In late September 1949, in Xiaosiping Village, where the 3rd Column was stationed, political commissar Luo Shunchu and newly arrived commander Han Xianchu commander Han Xianchu had a quarrel with each other. It stands to reason that Han Xianchu had only been in the Third Column for a short period of time, and there was no enmity between the two parties. Why were the two people quarreling?
turned out to be for the upcoming Autumn Offensive. In late September 1947, the Northeast People's Liberation Army launched its autumn offensive. The mission of the 3rd Column is to annihilate the 116th Division of the 53rd Army between Weiyuanbao and Xifeng in Kaiyuan County.
At this moment, Han Xianchu, the deputy commander of the 4th Column, was transferred to the commander of the 3rd Column. The newly arrived commander Han Xianchu and political commissar Luo Shunchu had differences on how to carry out the combat mission assigned by Dong Ye.
Han Xianchu and Luo Shunchu
The third column has the reputation of three "whirlwinds". Commander Han Xianchu is called the "whirlwind commander", political commissar Luo Shunchu is called the "whirlwind general", and the third column is the "whirlwind force".
If you want to understand the "Tornado Force", you must first understand the "Tornado Commander" and the "Tornado Hero" and their dispute.
Luo Shunchu: from childhood staff officer to "Commander Luo"
Compared with Han Xianchu, Luo Shunchu's reputation is not as great. But his ability and military exploits were no worse than those of Han Xianchu at this time.
Luo Shun joined the army on the 15th day of the lunar month. During his Red Army period, he served in the Red Army Headquarters and the Military Commission. When he arrived in northern Shaanxi, he was only 21 years old and already served as the deputy director of the 2nd Bureau of the General Staff Department of the Central Military Commission.
During the Anti-Japanese War, he was transferred to work in Shandong by the central government. In a few years, he became the commander and political commissar of the Central Shandong Military Region. He was only 27 years old.
Only one month after Luo Shunchu took office, the Japanese army dispatched two divisions, two independent brigades and puppet troops, totaling more than 15,000 people. Under the cover of aircraft and artillery, the troops were divided into three groups and carried out a dragnet-style massacre. Sweep”. Luo Shunchu led his troops to jump out of the encirclement and move to the mountainous area 20 minutes before the enemy arrived. Then he commanded the troops and local militia to adopt various tactics such as raid warfare, mine warfare, sparrow warfare, guerrilla warfare, etc., forcing the Japanese army to The "sweeping" ended in early November.
After that, Luo Shunchu also repeatedly eliminated large numbers of Japanese and puppet troops. During a "mopping up" by the Japanese army, Luo Shunchu set up an ambush at Shiqiao and killed Major General Yoshikawa Zi, the commander of the Japanese 54th Brigade.
The name "Commander Luo" resounds throughout Luzhong.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the Central Military Commission called Shandong Military Region :
"Please order Luo Shunchu, political commissar of the Central Shandong Military Region (Note: Luo was changed to political commissar of the military region in 1943) to lead the 16,000-strong 3rd Division of the Shandong Military Region to quickly march north across the sea. Don't delay for a moment and strive for time."
Luo Shunchu led his troops to the Northeast. The 3rd Division, 3rd Guard Brigade and troops from the Hebei Reliao Military Region he brought over formed a three column.
Therefore, he has high prestige among the cadres of the three verticals. Ordinary people who are commanders may not even have the courage to question him. But he happened to meet Han Xianchu.
Han Xianchu: The deputy commander of the column commanded two columns.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Han Xianchu led the 689 regiment to fight in the Battle of Changle Village. Liu Bocheng stood in front of the mountainside command post and witnessed the bloody battle. He praised: This unit is really tough. !
When he arrived in the Northeast, he first served as deputy commander of the fourth column and commander of the 10th Division. During the battle at Xinkailing, some column leaders lacked confidence in annihilating the "Qianliju Division". Han Xianchu arrived all the way with the 10th Division, which strengthened the column leaders' confidence in annihilating the enemy. After the war started, some people advocated retreat. Han Xianchu said: "If you want to leave, leave the troops!" Annihilating an elite division, being the first to defeat a division "one against one". It can be said that he has outstanding military exploits.
In fact, Han Xianchu had a relationship with the Three Columns before. In the last battle of the Four Guards Linjiang in the spring of 1947, superiors ordered the 10th Division of the Third Column and the Fourth Column to jointly operate to form a forward headquarters to jointly attack the invading enemy. The Kuomintang army's 7 divisions and 20 regiments, with more than 100,000 men, were divided into three groups: left, center and right, and approached Linjiang.
On the issue of who to fight first, the third column commander Zeng Kelin and the fourth column deputy commander Han Xianchu had a disagreement. Zeng Kelin wanted to attack the temporary 20th Division of the Yunnan Army, which was the weakest in the middle, and Han Xianchu wanted to attack the 89th Division of the Chiang Kai-shek Army's direct line, which was the most prominent in the middle.
Zeng Kelin's plan was for the sake of safety, but Han Xianchu carefully studied the opponent and believed that the 89th Division was arrogant and had just been transferred from Rehe. It was not familiar with the Northeast battlefield. His chance.
Major General Zeng Kelin
each held their own opinions, and the two plans were reported at the same time. Finally, the military region called back: Han Xianchu will be under unified command. As a result, the enemy's 89th Division was completely wiped out by our army in just 10 hours, the division commander was captured, and the fourth Linjiang Defense Battle ended successfully.
Han Xianchu is talented, and he will never change his views because of his position, let alone now that he is the military chief.
Surprise Attack on Fort Weiyuan: Fighting with Unexpected
Luo Shunchu handed Han Xianchu the telegram information about the autumn offensive and the combat missions of the 3rd Column, as well as relevant enemy information reports from the "Dong General", and explained the specific combat plan he had thought of: Concentrate all the troops. By deploying troops, first annihilate the enemies of Xifeng, and then expand the results in depth.
Han Xianchu originally wanted to go to the division to have a look, but as he listened and looked at it, his feet stopped in front of the map.
Han Xianchu
The 116th Division Headquarters led the 347th Regiment, the baggage team, and the special agent company, and were stationed at Weiyuan Fort east of Kaiyuan; the 3rd Battalion of the 347th Regiment and the Artillery Battalion were stationed east of Erdaohezi, and the 2nd Battalion was stationed east of Erdaohezi. at Gaojiadian between Weiyuan Fort and Xifeng; the 348th Regiment was at Lianhua Street north of Weiyuan Fort; the 2nd Battalion of the 346th Regiment was guarding Xifeng, and the 1st Battalion was at Gaimozi between Xifeng and Weiyuanbao.
glanced at several points twice, and he felt that the political commissar's opinion was inappropriate. The enemy in Xifeng only had two battalions, but it was a county town with strong fortifications. The battle was to attack the fortresses, not many enemies were wiped out, and the casualties were high. So, how should this battle be fought? Unconsciously, I stared at Weiyuan Fort, staring at it, and it suddenly became bright.
Weiyuan Fort is the headquarters of the division and the head and heart of the enemy. This is a rural town, a temporary field fortification, and the defenders only have one battalion. In other words, this is the enemy's focus, and it also happens to be a weakness, a fatal and weak part, and an excellent "management point" that is easiest to succeed. Once this "attack point" is launched, other enemies will definitely come to help, and our army can ambush them halfway and annihilate them one by one.
Taking another look at the distance from Xiaosiping to Weiyuan Fort, a long-distance attack plan was formed on the night of Han Xianchu's first day in office.
He advocated using the main force to conduct a long-distance attack, penetrate the enemy's deep Weiyuan Fort gate, take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, annihilate the 116th Division Headquarters and the 1st Regiment, and disrupt his command. At the same time, some of the troops surrounded the enemies of Xifeng and annihilated some of them. If the enemy hears that the division headquarters has been attacked and rushes back for reinforcements, they will fight quickly while on the move.
Fierce quarrels, mutual disagreements
Han Xianchu proposed the idea of surprise attack on Weiyuan Fort, but political commissar Luo Shunchu disagreed. The two talked twice, and they were blushing and thick-necked.
did not wait to fight the enemy, but started "fighting" himself. Anyone who refused to "beat" was brought to the party committee meeting. Luo Shunchu presided over the meeting. First, welcome the new commander, and then discuss the combat plan.
Luo Shunchu
Luo Shunchu pointed to the map: As you can see, the three divisions of the 53rd Army are located in the east and northeast of Kaiyuan, not far from each other and forming horns with each other. Weiyuanbao and Xifeng are less than 200 kilometers away from Shenyang, and they are on railways and highways. The enemy is mechanized and the transportation is convenient. The enemy in Shenyang can be reached at a moment's notice. In this battle, our superiors did not assign us any reinforcement troops, so we had to take care of everything ourselves. Therefore, I think we should concentrate all our forces to attack and annihilate the enemies of Xifeng first. This time we fought side by side with several main columns on the middle and long road. This was an unannounced game, and the 3rd column must win the battle with certainty.
3 Most of the vertical cadres were brought by Luo Shunchu from Shandong. In Luzhong, he commanded the troops to fight many good battles and enjoyed high prestige among the troops.Before the speech was finished, many people had expressed their opinion that this was a stable and feasible plan.
Han Xianchu
Luo Shunchu looked at Han Xianchu who was sitting on a long stool: Now, please let Commander Han speak.
Han Xianchu said: I don’t agree with Political Commissar Luo’s opinion.
He said: "Dongzong's" operational intention in launching the autumn offensive is to take advantage of the enemy's main force to move westward to western Liaoning to eliminate a large number of enemies on the Zhonglong Road. "General Manager Dong" also gave our 3rd Column very clear instructions, which was to capture the 116th Division, so the goal of our combat plan could only be this. So, how can we eat it?
He stood up, threw away the half-smoked cigarette in his hand, and drew a line with his finger from "Xiao Siping" to "Weiyuan Fort" on the map: My idea is, come first It made a long-distance attack and used the "heart-breaking" tactic to penetrate directly into the 116th Division headquarters in Weiyuan Fort...
But this was too risky and the cadres did not dare to support it. Although unlike the previous fight against the 89th Division, Han Xianchu himself had only one vote. After much debate, there were only an absolute minority of two votes in favor of Han Xianchu.
In such a dispute over plans, the decision should usually be made by the commander. Therefore, as the deputy commander, Han Xianchu must do his best to intercept and argue with reason so that the correct determination can be implemented and executed. Now that he has become the commander, on other occasions, he can say, "I am the commander, and I am responsible for the military and operations."
But now it is an enlarged meeting of the party committee, and the minority must obey the majority, not to mention that he is still in office Commander in less than 3 days. What should we do? We argued over and over again, but in the end the only way was still the old way, which was to submit the two plans at the same time and ask the "Dongzong" to make a decision.
The Northeast Field Army Headquarters surveyed the terrain
In the past, telegrams were always signed "Han Luo". This time, each has his own retribution and each blows his own trumpet. It was already midnight, and Commander Han took the telegram and ran to the confidential department in person. The words were written in a messy way, with many typos and some words that I couldn't write, so I drew circles. He explained it word by word, and said which sentence was important, "enclose it in brackets." The section chief explained to him that he could put it in brackets, but that didn't mean it was important. He said: No matter what you do, just express what I mean. I sat there and watched the newspaper being distributed before leaving.
The Black Tiger dug his heart out and went straight to Fort Weiyuan
The next afternoon, a reply signed by "Lin Luo Liu" arrived: "Fight according to the Xianchu case."
Surprise attack on Fort Weiyuan
At 9:30 a.m. on the 30th, the column Order each division to set off from the assembly area and attack the predetermined combat target. After a night of forced march, each division basically arrived at its scheduled position on time in the early morning of October 1. At
7, all troops occupied the attack starting position. At this time, the careless Kuomintang troops had not yet discovered the advancing democratic coalition forces, and some were still going out for morning exercises step by step.
html At about 010 o'clock, all units in the 3rd vertical launched a full-line attack as planned. After the Weiyuanbao Division Headquarters was attacked, the enemy division commander Liu Runchuan's first action was to send a message for help to the 30th Division and the 130th Division. His second action was to give an order to the 346th and 348th Regiments in Xifeng and Lianhua Street, ordering them to rush to the rescue immediately. . And this just entered into Han Xianchu's exquisite layout of dividing and annihilating the enemy and encircling the points for reinforcements.
In the surprise attack on Fort Weiyuan, our army's machine gun group
The two regiments on the periphery of the enemy's 116th Division did not follow the orders of his superiors so much as they followed Han Xianchu's will, obediently entering the ambush circle of the 3rd column's reinforcements, and rushed to the rescue. The enemy turned into a fleeing enemy, and the entire 116th enemy division fell into the "strange" formation carefully designed by Han Xianchu. The development of the entire battle was almost exactly what Han Xianchu had expected from the beginning.
After 28 hours of fierce fighting, the 3rd column wiped out 116 enemy divisions, killing and wounding 1,828 enemies, and captured division commander Liu Runchuan, deputy division commander Zhang Shaoxian, chief of staff Wu Hesheng, 346 regiment commander Liu Huantang, 347 regiment commander Jiang Wangshan, and 348 regiment commander Huang Zhongquan. The following 6,346 people killed a total of 8,174 enemies, and seized a large number of weapons, ammunition and various military supplies.
National prisoners captured by our army in the Weiyuan Fort battle
The enemy division commander Liu Runchuan said in frustration: "Magic soldiers! Your army is really magic soldiers! From a tactical point of view, you may attack Xifeng, but it is amazing that you dare to attack Gaojiadian, no To think that you came directly to Weiyuan Fort! I deserve to fail!"
Conclusion: The generals quarreled for selfless gains
The development of the battle was exactly as Han Xianchu expected.
In the post-war summary, Luo Shunchu said: The commander commanded the war in an eclectic way, with some uprightness, some strangeness, and some originality. We should all learn from him.
After Luo Shunchu finished speaking, Han Xianchu said: The political commissar’s style of play also makes sense. If the Weiyuan Fort Gate is in a stalemate, it will be difficult to handle. Even though I insisted on fighting, my heart was still hanging in my throat before the battle was over!
Han Xianchu
The noble and broad-minded communist!
But after that, it was not all harmony and cooperation. But this did not prevent the old partners from continuing to argue in the later years. It is said that the arguments sometimes became more intense and turned red in the face.
This is the embodiment of the pure souls of two Communists and the full display of the intelligence and talents of two outstanding generals.
In the quarrel between "Tornado Commander" and "Tornado Brave General", a "Tornado Force" was created. This unit fought from the ice and snow to the ends of the earth and played a huge role in the war of liberation!
