In the summer and autumn of 1947, Liu and Deng's armies crossed the Yellow River, crossed the Longhai Line, and advanced into the Dabie Mountains. Chen Geng led two columns and one army to advance into the western Henan region. Chen Su's army advanced into southwest Shandong and entered the Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu regions. The three armies formed a "pin"-shaped formation, forming the overall strategic offensive posture.
After our summer offensive hit the enemy in the northeast, part of the elite American artillery force was annihilated, and the Songhuahong Dangerous Barrier also lost its effectiveness and could no longer be conquered across the river. So we had to gather its main force in strategic locations and temporarily organize Divisions and security forces are located at satellite locations. In mid-September, the enemy invaded the west in Jinzhou, and our 8th and 9th columns annihilated 6 of their regiments. The two divisions of the New Sixth Army, which was the enemy's mobile force in the mid- and long-term lines, were forced to move south to reinforce Jin. The situation between the enemy and ourselves on the Northeast battlefield has undergone fundamental changes.
Under this situation, Lin Biao and Luo Ronghuan decided to launch an autumn offensive in the Northeast at the end of September, using running attacks to simultaneously attack and annihilate scattered and isolated enemies in various places.
html From mid-July to the end of September, we took a break in the Hailong area, reorganized the organization, replenished soldiers, and conducted military and political training.While resting and recuperating, we summarized our combat experience. Each division held a celebration meeting to reward meritorious units and individuals in the summer offensive, further stimulating the troops' sense of honor and heroic fighting spirit. On the basis of enriched soldiers and stable and increasingly high emotions, military training was carried out most of the time and cadre training courses were held. Based on the experience and lessons of the Siping offensive, we studied how to break through the enemy's defenses and concentrate artillery fire on the enemy's forts. Everyone learns to explode. Taking into account the characteristics of future troops' rushing operations, training on emergency marches and night marches was also generally carried out.
On September 12, Lai Chuanzhu was appointed political commissar of the 6th Column. I am very familiar with Comrade Lai Chuanzhu. When I was in the New Fourth Army, he was the Chief of Staff of the Military Department and I was the Chief of Staff of the 3rd Division, and we had frequent work contacts. During the summer offensive, our 6th Column cooperated with the East Manchu troops commanded by Zhou Baozhong, Chen Zhengren, Lai Chuanzhu and others to sweep away the enemies on the Lachish Line. We formed a deep friendship during the battle. I am very happy that he came to 6 vertical.
At this time, Dong Zongzong Director Tan Zheng and Deputy Political Commissar Liu Qiren were stationed at the Shahezi 16th Division. Together with the leaders of the 16th Division, they organized and rectified military and ideological styles, and carried out criticism and self-criticism. Later, Lai Chuanzhu and I also went. After this rectification, the division's leadership style has undergone great changes.
Previously, Chiang Kai-shek sent Chief of Staff Chen Cheng to replace Xiong Shihui and Du Yuming as the director of the Northeast Tour. On September 25, the two main divisions of the New Sixth Army were transferred west to Jinzhou, which reduced the enemy's northern troops. Lin Biao saw this opportunity and decided to launch an autumn offensive. Our army adopted a light-armed attack method, dividing the troops and surrounding them at the same time. To make it difficult for the enemy to concentrate, if the enemy sends reinforcements, the enemy's reinforcements will be annihilated.
On October 2, Lin Biao and Liu Yalou ordered me to advance along the middle and long road, use two divisions to encircle and annihilate the enemy at Gongzhuling , use one division to encircle and annihilate the enemy at Guojiadian, and contain the New First Army. At the same time, the cavalry division near Changchun was ordered to immediately encircle Gongzhuling, and one regiment went around to the south of Gongzhuling to cut off the enemy. After receiving the order, we ordered the 18th Division to set off from Yitong at noon and reach the destination at 3 a.m. on the 3rd at a speed of a hundred miles. However, the enemy defenders at Gongzhuling had already fled at dusk on the 2nd. After the 16th Division arrived at Guojiadian on the morning of the 3rd, the enemy also fled after hearing the news. Only the 4th Division defeated the enemy's 2nd Cavalry Division in Fanjiatun at dawn on the 4th, and captured more than 160 people under the enemy's major general commander Jin Zanzhong.
On the 9th, Lin Biao ordered us to advance to Jilin immediately. We must adopt a roundabout combat method. First, we must wipe out all the enemies in Huachang Factory , Kouqian, and Wula Street. We must not let the enemies escape back. Jilin, so that our army can carry out the second step of operations.
Jilin's defenders are the 182nd Division of the 60th Army, the rebuilt Temporary 21st Division and the Temporary 52nd Division expanded from the Traffic Police Corps; there are also the new 38th Division a howitzer company and security regiment and traffic police units, a total of 30,000 The remaining people. The 544th Regiment of the 182nd Division is located in Xiaomanman; the 1st Battalion of the 545th Regiment and one of the division's engineering battalion and transport battalion are stationed in front of the entrance; the 2nd Regiment of the 52nd Division is temporarily stationed in Jiutai; the 1st Regiment Headquarters and 1 battalion are stationed in jiuzhan. , one battalion is stationed in Huabichang and Dasuihe, and the other battalion is stationed in Xiyang.The enemy's main force is concentrated in Jilin City and its suburbs.
The enemy's defense system in Jilin City is composed of Beishan, Fortress Mountain, and Longtan Mountain as the focus, and Taoyuan Mountain, Huanxiling, Tuanshanzi, and Xiaobai Mountain as satellites.
The 60th Army is the Yunnan Army. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Chiang Kai-shek adopted the strategy of moving the tiger away from the mountain and ordered Lu Han to lead the 60th Army and the 93rd Army to go abroad and enter , Vietnam, and surrender. However, the Yunnan Army had just left the country, Chiang Kai-shek asked Du Yuming to launch a coup in Yunnan, Wuhuashan cannons were fired, the three archways were bleeding, and Long Yun was taken hostage to Chongqing. Later, the Yunnan Army was transferred to the Northeast and plunged into the flames of civil war. Out of dissatisfaction with Chiang Kai-shek, Pan Shuoduan, commander of the 184th Division, led his troops to revolt in Haicheng. But the Yunnan army is, after all, the political tool of the Yunnan bureaucrats. The interests of the Yunnan bureaucrats determine that the 60th Army must serve as Chiang Kai-shek's cannon fodder.
60There is an underground party in the army, and underground work is very active. After the 60th Army retreated to Jilin, our army stepped up its political offensive. The 60 captured officers and soldiers were released one after another to carry out disintegration work, and they were also asked to bring Pan Shuo, then deputy commander of the Heilongjiang Military Region, to Zeng Zesheng, Long Yao, Bai Zhaoxue (commander of the 182nd Division), and Li Shumin, temporary commander of the 1st Regiment of the 21st Division, etc. People's letters. Zeng Zesheng and Pan Shuoduan were classmates of Huangpu , and they had worked together in the Yunnan Army for a long time and had a subordinate relationship for more than 20 years. Pan Shuoduan's letter of advice told them that the Communist Party wholeheartedly welcomed the insurrectionary troops, ignored the past and treated them equally. Chiang Kai-shek asked the Yunnan Army to lead the charge and retreat as cover. In today's current situation, wealthy capital relies on its power to monopolize the economy and squeeze everything it can. The government is corrupt and incompetent, and officials are corrupt and violent. These are all crimes committed by the Chiang Kai-shek government that have harmed the country and the people. All people with lofty ideals are heartbroken. I hope that the officers and soldiers of the 60th Army will wake up and turn from darkness to light. The Central News Agency is engaged in deceptive propaganda. Please listen to the broadcasts of Yan'an and Harbin to distinguish right from wrong.
In the past few days, it has rained and snowed suddenly, and the temperature in the mountainous areas of Jilin has plummeted. We convened a meeting with the division commanders and planned to annihilate the enemy in a hundred-mile journey from the starting point of the attack on the 14th. It was decided that the 16th Division (under the 48th Regiment, which stayed in the Guojiadian area) attacked the enemies in Huabichang and Dasuihe, and was ready to cooperate with the 18th Division to annihilate the enemies who might come to Jilin for reinforcements. The 17th Division rushed to the front of the mouth and surrounded the enemy in Guan Mashan with one part. After annihilating the enemy in front of the mouth, it immediately surrounded and annihilated the enemy in Guan Mashan. The 18th Division attacked the Ninth Station and cooperated with the 29th Division to annihilate the enemy on Wula Street and its west bank, and blocked and annihilated the enemy's reinforcements to the Ninth Station. All divisions are required to resolutely execute orders and complete combat missions boldly and resolutely.
15 at dusk, the heavy rain continued, and there was a vast ocean on the ground, which affected our actions. On the 16th, after the rain, the weather cleared, and the divisions began their long-distance attack. However, the road was heavily waterlogged. Once the troops in front left, the water on the road turned into mud, making the march more difficult. I went on the run with the troops. After marching for hundreds of miles, the
16 Division captured the birch bark factory in the early morning of the 17th and eliminated the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Temporary Division. A company of enemies from Da Suihe took advantage of the heavy fog to escape. The leading troops of the 17th Division arrived at the entrance at 6 a.m. on the 17th and surrounded the defenders. On the 18th, three enemy battalions were annihilated, and then the enemy in Guan Mashan was annihilated. The 53rd Regiment of the 18th Division marched 60 kilometers and surrounded nine enemy stations at dawn on the 17th. After one enemy was wiped out, they fled along the highway towards Jilin and were also intercepted and annihilated by me.
19 At 6 o'clock, the 53rd Regiment captured the North Mountain of Hada Bay. Sun Xiuchi, squad leader of the 8th Company of the 9th Company, led his squad to boldly insert into the enemy's retreat, and jointly attacked the enemy with the main force of the regiment, annihilating the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the 52nd Division and completely occupying the position.
In this way, after our army fought hard, the enemy strongholds on the outskirts of Jilin were destroyed one by one by our army. We seized a total of 69 light machine guns, 419 heavy machine guns, submachine guns, 472 submachine guns, 7 60-meter guns, two 82-meter guns, two field guns, 200,000 rounds of bullets, and 800 rounds of artillery shells. While we were cleaning the battlefield, we tightened the encirclement of the enemy.
On the 20th, I led the troops straight from Lanqitun to the ventilation ditch. At the same time, our divisions continued to advance. Two regiments of the 16th Division advanced to Huanxiling, Lamagou, and Laoye Ridge. The 17th Division advanced to Maxiangtun, Nianzigou, and Bahutun. The 18th Division entered Sanjiazi and Huangshantun. The 3rd Division alone approached Longtan Mountain in Jiangdong. The troops rushed towards the Jilin city wall like tigers and immediately built fortifications.
At this time, the enemy quickly dispatched two divisions of the 3rd Army, the 94th Division, the 43rd Division, the 92nd Division, the 21st Division, the New 8th Army, and the New 4th Army from the Pass to reinforce the Northeast, and sent the 87th Division from Siping to Bamiancheng came for reinforcements.
On the 25th, we received a telegram: In order to strengthen the troops and firearms to attack Jilin, President Dong transferred two artillery regiments . The troops participating in the Jilin battle were all under our command.
At the same time, it was decided to send Comrade Li Lisan to Jilin to do united front work for the enemy's 60th Army.
Lin Biao and Liu Yalou were very concerned about the attack on Jilin, and promptly issued specific instructions that "a mobile attack should be carried out in the Jilin battle." After receiving the instruction, we immediately summoned all cadres at division level and above who were stationed at the frontline in Jilin to study the implementation measures.
Jilin City is high in the east and low in the west. The east is mountainous and the southwest is gentle. The two solitary mountains, Xiaori Mountain and Xiatuan Mountain, seem to be a pair of guards guarding the southwest gate. The distance between the two mountains is about 2,500 meters, and Changji Road goes straight from between the two mountains into the city.
Our army has defeated a battalion guarding Xiaobai Mountain. The battalion commander Zhao Guozhang was an underground member and led the remaining troops to retreat. Our army easily occupied Xiaobai Mountain. In this way, Tuanshanzi became isolated.
On the 27th, it rained continuously. Zhu Rui, commander of the artillery of the Northeast Military Region, arrived at the 6th Column. Zhong Wei had arrived the day before. Tang Tianji and Shi Lei also came. We decided to concentrate our firepower on Tuanshanzi and completely open the southern gate of Jilin City.
The enemy attaches great importance to the defense of Xiatuanshanzi. Modern fortifications were built here, which could receive support from Beishan artillery fire. There are three bunkers on the top of the mountain, one large and two small, which can accommodate one company. Five trenches were dug around the bunker and covered with covers to withstand grenades, and 60mm artillery attacks. There were gun holes dug around them, but they were not discovered by me before the battle started.
html At 6 o'clock on the 29th, the battle of the 51st Regiment of the 17th Division to capture Xia Tuanshanzi began, supported by 16 howitzers, field artillery, and mountain artillery. However, when the assault platoon broke through the enemy's trap and Luyan, crossed the outer trench and entered the barbed wire fence, it was suddenly killed by the firepower of the enemy's hidden ditch. There were only 5 people left in the two assault squads, and they lost their assault capabilities.At this time, the enemy's 182nd Division's armored vehicle suddenly appeared. The vehicle was equipped with multiple light and heavy machine guns, and its firepower was quite powerful, blocking the way forward for our army. The assault eliminated all casualties except for the deputy platoon leader. At night, Long Shujin, commander of the 17th Division, ordered the 51st Regiment to continue the attack.
The enemy's main force is concentrated in Jilin City and its suburbs.The enemy's defense system in Jilin City is composed of Beishan, Fortress Mountain, and Longtan Mountain as the focus, and Taoyuan Mountain, Huanxiling, Tuanshanzi, and Xiaobai Mountain as satellites.
The 60th Army is the Yunnan Army. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Chiang Kai-shek adopted the strategy of moving the tiger away from the mountain and ordered Lu Han to lead the 60th Army and the 93rd Army to go abroad and enter , Vietnam, and surrender. However, the Yunnan Army had just left the country, Chiang Kai-shek asked Du Yuming to launch a coup in Yunnan, Wuhuashan cannons were fired, the three archways were bleeding, and Long Yun was taken hostage to Chongqing. Later, the Yunnan Army was transferred to the Northeast and plunged into the flames of civil war. Out of dissatisfaction with Chiang Kai-shek, Pan Shuoduan, commander of the 184th Division, led his troops to revolt in Haicheng. But the Yunnan army is, after all, the political tool of the Yunnan bureaucrats. The interests of the Yunnan bureaucrats determine that the 60th Army must serve as Chiang Kai-shek's cannon fodder.
60There is an underground party in the army, and underground work is very active. After the 60th Army retreated to Jilin, our army stepped up its political offensive. The 60 captured officers and soldiers were released one after another to carry out disintegration work, and they were also asked to bring Pan Shuo, then deputy commander of the Heilongjiang Military Region, to Zeng Zesheng, Long Yao, Bai Zhaoxue (commander of the 182nd Division), and Li Shumin, temporary commander of the 1st Regiment of the 21st Division, etc. People's letters. Zeng Zesheng and Pan Shuoduan were classmates of Huangpu , and they had worked together in the Yunnan Army for a long time and had a subordinate relationship for more than 20 years. Pan Shuoduan's letter of advice told them that the Communist Party wholeheartedly welcomed the insurrectionary troops, ignored the past and treated them equally. Chiang Kai-shek asked the Yunnan Army to lead the charge and retreat as cover. In today's current situation, wealthy capital relies on its power to monopolize the economy and squeeze everything it can. The government is corrupt and incompetent, and officials are corrupt and violent. These are all crimes committed by the Chiang Kai-shek government that have harmed the country and the people. All people with lofty ideals are heartbroken. I hope that the officers and soldiers of the 60th Army will wake up and turn from darkness to light. The Central News Agency is engaged in deceptive propaganda. Please listen to the broadcasts of Yan'an and Harbin to distinguish right from wrong.
In the past few days, it has rained and snowed suddenly, and the temperature in the mountainous areas of Jilin has plummeted. We convened a meeting with the division commanders and planned to annihilate the enemy in a hundred-mile journey from the starting point of the attack on the 14th. It was decided that the 16th Division (under the 48th Regiment, which stayed in the Guojiadian area) attacked the enemies in Huabichang and Dasuihe, and was ready to cooperate with the 18th Division to annihilate the enemies who might come to Jilin for reinforcements. The 17th Division rushed to the front of the mouth and surrounded the enemy in Guan Mashan with one part. After annihilating the enemy in front of the mouth, it immediately surrounded and annihilated the enemy in Guan Mashan. The 18th Division attacked the Ninth Station and cooperated with the 29th Division to annihilate the enemy on Wula Street and its west bank, and blocked and annihilated the enemy's reinforcements to the Ninth Station. All divisions are required to resolutely execute orders and complete combat missions boldly and resolutely.
15 at dusk, the heavy rain continued, and there was a vast ocean on the ground, which affected our actions. On the 16th, after the rain, the weather cleared, and the divisions began their long-distance attack. However, the road was heavily waterlogged. Once the troops in front left, the water on the road turned into mud, making the march more difficult. I went on the run with the troops. After marching for hundreds of miles, the
16 Division captured the birch bark factory in the early morning of the 17th and eliminated the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Temporary Division. A company of enemies from Da Suihe took advantage of the heavy fog to escape. The leading troops of the 17th Division arrived at the entrance at 6 a.m. on the 17th and surrounded the defenders. On the 18th, three enemy battalions were annihilated, and then the enemy in Guan Mashan was annihilated. The 53rd Regiment of the 18th Division marched 60 kilometers and surrounded nine enemy stations at dawn on the 17th. After one enemy was wiped out, they fled along the highway towards Jilin and were also intercepted and annihilated by me.
19 At 6 o'clock, the 53rd Regiment captured the North Mountain of Hada Bay. Sun Xiuchi, squad leader of the 8th Company of the 9th Company, led his squad to boldly insert into the enemy's retreat, and jointly attacked the enemy with the main force of the regiment, annihilating the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the 52nd Division and completely occupying the position.
In this way, after our army fought hard, the enemy strongholds on the outskirts of Jilin were destroyed one by one by our army. We seized a total of 69 light machine guns, 419 heavy machine guns, submachine guns, 472 submachine guns, 7 60-meter guns, two 82-meter guns, two field guns, 200,000 rounds of bullets, and 800 rounds of artillery shells. While we were cleaning the battlefield, we tightened the encirclement of the enemy.
On the 20th, I led the troops straight from Lanqitun to the ventilation ditch. At the same time, our divisions continued to advance. Two regiments of the 16th Division advanced to Huanxiling, Lamagou, and Laoye Ridge. The 17th Division advanced to Maxiangtun, Nianzigou, and Bahutun. The 18th Division entered Sanjiazi and Huangshantun. The 3rd Division alone approached Longtan Mountain in Jiangdong. The troops rushed towards the Jilin city wall like tigers and immediately built fortifications.
At this time, the enemy quickly dispatched two divisions of the 3rd Army, the 94th Division, the 43rd Division, the 92nd Division, the 21st Division, the New 8th Army, and the New 4th Army from the Pass to reinforce the Northeast, and sent the 87th Division from Siping to Bamiancheng came for reinforcements.
On the 25th, we received a telegram: In order to strengthen the troops and firearms to attack Jilin, President Dong transferred two artillery regiments . The troops participating in the Jilin battle were all under our command.
At the same time, it was decided to send Comrade Li Lisan to Jilin to do united front work for the enemy's 60th Army.
Lin Biao and Liu Yalou were very concerned about the attack on Jilin, and promptly issued specific instructions that "a mobile attack should be carried out in the Jilin battle." After receiving the instruction, we immediately summoned all cadres at division level and above who were stationed at the frontline in Jilin to study the implementation measures.
Jilin City is high in the east and low in the west. The east is mountainous and the southwest is gentle. The two solitary mountains, Xiaori Mountain and Xiatuan Mountain, seem to be a pair of guards guarding the southwest gate. The distance between the two mountains is about 2,500 meters, and Changji Road goes straight from between the two mountains into the city.
Our army has defeated a battalion guarding Xiaobai Mountain. The battalion commander Zhao Guozhang was an underground member and led the remaining troops to retreat. Our army easily occupied Xiaobai Mountain. In this way, Tuanshanzi became isolated.
On the 27th, it rained continuously. Zhu Rui, commander of the artillery of the Northeast Military Region, arrived at the 6th Column. Zhong Wei had arrived the day before. Tang Tianji and Shi Lei also came. We decided to concentrate our firepower on Tuanshanzi and completely open the southern gate of Jilin City.
The enemy attaches great importance to the defense of Xiatuanshanzi. Modern fortifications were built here, which could receive support from Beishan artillery fire. There are three bunkers on the top of the mountain, one large and two small, which can accommodate one company. Five trenches were dug around the bunker and covered with covers to withstand grenades, and 60mm artillery attacks. There were gun holes dug around them, but they were not discovered by me before the battle started.
html At 6 o'clock on the 29th, the battle of the 51st Regiment of the 17th Division to capture Xia Tuanshanzi began, supported by 16 howitzers, field artillery, and mountain artillery. However, when the assault platoon broke through the enemy's trap and Luyan, crossed the outer trench and entered the barbed wire fence, it was suddenly killed by the firepower of the enemy's hidden ditch. There were only 5 people left in the two assault squads, and they lost their assault capabilities.At this time, the enemy's 182nd Division's armored vehicle suddenly appeared. The vehicle was equipped with multiple light and heavy machine guns, and its firepower was quite powerful, blocking the way forward for our army. The assault eliminated all casualties except for the deputy platoon leader. At night, Long Shujin, commander of the 17th Division, ordered the 51st Regiment to continue the attack.
