations, "severely hit the new situation in Dahongshan."
At dawn on September 23, we began a rushing Zhangjiaji . Zhangjiaji, located at the junction of Zhong (xiang), Sui (county) and Yi (cheng), is the western part of our entry into Dahong Mountain. In addition to the township office, there is also a security squadron in Zhongxiang County, with more than 100 guns. Without the enemy's awareness, our forefront troops surrounded the enemy from the side and attacked fiercely from the front, removing the enemy's important stronghold. Then, he continued to advance and wiped out the enemy who defended the bunkers at the north of Zhong (Xiang) to wipe out the enemy who was defending the bunkers. A unit of the Hubei Provincial Security Brigade stationed here fled in panic. Then, our troops successively annihilated the enemy protection armed forces in the north of Jing (Shan) and other places, including Shibanhe, , Bazimen, Dahualing, Xiangjiachong, Xiongjiatan, etc., and defeated the two security squadrons of Jingshan County who rushed to "block" our army in Zhoujiafan and Xiongjiatan. Happily, we met with the guerrillas led by Peng Youde, the former deputy commander of Beijing North, in Bajia Chong. A few days later, we met a guerrilla team led by Comrade Rao Yuqing, secretary of the district party committee, in Zhongxiang and Liujiaji area. They have been fighting here in extremely difficult and difficult circumstances.
In order to realize the superior's intention to establish a prefectural committee and a military sub-district in Dahongshan and Tongbaishan as soon as possible, we decided to establish two counties and working committees. One is the Jingshan Zhongxiang Sui County Party Committee, with Li Guanqun as secretary, Peng Youde as commander, and Cheng Dunxiu as county magistrate, and assigned a company as basic armed forces to carry out guerrilla wars in Dahongshan.One is the Jing (Shan) Zhong (Xiang) Working Committee, with Rao Yuqing as secretary, and Wu Haiqing, the battalion commander of the first battalion, was transferred to them as the guerrilla brigade commander, and they also added 2 light machine guns and more than 20 rifles. At this time, we still have about 4 companies of troops.
In order to expand the influence, eliminate the enemy more, and raise funds for the troops, we decided to attack Duobao Bay. Duobao Bay is an aerial and land wharf by the Xiang River. It has convenient transportation and developed commerce. It was an important base during the Japanese and puppet and the Kuomintang rule. According to reconnaissance, there were town offices and Jingshan County Security Second Squadron stationed here, with about 200 guns. The enemy built many open and secret bunkers and solid fortifications. It was close to the Xiang River in the south, and the terrain was dangerous. After research, it can only lead to wisdom, not force attack.
In the early morning of October 8, after crossing Hanyi Highway , we quickly headed towards Duobao Bay. The pistol team members dressed in plain clothes were led by staff officer Ding Jianyang, and Lai Yukun and Xiao Jianlu followed closely behind. The mayor of Duobao Bay, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, and a group of more than ten people rode tall horses and took the guards to the Luohan Temple for a banquet. Not far from the town, they happened to have an encounter with us. The pistol team and the forefront troops were observing the order of "no random shooting", ignored them, and walked straight to the west end of the street with a swagger. When the enemy sentry found out, he hurriedly asked, "Which part of you are?" We replied, "We came from the county town to change our defense." The enemy sentry believed it and saluted us frequently, letting us enter the street. In this way, the second company captured all the enemies without any effort. Immediately afterwards, all the enemies in a bunker on the west side of the street were disarmed. The enemy squadron leader was captured by me, and more than ten people led by the enemy mayor and the chairman of the chamber of commerce were also disarmed by our rear guard forces. The enemy of the East and West bunkers surrendered one after another after the call of the enemy mayor and captain.
After our army occupied Duobao Bay, comrades Chen Luyan, Xiao Jian, Xia Kui, Zhou Huaqing and other comrades immediately went to the Chamber of Commerce to do publicity work and raised about 8 million yuan in fiat currency . Since then, every time we occupy a relatively large town, we will follow the Duobao Bay method to find the chamber of commerce to do work, hold meetings, conduct publicity, and gain the sympathy and support of most industrial and commercial workers, making fundraising the main source of funding for our troops.
(III)
Less than 20 days after we crossed the Xianghe River east, we wiped out 7 enemy township offices, defeated 6 enemy security squadrons, and established two county-level local party and political organizations. The situation has developed so smoothly that everyone is very excited and they have enhanced their confidence in rebuilding the Dahong Mountain and Tongbai Mountain bases.
However, the development and changes of the situation are not subjective to our subjective wishes. The enemy was shocked by our active actions and a series of victories. On the one hand, the Kuomintang Wuhan camp mobilized 14 security regiments and local security teams from Henan and Hubei to block the dangerous roads (ferry) and strengthen the defense of Xianghe. On the other hand, the 199th Brigade of the reorganized 66th Division followed us into the Zhongxiang area, and at the same time transferred the new 15th Brigade of the reorganized 72nd Division in eastern Hubei to Dahongshan and Tongbaishan areas to "clear up" in an attempt to annihilate me in one fell swoop.
troops left Duobao Bay and moved to the west of Tian (Gate). On the afternoon of October 12, they arrived at several villages including Jiangpi Lane near Shijiahe River, north of Tianmen. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, the enemy situation suddenly discovered in the southwest of the station, and then the dense bullets shot towards our station from three directions. The situation was unknown, and the troops had to fight and retreat while moving north quickly. By dawn, I found that many enemy regular troops wearing blocks were chasing me relentlessly. At this critical moment, our eighth company instructor Ni Bochi led the troops to suppress the enemy. When the troops rushed across the Yichang Highway in Hankou, suddenly seven or eight military trucks loaded with enemies drove on the road to stop and shoot at us. Under the cover of the eighth company, our troops quickly crossed the Hanyi Highway.
After we got rid of the enemy, we quickly entered the southern mountainous area of Jing (Shan) to assemble. After a short rest, transfer immediately. In the afternoon, when we arrived at the south side of the Jing (Shan) Zao (City) Highway, we suddenly found another enemy on the mountain on the right side of Yongxing Town. They used fierce fire to stop me from shooting. Then, the enemies from Qujiachang on the left also rushed out and strictly blocked the road from both ends, and the situation was extremely critical. I ordered the Second Company to seize the Guanyin Rock Highland in the north and cover the troops to rush across the road.As soon as the troops arrived at the foot of the mountain, a large number of enemies had already set up their formations on the mountain. A burst of guns and cannons were shot head-on, and our troops were surrounded by the enemy. At this critical moment, the second company commander Zheng Xuegao organized troops to stubbornly block the attack. The third company took the opportunity to seize the commanding heights of Jiujishan in the northeast, and once again exposed the enemy's encirclement and arrived near Huatai Mountain.
This battle was able to turn danger into safety in a dangerous situation, and it was entirely up to all cadres and soldiers to fight bravely. This shows that our army is a heroic force that cannot be dragged apart or defeated. Judging from the situation, the enemy's regular army was led by us. The enemy situation in Dahongshan was serious. We must avoid the enemy's edge, and try to rest in areas with relatively weak enemy forces, fight a few more victories, and restrain the enemy more. After research, we decided to move to the Tongbai Mountain area to guerrilla warfare. The army number is also called "Jianghan Guerrilla Detachment". We are moving towards South Henan , Anlu , Sui County , Yingshan and other counties. Late at night on October 20, when the troops entered a large ravine near Xujiachong, south of Xin (yang), they did not expect that about 120 people from the "Henan-Europe Border Independent Guerrilla Detachment" led by Ning Huai, they met successfully! Everyone jumped up in excitement at that time, and the intimate scene is still unforgettable.
(IV)
Xin (Yang) South area was also an old base during the War of Resistance Against Japan. But after the main force broke through, like Dahongshan, the original party organization and local regimes led by the party have been destroyed by the Kuomintang, and some have been disintegrated. In addition, the enemy situation was very serious. The enemy's reorganization of the 72nd Division, which was originally "cleared" by the eastern Hubei troops in the Dabie Mountains of . In addition to the new 15th Brigade being transferred to Dahongshan and Tongbaishan areas to "encircle and suppress our troops", the new 13th Brigade was transferred to the Pinghan Line Xinyang , Guangshui , and Yingshan Line. There are also two security groups in Henan and Xinyang Independent Group that are very close to this place. It is estimated that the enemy of Dahong Mountain may also pursue us to the Tongbai Mountain area. We may be surrounded and attacked by enemies at any time. Therefore, it was decided to return to Dahong Mountain again, circle the enemy, and contact the troops scattered there.
It was late autumn and the climate was colder day by day. The troops were still wearing single clothes that were sent before breaking through. After several months of sun and rain, they were already in rags. In addition, they often marched at night and slept in the mountains and fields, and they could not eat enough and sleep well, so their comrades' physical condition was severely reduced. I consider raising some more money and cloth as soon as possible and doing everything possible to solve the army's winter cotton coat. After research and decision, it was decided to launch a sudden attack on Zetan, an important town in the west of Sui (county). The pistol team quickly figured out the enemy situation in front. The forefront rushed into the street, wiped out the enemy security team and the township office armed forces, and quickly passed the chamber of commerce to raise about 13 million yuan in fiat currency and a lot of cloth. The next morning, the troops withdrew from Zetan and advanced southwest, entering the areas of Liufangzui and Xiaofu Street in Dahong Mountain.
The enemy built bunkers and set up strongholds in the Dahongshan area. Not only did they use about two brigades of heavy troops to siege and "search and suppress" day and night, but they also implemented a series of anti-communist measures to "clear the countryside" and "empty households", and forced the residents of the mountainous areas to move to the plains in a concentrated manner, in an attempt to completely destroy the foundation of our party and cut off the ties between our army and the masses. The enemy's rebellious actions aroused the revolutionary indignation of the majority of commanders and fighters, and also made us face great difficulties. At this time, the Party Committee of Northwest Hubei District forwarded the "Eleventh" instructions from the Party Central Committee (i.e. the "Three Month Summary" drafted by Chairman Mao himself). This glorious document summarizes the national war situation, analyzes the future of the civil war, points out the principles and combat tasks of the future struggle, affirms the victory of the Central Plains breakthrough and its huge strategic role, which is a great encouragement to us. Everyone said excitedly: The "Eleventh" instructions are like the bright lights in the night voyage, which make us see light and hope in the dark.
We were unable to contact several scattered guerrillas in Dahongshan, so we went north to the northern area of Zao (Yang) and sui (county), and successively captured Lutou , Xinshi and other towns.On November 7, the detachment held a meeting of cadres above the regiment near Sanhedian, Sui (County) and Zao (Yang) areas, summarizing the struggle experience since crossing the Xianghe River to the east, and analyzing the situation in the Dahongshan and Tongbaishan areas in a realistic manner. It is unanimously agreed that the current enemy situation is very serious, our original work foundation has been lost, the enemy's reactionary rule has been strengthened, the masses' emotions have been set, and it is impossible to rebuild the base, but we can use mass relations and united front work to establish a few rest points. The next day, I conveyed the Central Committee’s “Eleventh” instructions to all cadres, talked about the current situation and future tasks, and asked everyone to actively publicize the masses, strictly abide by the “Three Disciplines and Eight Objects of Paying attention to ”, establish good mass relations, rest and rectify the troops, consolidate the internal situation, raise grain and fundraising, and solve the problems of the troops’ clothing and food. This meeting, especially the conveying of central instructions, played a huge role in stabilizing the troops and enhancing confidence in victory.
In early November, our troops went north to southern Henan and captured the important town of Tongbai in one fell swoop, wiped out more than 100 local stubborn people in the town, and captured one deputy commander of the enemy militia alive. Our army was very proud. On November 12, we met with another unit of the Henan-Europe border Independent Guerrilla Detachment led by Zhang Bo and Niu Desheng in the north of Sui (County).
On November 9, the Central Plains Bureau once again sent a telegram to the Northwest Hubei District Party Committee: "Let Li Renlin try to unify the guerrillas in Dahongshan, Tongbaishan, Hubei and southern Henan." On the 13th, he received a telegram from Comrade Li Xiannian to me, saying: "After my main force breaks through, the armed forces left in the original area are extremely scattered, and strengthening and unifying leadership are extremely important issues. Comrade Lin must work hard to complete this task."
I immediately conveyed Comrade Xiannian's telegram instructions to Comrade Ning Huai, Zhang Bo and Niu Desheng. According to the spirit of the instructions of the Central Plains Bureau, I decided to merge them with the troops led by me to form a detachment. After the Party Committee of Northwest Hubei District reported to the Central Plains Bureau for approval, the detachment number was renamed "European and Henan Border Guerrilla Detachment". I served as the detachment leader and political commissar, and Zhong Chunlin was appointed as the detachment chief of staff. In order to strengthen the leadership and command of the troops, the detachment organized two regiment-level brigades (each brigade has two squadrons under its jurisdiction), and comrades such as Zheng Huaiyuan, Niu Desheng, Zhang Bo, Chen Luyan, Xiao Jian, Lai Yukun were appointed as chief and deputy captains and deputy political commissars. The detachment has 6 sections, and there is also a non-gun team and a guard platoon. Ning Huai is the chief of the combat section, Xia Kui is the chief of the political engineering section, Hu Dehai is the chief of the confidential section, Zuo Binchao is the chief of the reconnaissance section, Li Caichang is the chief of the health section, Zhou Huaqing is the chief of the supply section, and Hu Chunhui is the captain of the radio station. After the establishment of the Hubei-Henan Border Guerrilla Detachment, the townships and protect armed forces in the northern area of Sui (County) Zao (Yang) were successively annihilated and defeated. On November 18, when our troops arrived in Qingtai Town, Sui County, the town office armed forces relied on the mezzanine bunkers to resist stubbornly. Our 4th and 6th squadrons used fire attacks. Most of the more than 50 people below the enemy mayor were killed and burned, and a few were captured alive. Two enemy light machine guns and more than 30 rifles were seized.
Since late November, our guerrilla activities have changed a lot. It is not "what big mountain goes there, and what small village goes there to that village", but marching during the day, walking on the main road, living in market towns or villages in order to reconnaise the enemy situation, raise food and raise funds, rest the troops, and deal with sudden situations. But the enemy soon organized the first "encirclement" in Sui and Zaobian. The New Thirteenth Brigade was from east to west, the 199th Brigade was transferred from Dahongshan to north, and two security regiments in Henan went south to prevent blockades; and the fifth and eighteenth Brigades of Hubei Security Cooperation, the enemy situation was very serious. I decided that the troops would implement high maneuver, combine the attack on "big circles" with the "small circles", go south to Dahongshan, insist on fighting on the outside, avoid strong enemies, and take advantage of the situation to attack the stubborn people. At the same time, we would look for Li Guanqun's troops to avoid further losses.
At this time, the severe winter season was already in the cold, the frost and dew were cold, the cadres and soldiers were short of clothes and shoes, some walked barefoot, marched and fought day and night, and the difficulties were imagined. But everyone had no complaints, they were still in high spirits, and they rushed to the Dahong Mountain Area with confidence. When we arrived at Zhongxiang Yuanjiatai, we finally found Comrade Li Guanqun.According to his report, a few days after the breakup from Zhangjiaji, the 199th Brigade of the enemy followed from Xiangxi. In cooperation with the New 15th Brigade and the local stubborn locals, he "cleared" several of our guerrillas day and night in the Dahong Mountains. Under the siege of powerful enemies, the troops had to disperse the guerrillas. Some people secretly insisted in the local area, while others disguised themselves and moved to the liberated areas. At the same time, the guerrillas led by Comrade Rao Yuqing were also separated. Rao Yingyong died and Comrade Wu Haiqing was missing.
During this period, we restrained nearly 3 brigades of the enemy, which was a great victory, but it also paid a price and learned an extremely painful lesson. It tells us that during the War of Resistance Against Japan and the Civil Revolutionary War, national contradictions and class struggle had many different characteristics. The class foundation and ruling power of the Kuomintang are much stronger than the Japanese invading army. In addition, after our army broke through, the original local party organizations and regimes had been destroyed by the enemy and the basic masses were suppressed. Now, it is impossible to continue to use the experience and methods of the War of Resistance Against Japan and rely on a few troops to mobilize the masses and establish a base.
We were active in the Dahongshan area and soon attracted the enemy's 199th Brigade from Suizao area. The New 15th Brigade also "encircled" north from Jingshan, Tianmen and other places. So, the troops began to fight the "big circle" again and headed north along the western foot of Dahong Mountain. On December 9, the enemy Gengji Township Office and Tuwan were wiped out, nearly 100 enemies were killed, wounded and captured, and 2 light machine guns, 4 pistols, and more than 30 rifles were seized. The next day, the third battalion of the 596th Regiment of the 199th Brigade, who was dragged by me, followed him. We want to get rid of this enemy and continue to move north, but the enemy has been chasing him. Until dawn the next day, when we turned to Caojia Chong south of Ju Bay, southwest of Zaoyang, we could no longer get rid of it, forcing us to have no way out and could only fight against .
At that time, we were in a very dangerous situation, facing a plain and backed by a river. The enemy relied on their excellent weapons, numerous people, and were crazy and arrogant, and organized many charges. Our fourth squadron fought bravely under the command of the squadron leader Sun Guoqing and instructor Huang Zhen. He fought fiercely for two hours, but the enemy made no progress. Comrade Zhong Chunlin and I studied and decided to seize the fighter's plane and attack the whole line. Immediately transfer the second and third squadrons to quickly enter the battle and deviate to the left of the enemy; the sixth squadron and the pistol squadrons to the right of the enemy. The two troops suddenly appeared in front of the enemy as if arrows were out of their way. The enemy's left wing position quickly shook, lost one place and defeated the entire line. The enemy battalion commander's efforts to supervise the battle were useless. When he was about to get on his horse and escape, he was shot dead by my platoon leader Wang Jinshan. In this battle, more than 100 enemies were killed and injured, and more than 20 sets of brand-new American machine guns, 55 grenade launchers, and signal guns, 120 rifles, more than 20,000 bullets were seized. More than 20 sets of "National Army" cotton uniforms and large blocks were seized. Later, it became the "props" for our pistol team to disguise the enemy.
The battle in Juwan is a tough battle after we enter Dahong Mountain and Tongbai Mountain areas. "The brave will win when we meet on a narrow road." The first time it was an annihilated strike to the enemy's regular army was of great significance. First, the enemy's plan to "annihilate" our army was crushed, giving us a chance to breathe; second, the large amount of weapons and ammunition were seized, which was enough to supplement our army's consumption; third, more importantly, it eliminated the fear of the enemy's regular army, greatly improved the morale of our army, and enhanced the confidence to persist in guerrilla warfare in the enemy's long-term behind.
(Sixth)
Leaving Juwan, we crossed Xiang (Fan) Garden Highway to head north. The pistol team used the enemy's costumes seized yesterday to disguise themselves as "national army", and attacked Taiping Town in one fell swoop, capturing all the people and guns of the enemy township office. Zaoyang 's security team has been trapped in the county and dared not fight, so we took advantage of this short opportunity to solve the troops' cotton coats.
On December 14, we arrived in Xinshi, and immediately in Lutou Town, we mobilized three tailors to bring sewing machines to Sanhe Store in northwest of Sui County to make cotton coats. Since there were too few sewing machines and insufficient staff, we mobilized the women in the town to overcome this difficulty. There are so many difficulties, but it is not difficult to rely on the masses. The aunts, sisters-in-law, girls and tailors in Sanhe Store worked together. After three days and three nights of hard work, every cadre and soldier finally had a short cotton jacket.The troops took the people of Sui and Zao to their deep affection for their soldiers, bid farewell to their fellow villagers and moved eastward. After solving the army's winter clothes, I feel much more at ease. The fact that the masses in Sanhedian helped our army shows that people's hearts are towards the Communist Party and towards the People's Liberation Army. This is the fundamental condition for our army to survive and win behind enemy lines.
In late December, the enemy organized a second "encirclement" against our army in Sui and Zao areas. The 199th Brigade made every effort to go from the southwest, the New 13th Brigade, the Fifth Brigade and the Eighteenth Brigade from the southeast, and the First and Second Henan Security Regiments attacked Zaobei from the north, attempting to "annihilate" us in the Zaobei region in one fell swoop.
On December 20, the troops moved to the near new city and encountered the Second Squadron of the First Security Brigade of Sui County. The cunning enemy quickly penetrated into the landlord's manor and the bunker to resist stubbornly. I gathered troops to surround him and camped on the spot. At dawn the next day, we suddenly turned southwest, not far away. When we arrived at a mountain near Taoyuan, we caught an enemy spy and found a letter from Cao Yujing, the captain of the Second Security Brigade of Sui County, to the captain of the first squadron of the first brigade, saying that he was rushing from Zetan to Xincheng to meet him at night and asked him to stay and wait for help. What a "god-given opportunity"! The terrain here is suitable for ambushing, and this mountain rush is a must-pass road. After I discussed with Comrade Zhong Chunlin, the combat staff officer Zhang Yuying summoned the cadres of each brigade and quickly deployed the battle. Sure enough, the enemy hurried into our ambush circle. With the sound of the charge, the troops hidden on the mountains on both sides rushed towards the enemy's formation like tigers descending the mountain. It took only half an hour to end the battle cleanly. The enemy was wiped out, and more than 250 people below the brigade captain were captured alive. 200 long and short guns, 8 light machine guns, and more than 20,000 bullets were seized. None of them were injured or killed. This is the most beautiful ambush we fought after crossing the Xiang River east. The characteristic of this battle is to capture fighter jets in a timely manner, make up their minds and make quick decisions. The enemy's second "siege" plan went bankrupt again.
(VII)
After the Taoyuan ambush, we advanced to southern Henan, crossed the main peak of Tongbai Mountain, crossed the Huaihe , and turned to the Tongbai and Biyang in Henan to fight a "big circle", and once again jumped out of the enemy's encirclement. However, when we entered the Tianmu Mountain area on December 27, we were surrounded by the first part of the enemy's New Thirteenth Brigade, Xinyang Independent Regiment, and Biyang Security Brigade. We just jumped out of the encirclement of Zaoyang, but we were trapped in Tianmu Mountain. In this battle, we fought from dawn to dark, and finally retreated while fighting and climbed to the main peak of Tianmu Mountain. Thanks to the guidance of an old man in his 60s, we broke out from a ravine washed out by mountain torrents in the northwest. On December 28, the troops marched westward, passed through Biyang, Henan, Tanghe County, and returned to the northern part of Zaoyang, Hubei, and arrived in Yangdong on the afternoon of the 31st. The troops were exhausted at this time. It is estimated that the enemy in the north has been left behind and cannot catch up for the moment, so he decided to camp near Yangtou. Late at night that day, part of the enemy's 199th Brigade suddenly surrounded our station from three aspects: east, south and west. The battle started with close forces, and the enemy howlings and shell explosions sounded. Our troops were dispersed under the sudden attack of the enemy, and they retreated from the villages and broke northward. Comrade Zhong Chunlin and I led the guard platoon to the fields north of the village. We saw the village occupied by the enemy. People shouted and horses were neighing, and the fires soared into the sky. Most of our troops lost contact. If we did not collect immediately, the consequences would be unimaginable. I ordered the number officer to blow the emergency assembly number as soon as possible. This move is really effective. When the troops who lost contact hear our military horns, they gathered at me one after another. When the enemy heard our trumpet, they were not clear about the truth and were afraid to fight in the wild night, so they dared not pursue it. During this battle, our radio station reporters risked their lives to snatch the transceiver, but the antenna was not removed. A squad of the sixth squadron in front of the gate suffered losses, and one of the squadrons was in unknown direction, and the rest of the troops gathered in the darkness of the night. We ushered in the New Year's Day in 1947 with the loud military horn.
The troops quickly left the battlefield before dawn and advanced north of Taiping Town towards Xinshi. After walking for more than 30 kilometers in one breath, when I was about to approach Xinshi, a team suddenly walked down from the mountain on the left, which immediately caused a panic.I looked at it with a telescope and it was the row that broke out last night. Everyone was overjoyed. A few hours ago, they saw a battalion of regular enemy troops at the foot of the mountain heading west, and we saw the enemy pounce on Taiping Town. We walk on the small path, the enemy walks on the big path, and go their separate ways.
In January 1947, the troops continued to march eastward along the southern foot of Tongbai Mountain. Along the way, the enemy's regular army drove westward. We took a detour and unexpectedly wiped out the Wushan Town Township Office in Sui County and the Wudian Township Office in Yingshan County, and captured several left-behind personnel from the enemy's regular army. Then, enter Henan and arrive at the area of Damiaofan and Xianshifan in southern Xinyang, where there are many enemies. The New Thirteenth Brigade and the Xinyang Independent Regiment were all waiting for us, so we couldn't stop for a moment, so we turned south and entered Zhonghua Mountain in the northeast of Yingshan County, and were attacked by the enemy in the middle of the night. I quickly withdrew from the battle, walked along the west side of the Pinghan Railway, crossed the Guangshui Yingshan Highway south, and was blocked by the enemy again. The troops could not fight and walked while fighting, crossed Yingshan River, and entered the Zhaojiapeng area of Anlu. Later, we passed the Xiang (Yang) Flower Garden Highway and crossed the Shuishi ( Fuhe ) at night near Pinglin, and entered the northwest region of Baizhao Mountain. But there are still enemies everywhere here. For several days and nights, either the enemy's regular army chased, surrounded, blocked, intercepted, or harassed the country, unable to eat or sleep, and the troops traveled through the rain of bullets all day long. This period can be said to be the most dangerous and difficult period in our situation. Our cadres and soldiers are always facing the severe test of life and death, safety and danger, victory and failure.
According to various intelligence judgments, the enemy's troops invested in the Dahongshan and Tongbaishan areas reached 40,000, which is a hundred times more than me. Our guerrilla detachment with more than 400 people has turned the Dahongshan and Tongbaishan areas into earth. The enemy township and the security office were annihilated in large numbers, and the masses took the opportunity to escape. The Kuomintang was unable to recruit soldiers or grain. Some of the strong men caught were liberated by us, and the inventories of military rations were also opened to help the poor. In particular, the three brigades of the enemy's regular army were restrained. In order to free up the troops to transfer to the battlefield in Shandong and Henan, the enemy has been "encircled" and "cleared" us even more closely. Now it is really a critical survival and death. What should we do next? We must make a quick decision, and many cadres and I are anxious and thinking about the future of our troops. At this moment, a cadre suggested to me: Can you consider calling , Yangtze River and going to the south of the Yangtze River. His opinion attracted my attention. But this is a major military operation that must be carefully considered and cannot be acted rashly.
In the early morning of January 16, 1947, the troops moved to a mountain village near Huolongfang, North Jingshan. They were just preparing for lunch when the enemy caught up again. The masses helped us again. A farmer ran and shouted, "The enemy is here, the enemy is here, it's all big hats!" The troops gathered immediately, and the alert had started. The enemy was very crazy and had a strong firepower. It seemed that a fierce battle was about to happen. Now, "either the fish die or the net is broken." The troops fought and retreated, running towards the southwest mountainous area. At around 3 pm, when the troops entered a ravine called "Hei Chong", I ordered the troops to stop advancing. Several brigade cadres gathered around and asked me, "Why don't you leave?" I said, "If you don't leave, just beat him up here and ambush." The enemy never expected that we would ambush him here. I kept thinking all the way that the enemy was too rampant. If you don’t find an opportunity to knock him hard, don’t want to have a meal and have a good sleep. The troops quickly spread out along the hills on both sides, and soon the enemy climbed up to the cliff in a mess. When the enemy was less than 20 meters away from me, I shouted, "Fight!" All the firepower arranged on the mountains on both sides suddenly opened fire together, grenades exploded in the middle of the enemy, and the troops jumped up with the charge and rushed towards the enemy. The enemy was killed and injured, and the army was defeated. The follow-up troops saw that the situation was not good, so they turned around and ran away. We quickly gathered our troops, cleaned the battlefield, and carried the wounded Comrade Zhong Chunlin out of the battle.
According to the captured enemy deputy battalion commander, they were reorganized into the 72nd Division's engineer battalion, just arrived from Yingcheng and chased after two security squadrons in Jingshan County.The main forces of the division's "encirclement and suppression" our army were the New Thirteenth Brigade and the New Thirteenth Brigade. However, because our army was moving quickly and were left behind, the enemy had to use the division's direct team, which shows that it was determined to go all out and try to make a desperate bet. In this ambush, one enemy engineer battalion and one part of the Jingshan County Security Squadron each killed, wounded and captured more than 100 enemies, seized 7 Japanese machine guns, dozens of infantry and cavalry rifles, 3 grenade launchers, and more than 20,000 bullets. This is another example of our battle in Juwan where we defeated the more with fewer, weaker and severely damaged the enemy. The enemy attempted to "catch all of us in one net", but this "net" was broken by us and the fish was about to swim into the deep water.
(eight)
After the black rushing battle, I finally had a full meal. At this time, I had made up my mind to fight the Yangtze River and open up a new battlefield for guerrilla warfare in the south of the Yangtze River. In the early morning of January 17, I ordered the troops to set off and cross the Jing (Shan) Zhong (Xiang) Highway between Sunqiao and Guanqiao to move south. At noon, when the troops entered near Xiayang Port on the north side of Hanyi Highway, I seized the time to meet with the brigade cadres to study what to do next and where to go. I proposed the plan to cross the Yangtze River to Jiangnan to fight guerrilla warfare, which shows that this action can be unexpected and win by surprise. The deeper you go behind the enemy, the more empty the enemy's troops, it is estimated that the enemy's troops will pose a greater threat to the enemy and restrain more enemy troops; and in western Hunan and Hubei are old Soviet areas, with a good mass base, and there may be underground parties. I and several others, including Zhong Chunlin, Zheng Huaiyuan, Chen Luyan, Lai Yukun, Wang Xuefu, etc., were active there when they were in the Red Army. They are familiar with geography and people's conditions. After I finished speaking, everyone discussed enthusiastically and agreed with my opinion, saying that they would fight across the Yangtze River and open up a guerrilla battlefield in the south of the Yangtze River. At this time, gunfire sounded again on the northwest warning line, and we had to endure the unimaginable hunger and fatigue and marched southward. Some of the wounded and sick in the team were hanging their arms with bandages, while some were holding sticks, following the troops in pain and crutches. Comrade Zhong Chunlin also rode on the horse and bumped. In order to survive and win, everyone endures everything. We crossed the Tianmen River at dusk that day, and after a marching of more than 30 kilometers, we arrived at Sigang on the north bank of the Xiang River at dawn the next day. With the enthusiastic support and help of local fishermen, they successfully crossed the Xiang River and entered Huangjiachang, Qianjiang County to camp.
Here is about 100 kilometers away from the Yangtze River. We traveled day and night, continued to advance south, and decided to pretend to be the "Kuomintang 66th Division Supplementary Corps" to confuse the enemy. On January 21st (the 30th day of the lunar calendar), every household was preparing for the New Year, but we braved the cold wind and snow and trekked hard on the muddy road. In the evening, the troops arrived at a public welfare site about 15 kilometers away from the Yangtze River, which was not far from Haoxue Town. We spent New Year's Eve in a battle-oriented manner.
According to information, there is a security squadron stationed in Haoxue Town, Jiangling County, as well as a town office, a water police station, etc., with about 200 or 300 guns, but the enemy was unsuspecting. In the early morning, I and Zhong Chunlin convened a meeting between the brigade cadres, reconnaissance section chief, and pistol captain, and decided to take advantage of the favorable opportunity of "New Year's Day" to cross the river from Haoxue by disguising a surprise attack.
1 January 22nd, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, at dawn, heavy snow was flying, and the villagers closed their doors and sent gods to worship their ancestors. We faced the heavy snow and listened to the sound of firecrackers, and rushed straight towards Haoxue Town. When the vanguard climbed the east embankment of the street and walked towards the bunker, the enemy sentry shouted, "Which part of you are?" My pistol team member replied, "The 66th Division's supplementary regiment." Seeing that it was the "National Army" costume, the enemy sentry believed it and quickly saluted with a gun. Our army quickly entered the enemy bunker and disarmed all the enemy squads. Zheng Huaiyuan, Zuo Binchao, pistol captain Huang Zhujun and reconnaissance staff Gao Lidi led more than 50 pistol teams, and ordered enemy soldiers to lead the way to the town office and squadron headquarters. When the enemy mayor and the squadron leader saw the arrival of the "National Army", they quickly stood up to welcome him, served tea and cigarettes, and were busy. When Zheng Huaiyuan said, "You all put down your guns," the enemy was extremely surprised and said repeatedly, "Sir, don't misunderstand, you can discuss something if you have something to do." Zheng said, "No misunderstanding, we are the New Fourth Army!" The enemy was stunned and hurriedly ordered to surrender. The other route also seized the gun from the water police station. Except for some of the enemies in the town who entered the West Bunker and fled, the rest were annihilated. In this battle, we captured about 200 enemies and seized more than 100 long and short guns.
At 11 a.m., the Second Brigade had already concentrated the ship on the dock, and I ordered the troops to board the ship quickly. When our fleet sailed to the middle of the river, we suddenly encountered two small gunboats full of enemies sailing past our ship. The staff asked me what to do? I said, "By it! I'm going to pass openly." The enemy asked, "Which part is it?" "Sixth-sixth Division Supplementary Regiment." The enemy's patrol boat did not slow down and continued to sail upstream. I sailed along the water and reached the south bank. More than 10 soldiers from the enemy Haonan Township Office, close to the riverside, were watching on the embankment, we welcomed the "national army" and were immediately disarmed by me.
At 3 pm, all the officers and soldiers of our Hubei-Henan Border Guerrilla Detachment arrived safely on the south bank of the Yangtze River with fearless heroism and wisdom. The "impure" natural danger of the Yangtze River that Chiang Kai-shek boasted was broken through in one fell swoop.
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We suddenly crossed the river, completely beyond the enemy's expectations. Immediately decided to move south quickly, take advantage of the opportunity to sweep the stubborn land, enter Hunan, and then advance towards the Wuling Mountains in Hunan and Hubei.
htmlOn the morning of January 23 (the second day of the first lunar month), we wiped out the armed forces of Shachang Township Office of the enemy County Gong'an County on the way, and advanced along the river bank towards Zhoujiachang. On the way, the township office in the township was armed with the enemy security brigade stationed in Zhakou in Gong'an County, and a total of more than 200 people came to "block and attack". The enemy never expected the "divine weapon to descend from the sky". We only took dozens of minutes to defeat the enemy and fled everywhere. The troops rested in Zhoujiachang for a while and continued to advance after dinner. When passing Hujiachang, our pistol team wiped out the local township office's armed forces. At 4 pm, we arrived at Ganjiachang and surrounded the Second Squadron of the Public Security Brigade of Gong'an County and the Chenghuang Temple, the township office, in one fell swoop, and annihilated the enemy. The next day, I crossed the Songdong River and arrived at Zhangjiachang, Niulang Lake via Zheng Gong Ferry. The enemy township office and the security team were overestimated and wanted to resist, but they were vulnerable and completely wiped out by me. On the morning of the 25th, our army entered Zhangjiachang Town, Li County, Hunan Province. Under the surprise attack of our pistol team, all the people, including the township chief, were captured by me. In the afternoon, the troops advanced west along the border of Hunan and Hubei, preparing to attack Nuanshui Street, Shimen County.Nuanshui Street is located at the junction of the three counties of Song (Zi) and Li (County) of Hunan and Hubei provinces. It has always been an important stronghold of the Kuomintang. In addition to the township office, there is also a joint defense command center in the three counties, which is under its jurisdiction. It is the old subordinate of the local bully Luo Xiaozhi, with about 100 guns. Luo Xiaozhi has been crazy about the Communist Party since the Agrarian Revolution, and has been engaged in enemies with our army, with bloody debts. I fought with him when I was a Red Army. Although Luo is dead now, his old subordinates are still rampant in the village, making fish and the people hate it to the core. I ordered the forefront troops to annihilate them all without leaving any future troubles. On January 27, we took a 30-kilometer raid and occupied AiShui Street, but the enemy went up the mountain when they heard the news. Our first squadron attacked with a squadron, and a squadron and a pistol team quickly detoured to the enemy's side and back, attacked forward and backward, annihilated most of them, killed and wounded nearly 100 enemies, seized 2 machine guns and 18 rifles, and the remaining enemies fled.
Nuanshui Street is already the northeast foot of Wuling Mountain. We decided to take a two-day break here. The comrades at the radio overcame many difficulties and changed a section of the cut on the telephone pole to an antenna by a double-wire, communicating their contact with their superiors. I immediately reported the situation of crossing the river to my superiors, and soon received two replies from the Central Plains Bureau and the Northwest Hubei Military Region, congratulating and commending us on our successful crossing of the river, and giving high evaluations of the military and political significance of this operation, instructing us to carry out a larger-scale guerrilla war in the south of the Yangtze River and actively cooperate with the main combat of our army in North China.
htmlOn January 29, we held a meeting of cadres at the brigade and above in Nuanshui Street to convey telegrams from our superiors and discuss future action plans. We agreed that our decision to cross the Yangtze River south was correct. After crossing the river, we quickly left the lake and swept the stubborn area and attacked the stubborn. In just six or seven days, we wiped out seven township offices, annihilated and defeated four security squadrons, wiped out about 500 enemies, seized more than 400 guns, more than 10 light machine guns, 1 heavy machine gun, and tens of thousands of bullets, which was a great victory.Next, we will carry out guerrilla warfare in the Wuling Mountains. This area is backed by mountains in the west and plains in the east. It is located at the junction of the two provinces. The troops are easy to move, the supplies are easy to solve, and the mass base is good. No regular enemy troops have been found yet. Our troops can rush around and do a big move. If we can restrain a few more brigades, it will be another major victory for us. At this meeting, it was decided that the troops would be renamed "Jiangnan Guerrilla Detachment". After the meeting, everyone's mood became even higher and expressed their desire to make greater contributions to continuing to fulfill the strategic constraints entrusted by the central government. htmlOn January 30, the troops entered Qingshui Bay in Wufeng County, Hubei Province through Ziliangping and Taiping Street, and stayed in Changleping that night. Comrades Mao Yunfeng and Liu Jiemin, who are underground party members here, come to contact us. They enthusiastically provide intelligence to the troops. Later, Comrades Liu Deru and Yi Tanaka were sent to follow the army to act as guides and help carry out mass work.Later, we went south from Wufeng to Hunan again, occupied mud, sand, city and other places, opened warehouses all the way to help the poor, promoted the masses, and posted slogans and leaflets everywhere; the life of the troops improved, and the physical strength of the commanders and soldiers gradually recovered.
The activities of our army in western Hunan disrupted the peace behind the enemy and caused horror among the Kuomintang Changsha authorities. The pseudo-Hunan Provincial Government urgently ordered the 18th Xiangbao Brigade stationed in Changde to come to "block and suppress". On February 8, I met me near the Yuwang Temple in the west of Shimen. Once in contact, the enemy retreated to the mountains and defended them with danger. I said to Li Guanqun, the second brigade leader, "We must fight this battle well and show our might in Hunan, so that the enemy will be scared." Li Guanqun led the fourth brigade of the second brigade to detour behind the enemy. The soldiers climbed up from the rarely-traveled cliffs, like a divine weapon falling from the sky, and suddenly opened fire at the enemy; our frontal forces attacked at the same time, and the enemy was immediately defeated and dispersed everywhere. Although this battle did not capture much, it had a great impact. The legendary deeds of our army became more and more amazing among the masses, and the news that "He Long's team is back" spread like wildfire.
crossed the Qinshui River and opened the road to western Hunan. We passed by Cili and Comrade He Long's hometown Sangzhi County, and then headed north to Hefeng in Hubei. He successively repelled the enemy's 9th Brigade of Hunan Security Police and Hubei Security Brigade in Miaozuihe and Zoumaping and other places, and captured one person and a gun.
htmlOne day in early February, I suddenly received a telegram from Comrade Zhang Caiqian. He asked about the enemy situation in Jiangnan and solicited opinions on crossing the river. I was very happy and immediately replied to the call and introduced the enemy situation, terrain and people's situation in Jiangnan. I hope they cross the river south as soon as possible to meet our troops. At the end of the message, "The Yangtze River can be crossed everywhere, it depends on your determination." On the evening of February 15, Comrade Zhang Caiqian called again and said: He has led his troops to cross the river successfully in the town of Gulaobei (now Niting) in Yidu, and crossed the Qing River at night. He advanced towards the five peaks through Changyang, preparing to meet with our detachment. At this time, the Kuomintang authorities were afraid that the two troops would rekindle the fire in the vast areas of Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou, so they urgently adjusted the 17th Brigade, 163rd Brigade and 164th Brigade of the 56th Division to block the attack from Sichuan. One of the 99th Brigade of the 66th Division followed and followed and entered Yidu and Wufeng. The 33rd Brigade of the 52nd Division to participate in the "encirclement and suppression" from Changsha and Changde. On the evening of February 20, Zhang Caiqian's troops attacked an annihilated attack on a battalion of the 33rd Brigade, the 33rd Brigade, who was chasing his enemy at Caihuatai west of Wufeng. At the same time, our troops repelled the attack of the 164th Brigade of the enemy at Maoba in Hefeng and annihilated a platoon of its vanguard. On February 24, two heroic troops met successfully in Hongyuping, west of Wufeng County. With the approval of the Central Plains Bureau and the Central Committee, the "Jiangnan Guerrilla Column of the People's Liberation Army of China" was formed, with Comrade Zhang Caiqian as commander and political commissar, and I served as deputy commander and deputy political commissar. It has two detachments of one and four. The Jiangnan Guerrilla Detachment was changed to the first detachment, with Zhong Chunlin as the detachment captain, Zheng Huaiyuan as the deputy detachment captain, and the Fourth Regiment led by Comrade Zhang Caiqian being changed to the fourth detachment, with Wang Dinglie as the detachment captain and Yang Jin as the political commissar. There are about 1,600 people in the entire column.After the meeting of Hongyuping, I reported to the Party Central Committee and the Central Plains Bureau through the radio station about the struggle of our department in the past six months.Looking back on the 5 months of hard work and fighting in the north and south of the Yangtze River, we crossed the Xiang River, broke through the enemy's encirclement, overcame countless difficulties and obstacles, galloped thousands of miles, fought more than 110 times, killed more than 2,000 enemies, seized more than 1,000 light and heavy machine guns and various guns, and seized more than 60,000 bullets, and restrained three brigades of the enemy's regular army, as well as 14 security groups and teams of Hubei and Henan provinces, about 30,000 people. In addition to the losses of the Jingzhong troops, we only suffered more than 50 casualties. Not only did we preserve the basic strength, but we also restrained a large number of enemy troops and strongly supported the operations of the troops in the liberated areas of the brothers. In the past six months of struggle practice, we have summarized the experiences and lessons from both positive and negative aspects, and deeply realized that: ① It is wrong to defend a region and fight a "small circle" and fight a "big circle" without restrictions; ② Leading cadres must have strong determination, otherwise they will inevitably fail; ③ In military, the troops must run and fight, simply running is collapse, and simply fighting is also collapse; ④ In terms of tactics, use long-distance disguise of the enemy's raid, and do not fight when the situation permits, and use a "soft" method to seize all the enemies. The other is ambush, which is a big catch and small casualties; ⑤ Under the policy of fighting a "big circle", the areas where the troops are active are generally not suitable for mountains, nor are they suitable for enemy traffic roads, and are generally suitable for small hill activities; ⑥ In terms of leadership, you should promote democracy, and you can gather ideas, and then the upper and lower levels are easy to unite and not complain to each other; ⑦ Two battalions are suitable for moving troops. Too fewer troops will not be able to deal with many enemies, and too many will cause great inconvenience to move. These seven experiences were born under specific historical conditions at that time, and were also the specific application of Chairman Mao’s military thoughts and tactical principles in a specific environment, and were fully affirmed and praised by the Party Central Committee and the Central Plains Bureau. lOn April 12, 947, the Central Plains Bureau forwarded our report; on the 13th, Zhou Enlai, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, forwarded the report to the leaders who insisted on the struggle behind enemy lines through the East China Bureau.
Today, when recalling this battle process, I miss my comrades who lived and died with us and shared hardships in those difficult years. I deeply mourn those revolutionary martyrs who sacrificed heroically for the revolution, and I sincerely thank the broad masses of people who helped and supported our army back then. We must continue to maintain and carry forward the revolutionary spirit of the war era, not bow our heads or surrender in the face of any difficulties, not panic or waves, and strive to build socialism with Chinese characteristics. (selected from "Commemorating Li Renlin's Collection")
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