Our Jin-Cha-Hebei Field Army also won two consecutive victories in Qingfengdian and Shijiazhuang, completely annihilated more than 60,000 officers and soldiers under Luo Lirong, the commander of the Kuomintang Third Army, and liberated the Shi, which had modern industry, through

From Baobei to Shijiazhuang

In the autumn of 1947, the national revolutionary situation was unprecedentedly high, and our army began a strategic offensive on various battlefields. Our Jinchaji Field Army also won two consecutive victories in Qingfengdian and Shijiazhuang, completely annihilated more than 60,000 officers and soldiers below the Third Army of the Kuomintang, and liberated the Shi

jiazhuang, which has modern industry, through tough battles.

In the north of Gaolinying Village, the Eighth Brigade of our third column has been fighting with the enemy for four days and four nights. Between the enemy and us, fortifications are next to the fortifications, and sentries are facing the sentries. The enemy was defeated after attacking many times, and at night, the tortoise retreated and attacked again at dawn.

This time, this is the second time this year to come to Baobei to open up a new battlefield. According to Noji's plan, he originally used the tactic of besieging the city and fighting aid. The Second Column and a regiment from our Eighth Brigade attacked Xushui and mobilized the enemy to help them in order to completely wipe out the enemy. Four days ago, enemy reinforcements arrived, with a total of five divisions. The 23rd Regiment of our Eighth Brigade built fortifications on railways and highways to block the enemy's way to support Xushui in the south. The enemy's troops are so strong that it cannot attack us, and we cannot eat it, and the battle has formed a "top cow".

Fighting a beautiful annihilation war has long become the common thought of our Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei troops. Since the news of the successful East China Field Army killing six enemy brigades in northern Jiangsu last year, most of the brothers field army won the victory, and the news of the victory flew like snowflakes. We fought a lot of wars, but we didn’t have many enemies to wipe out the entire division and brigade. It doesn’t matter if one or two battles are not fought well. Over time, everyone will inevitably become impatient.

In the spring of this year, the military region held a meeting in Anguo to inspect all work before and after the withdrawal of Zhangjiakou . At the meeting, the comrades talked to each other: Our Jinchaji is not smaller than others, and the masses are not enthusiastic about revolution. The problem seems quite complicated at first glance, but if you make a clue, you will analyze it, it turns out that we do not learn enough of Chairman Mao’s thoughts and do not understand them deeply.

If we don’t talk about other aspects, our military cadres are not so clear about Chairman Mao’s military thoughts. After the meeting, learning Chairman Mao’s military thoughts was taken seriously by everyone. The Odoji Department specially issued the “Issue of Concentrating Forces” and “Concentrating superior forces and annihilation of enemies” written by Chairman Mao, as a mirror for everyone.

Chairman Mao mentioned as early as 1936 that concentrating troops seems easy, but implementing them is quite difficult. Everyone knows that the best way is to win by more than one is the best way, but many people cannot do it. On the contrary, they often disperse their troops. The reason is that the instructors lack strategic minds, are confused by the complex environment, and are therefore dominated by the environment... We are all senior commanders of the army that the Party has trained for many years. Although no one among us advocates not concentrating troops every battle, in fact, the concentrating troops is often ignored for various reasons.

This passage that Chairman Mao said as early as 1936 is in line with our current situation! The military region and the field department leader asked us to study Chairman Mao’s military thoughts in depth, and specially issued these two documents, which was so profound!

At this moment, Comrade Liu Shaoqi, Commander-in-Chief Zhu and Central Working Committee came to our base Fuping . With the specific help of Comrade Liu Shaoqi, the branch leaders led by Comrade Nie Rongzhen were further strengthened, unified their thoughts and enhanced unity; the land reform was thoroughly implemented, and the mass support war was fully mobilized; and the combat policies of Chairman Mao and the Central Military Commission were vividly conveyed and implemented to us. Soon, under their personal guidance, and in accordance with the instructions of the Central Military Commission and Chairman Mao, we first launched an attack on the weak links of the enemy. First, the Zhengtai Battle was fought, and the enemy's regular army was eliminated, the informal army, the Japanese security brigade and local armed forces were liberated. The seven counties, including Zhengding , Liangcheng, Jinglong, Yuxian , Dingxiang , , , pacifying , Shouyang , and shouyang , and completely trapped the Kuomintang Third Army stationed in Shijiazhuang to be independent. Then the Baonan Battle and the Qingcang Battle were launched, and many victories were achieved.Since our army began to advance and retreat in accordance with Chairman Mao's instructions, "If you hit yours, I will hit mine; first hit the weak, then hit the strong" combat policy, the enemy's garrison power in our area was consumed, and we began to take the initiative.

However, on the road to learning Chairman Mao’s thoughts, we have also encountered setbacks.

In early September, our army launched a campaign attack on Hebei, Daqing. On a dark night, our third column attacked in the northern section of the Pinghan Line and attacked Moshui according to Yeshi's instructions. The leader of the Nostalm imagined that our actions would confuse and mobilize the enemies in Hebei of the Qing Dynasty, so that the second and fourth columns would attack the enemies who remained in Hebei of the Qing Dynasty and annihilate them. After the battle started, according to the information, the 43rd Division of the 94th Army, which was originally in the Qing , Hebei urgently dispatched Gaobeidian , and the 22nd Division and the 109th Division of the 16th Army also looked like support. The 94th Division of the 16th Army and two security corps were left in Hebei of the Qing Dynasty. This was really an opportunity to fight an annihilation war. Noji immediately ordered the second and fourth columns to cross the river and encircle the enemy.

That day, it was raining heavily, and the soldiers' guns were covered with mud, and the traffic trenches were filled with rain. However, the comrades from the Second and Fourth Columns rushed forward and bravely broke through the enemy's base several times, but they could not completely eliminate the enemy. In the fierce battle, the situation became clearer, and the enemy was much more than expected. In this battle, because we were eager to win, we did not understand the situation before the war and were not concentrated enough in the use of troops, which led to a wasteful battle.

In mid-September, Northeast Field Army launched a powerful offensive. North China enemy successively dispatched three divisions to reinforce. In order to cooperate with the Northeast friendly forces in combat and find an opportunity to annihilate the enemy, our army once again launched an operation to protect the north, but it was holding back the enemy.

This attack is completely correct in choosing the direction of the battle. It is obvious that the enemies we are facing have learned well and cautiously as the Kuomintang troops are constantly being eaten by the division and brigade across the country. As the saying goes, the devil is one foot taller, and the Tao is one foot taller. Our army should be smarter than the enemy, because we are armed with Chairman Mao’s thoughts. How to break this confrontation state? It seems that everyone is trying to make a lot of effort on this issue. For a few days, whenever our army attacked Xushui tightly, the enemy in the north would attack happily, as if the enemy was a puppet, and one end of the line was tied to Beiping . Whenever the enemy was about to be subjected to an annihilation blow, Beiping took him back. I often exchange views with the political commissar Comrade Hu Yaobang, feeling that although our current situation is unfavorable, there are still fortifications to exploit, which will cause a lot of damage to the attacking enemy. We were tired, just one Eighth Brigade, and there were two brigades not moving; from the perspective of the entire army, Yeshi still controlled the two columns and did not enter the battle. And the enemy is not more comfortable than us, and the enemy is probably thinking of a solution at this time. We must take the enemy's next move and act again.

To the fifth night, an unexpected situation came, and the comrades from the combat office sent us an emergency telegram. In the telegram, Noji told us: Luo Lirong from Shijiazhuang personally led the main force of the three armies out, had already crossed the Putuo River, and was continuing northward, preparing to launch a north-south attack on me. The leader of the Field Department was determined to seize the fighter plane and transferred all the fourth columns, two brigades of the second columns, and two brigades of our columns... immediately set off from the base, bypassed Baoding , and walked more than 100 miles in one night. He arrived at Wangdu Fangshun Bridge in the morning tomorrow, and then encircled the enemy. In a word, no matter how difficult it is, we must concentrate our forces to fight an annihilation war. After putting down the telegram, I conveyed the decision of the leader of the Noji to the brigade, and then sat down and couldn't help but think: This time, Noji's heart was really cruel. I counted the troops left in Baobei to block the attack, all of which were on the positions and the enemy's troops who had been on the positions for several days. This time, Noji cast his absolute superior force to annihilate Luo Lirong's battlefield. Luo Lirong's fate seems to be destined.

Noji's determination spread rapidly in the army. "We must fight a great annihilation war" and "everything to annihilate Luo Lirong" have become the center of everything. The political work suddenly became much better. What a stubborn comrade and what a naughty soldier. When he heard that the task he was asked to perform was to fight an annihilation war, he immediately went to do it without saying a word.

In addition to the Eighth Brigade of our Column in Baobei, there are also the Fifth Brigade of the Second Column and the Seventh Brigade of the Hebei Central Military Region . Since the enemy of the Fifth Division has been concentrated in front of us, there are many difficulties in front of us, but this time is very different from the previous few days. Our blocking of aid has a new meaning, and is to fight an annihilation war. The enemy attacked fiercely from the beginning, and all aircraft, tanks, and armored vehicles were put into battle. We adopted a mobile defense method and fought in Xushuibei for two more days. On the third day, we came to Shigezhuang to continue to block the enemy.

It was almost noon. After a rushing ringtone, the staff officer handed the headphones in my hand. Comrade Song Yulin, the commander of the 8th Brigade, told me: In front of their positions, hundreds of cars were arranged in a line, the motor was starting, and the soldiers were filled with enemies...

As soon as I put down the phone, I immediately came to the edge of the village and looked northeast. As he reported, a long row of trucks with countless loads of stood full of Kuomintang soldiers. In front of them, several regiments of the enemy launched a fierce attack under the cover of tanks. From a distance, the sound of the car's motors, the sound of machine guns, and the explosion of shells made the air tremble. In the telescope, I saw the heavy machine gun on the car behind the butt of the enemy soldier who was charging, shooting towards the enemy who was falling behind.

What tactic is this? The enemy does not hesitate to his own soldiers' lives, what do you want to seize? The enemy has lost his mind, as if he has lost in a casino, and finally he has to take off his pants to save his life. The enemy thought this would open the gap, and the car could immediately run along the highway to support the south. It seems that in Qingfeng Shop, Luo Lirong has been burned with eyebrows!

I turned around and told the staff officer and immediately told Brigade Commander Song Yulin that the victory of Qingfeng Shop is our victory! I have to guard the road even if I shoot one person and one shot. Report it immediately after new situations. I deeply understand that if we can't stop it, the entire victory will be gone at the last moment. We only have one belief in our hearts, and we must ensure that the determination of the leader of the Field Army will be realized at any cost!

On October 22, a happy news came. Luo Lirong's military headquarters, the 7th Division and the 66th Regiment of the 16th Army had all been wiped out!

The victory of Qingfengdian was the first beautiful battle that our Jin-Cha-Hebei Field Army fought after carefully studying Chairman Mao's military thoughts. On the third day after the battle, the Field Army Frontline Committee held an enlarged meeting with cadres above the brigade. According to the instructions of Military Commission and the military region, the combat plan and combat preparations were studied in response to the enemy situation in Shijiazhuang.

Shijiazhuang is a city with strong defense, a strategic location in North China, a hub for connecting Taiyuan and Baoding, and is the center of the enemy's attack on our liberated areas Hizhong, southern Hebei, Shanxi, and Taihang Hihang . Since the Battle of Baonan and Zhengtai in the spring, our army has completely cut off the land connection between Shijiazhuang and Baoding and Taiyuan, becoming a land island in the hinterland of our liberated area. Now, after the main force of the Third Army stationed in Shijiazhuang was annihilated, as Chairman Mao directed: "Conservation and seizing the local area are the result of annihilation of the enemy's living forces." The conditions for our army to attack Shijiazhuang have ripe.

At that time, our army's equipment had not completely escaped from the "Xiaomi plus rifle". There are only a dozen field artillery pieces in the district, and several of them are often hospitalized, and each column has only one artillery battalion. The equipment was relatively backward and there was no mature experience in implementing tough battles. Under such circumstances, we had to attack Shijiazhuang, which had two city ditches and core fortifications, and wiped out more than 20,000 defending enemies. Can it be done? At the meeting, some comrades cited an example of Datong in 1945, and felt that they had just fought an annihilation battle and were hit by hard nails. If it was not good, the following battle would be difficult to fight.

But more comrades think that since the Central Military Commission calls for beating, there must be a reason to be fighting. Although the fortifications in Shijiazhuang are solid, with more than 20,000 defending enemies, after its main force was annihilated, the army was shaken; and since our army fought the Battle of the Shota in the spring of this spring, the morale has been rising, and few people even complained when they were protecting the North Ding Niu.If we formulate a safe combat plan based on Chairman Mao’s military principles and make full preparations before the war, the difficulties of attacking Shijiazhuang can be completely overcome...

Commander-in-Chief Zhu stood up and spoke. According to the spirit of the Central Military Commission, he told us that in the face of Communist Party members, there is a way to do it when there are difficulties. No one has much experience in fighting the tough, but three cobblers are the ones who are Zhuge Liang . We can do military democracy ! Everyone used to fight bravely, but they also had to talk about technology. Only by being brave and without technology can they not get through the gap, and even deaths will be done! Only by "brave and technology" can we enter Shijiazhuang. In addition, he also talked about strengthening the Party’s leadership during the war, carefully planning, and doing a good job in entering the city.

The head of Noji studied Commander-in-Chief Zhu's instructions and everyone's opinions, and a positive and stable combat plan emerged. At that time, the entire area of ​​the field army and the majority of the local independent brigade were concentrated, and they were preparing to attack the city while also preparing to attack the aid.

We used our third and fourth columns and the Hebei-central and Hebei-Shenzhen Military Region troops to attack Shijiazhuang, and the Second Column and the Independent Ninth Brigade, the Third and Ninth Military Sub-district troops gathered in the north and south areas of Dingxian County to wait for the enemy reinforcements. If the enemy reinforcements came, the Yeshi would first pull our third column and fourth column from the periphery of Shijiazhuang to the north and the second column originally in Ding County to encircle and annihilate the enemy, and then turn around and attack Shijiazhuang. In short, the Occupy Department made up its mind to concentrate its troops and firepower, and be fully prepared to capture Shijiazhuang.

Commander-in-Chief Zhu's call, Noji's determination and deployment have inspired the entire army and enhanced their confidence in attacking and fighting. As soon as the meeting was over, the entire army launched a mass movement to find ways to raise difficulties. Over the past few days, the notice from Noji introduced the good solutions proposed by the brother columns and various suggestions put forward by the cadres and soldiers of various brigades and regiments. The comrades in the engineering battalion were even more busy, holding meetings at night and conducting experiments during the day.

A few days later, everyone has less and less difficulties, and replaced by new measures of various tactical technical.

One night, the north wind whistled, and a few advisers and I walked towards a flat field where crops were harvested. The night was surprisingly quiet, and I listened carefully, and gradually heard an extremely low voice. A traffic trench more than half a person deep appeared in front of us. Black figures were bent over and shoveling up the soil with shovels. I know that the enemy's ground work is being practiced here. This is an important measure proposed by a soldier and approved by the column to attack Shijiazhuang through open land.

The instructor of this company told me that the local work starts after dark and can be completed without waiting for dawn. One of them was responsible for the task of digging nearly 100 meters of traffic trench. At the beginning, each person dug his own lying bunker, then dug a kneeling bunker, and then connected the bunkers everyone dug into trenches. Everything was in accordance with actual combat requirements.

I noticed this when I came just now. No one lit the fire and smoked, no one whispered to the low-key cough, no one made a sound! I walked forward along the traffic trench and came to the outer edge of the "enemy" ditch. Here, there is a horizontal ditch parallel to the enemy's city ditch. I jumped into the trench and checked it and asked the warrior beside me: "What's the difficulty of digging in the dark?"

"Hey..." He smiled and said, "We have a pair of night eyes and a pair of ears. The darker the sky, the less the enemy can find it!"

"So, what about the comrades who made holes underneath?"

"It's better to have a little light in the hole!"

"What's this method? Is it thankless?" I asked his opinion further.

"No, this ditch is good for ditch, and the fort is good!"

The soldiers have the richest ideas. I think the six words "ditch is against ditch, and the fort is against castle" can explain the problem very accurately. The enemy said shamelessly a few days ago, "With the fortifications in Shijiazhuang, the national army can sit for three years." However, after our army captured Shijiazhuang, a captured enemy regiment commander said: "At dusk the day before, I saw that the position was covered with plains a few miles away. After dawn the next day, many of your bunkers approached us, and there were traffic trenches everywhere, so our confidence in defense was lost.

From Baobei to Shijiazhuang

In the autumn of 1947, the national revolutionary situation was unprecedentedly high, and our army began a strategic offensive on various battlefields. Our Jinchaji Field Army also won two consecutive victories in Qingfengdian and Shijiazhuang, completely annihilated more than 60,000 officers and soldiers below the Third Army of the Kuomintang, and liberated the Shi

jiazhuang, which has modern industry, through tough battles.

In the north of Gaolinying Village, the Eighth Brigade of our third column has been fighting with the enemy for four days and four nights. Between the enemy and us, fortifications are next to the fortifications, and sentries are facing the sentries. The enemy was defeated after attacking many times, and at night, the tortoise retreated and attacked again at dawn.

This time, this is the second time this year to come to Baobei to open up a new battlefield. According to Noji's plan, he originally used the tactic of besieging the city and fighting aid. The Second Column and a regiment from our Eighth Brigade attacked Xushui and mobilized the enemy to help them in order to completely wipe out the enemy. Four days ago, enemy reinforcements arrived, with a total of five divisions. The 23rd Regiment of our Eighth Brigade built fortifications on railways and highways to block the enemy's way to support Xushui in the south. The enemy's troops are so strong that it cannot attack us, and we cannot eat it, and the battle has formed a "top cow".

Fighting a beautiful annihilation war has long become the common thought of our Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei troops. Since the news of the successful East China Field Army killing six enemy brigades in northern Jiangsu last year, most of the brothers field army won the victory, and the news of the victory flew like snowflakes. We fought a lot of wars, but we didn’t have many enemies to wipe out the entire division and brigade. It doesn’t matter if one or two battles are not fought well. Over time, everyone will inevitably become impatient.

In the spring of this year, the military region held a meeting in Anguo to inspect all work before and after the withdrawal of Zhangjiakou . At the meeting, the comrades talked to each other: Our Jinchaji is not smaller than others, and the masses are not enthusiastic about revolution. The problem seems quite complicated at first glance, but if you make a clue, you will analyze it, it turns out that we do not learn enough of Chairman Mao’s thoughts and do not understand them deeply.

If we don’t talk about other aspects, our military cadres are not so clear about Chairman Mao’s military thoughts. After the meeting, learning Chairman Mao’s military thoughts was taken seriously by everyone. The Odoji Department specially issued the “Issue of Concentrating Forces” and “Concentrating superior forces and annihilation of enemies” written by Chairman Mao, as a mirror for everyone.

Chairman Mao mentioned as early as 1936 that concentrating troops seems easy, but implementing them is quite difficult. Everyone knows that the best way is to win by more than one is the best way, but many people cannot do it. On the contrary, they often disperse their troops. The reason is that the instructors lack strategic minds, are confused by the complex environment, and are therefore dominated by the environment... We are all senior commanders of the army that the Party has trained for many years. Although no one among us advocates not concentrating troops every battle, in fact, the concentrating troops is often ignored for various reasons.

This passage that Chairman Mao said as early as 1936 is in line with our current situation! The military region and the field department leader asked us to study Chairman Mao’s military thoughts in depth, and specially issued these two documents, which was so profound!

At this moment, Comrade Liu Shaoqi, Commander-in-Chief Zhu and Central Working Committee came to our base Fuping . With the specific help of Comrade Liu Shaoqi, the branch leaders led by Comrade Nie Rongzhen were further strengthened, unified their thoughts and enhanced unity; the land reform was thoroughly implemented, and the mass support war was fully mobilized; and the combat policies of Chairman Mao and the Central Military Commission were vividly conveyed and implemented to us. Soon, under their personal guidance, and in accordance with the instructions of the Central Military Commission and Chairman Mao, we first launched an attack on the weak links of the enemy. First, the Zhengtai Battle was fought, and the enemy's regular army was eliminated, the informal army, the Japanese security brigade and local armed forces were liberated. The seven counties, including Zhengding , Liangcheng, Jinglong, Yuxian , Dingxiang , , , pacifying , Shouyang , and shouyang , and completely trapped the Kuomintang Third Army stationed in Shijiazhuang to be independent. Then the Baonan Battle and the Qingcang Battle were launched, and many victories were achieved.Since our army began to advance and retreat in accordance with Chairman Mao's instructions, "If you hit yours, I will hit mine; first hit the weak, then hit the strong" combat policy, the enemy's garrison power in our area was consumed, and we began to take the initiative.

However, on the road to learning Chairman Mao’s thoughts, we have also encountered setbacks.

In early September, our army launched a campaign attack on Hebei, Daqing. On a dark night, our third column attacked in the northern section of the Pinghan Line and attacked Moshui according to Yeshi's instructions. The leader of the Nostalm imagined that our actions would confuse and mobilize the enemies in Hebei of the Qing Dynasty, so that the second and fourth columns would attack the enemies who remained in Hebei of the Qing Dynasty and annihilate them. After the battle started, according to the information, the 43rd Division of the 94th Army, which was originally in the Qing , Hebei urgently dispatched Gaobeidian , and the 22nd Division and the 109th Division of the 16th Army also looked like support. The 94th Division of the 16th Army and two security corps were left in Hebei of the Qing Dynasty. This was really an opportunity to fight an annihilation war. Noji immediately ordered the second and fourth columns to cross the river and encircle the enemy.

That day, it was raining heavily, and the soldiers' guns were covered with mud, and the traffic trenches were filled with rain. However, the comrades from the Second and Fourth Columns rushed forward and bravely broke through the enemy's base several times, but they could not completely eliminate the enemy. In the fierce battle, the situation became clearer, and the enemy was much more than expected. In this battle, because we were eager to win, we did not understand the situation before the war and were not concentrated enough in the use of troops, which led to a wasteful battle.

In mid-September, Northeast Field Army launched a powerful offensive. North China enemy successively dispatched three divisions to reinforce. In order to cooperate with the Northeast friendly forces in combat and find an opportunity to annihilate the enemy, our army once again launched an operation to protect the north, but it was holding back the enemy.

This attack is completely correct in choosing the direction of the battle. It is obvious that the enemies we are facing have learned well and cautiously as the Kuomintang troops are constantly being eaten by the division and brigade across the country. As the saying goes, the devil is one foot taller, and the Tao is one foot taller. Our army should be smarter than the enemy, because we are armed with Chairman Mao’s thoughts. How to break this confrontation state? It seems that everyone is trying to make a lot of effort on this issue. For a few days, whenever our army attacked Xushui tightly, the enemy in the north would attack happily, as if the enemy was a puppet, and one end of the line was tied to Beiping . Whenever the enemy was about to be subjected to an annihilation blow, Beiping took him back. I often exchange views with the political commissar Comrade Hu Yaobang, feeling that although our current situation is unfavorable, there are still fortifications to exploit, which will cause a lot of damage to the attacking enemy. We were tired, just one Eighth Brigade, and there were two brigades not moving; from the perspective of the entire army, Yeshi still controlled the two columns and did not enter the battle. And the enemy is not more comfortable than us, and the enemy is probably thinking of a solution at this time. We must take the enemy's next move and act again.

To the fifth night, an unexpected situation came, and the comrades from the combat office sent us an emergency telegram. In the telegram, Noji told us: Luo Lirong from Shijiazhuang personally led the main force of the three armies out, had already crossed the Putuo River, and was continuing northward, preparing to launch a north-south attack on me. The leader of the Field Department was determined to seize the fighter plane and transferred all the fourth columns, two brigades of the second columns, and two brigades of our columns... immediately set off from the base, bypassed Baoding , and walked more than 100 miles in one night. He arrived at Wangdu Fangshun Bridge in the morning tomorrow, and then encircled the enemy. In a word, no matter how difficult it is, we must concentrate our forces to fight an annihilation war. After putting down the telegram, I conveyed the decision of the leader of the Noji to the brigade, and then sat down and couldn't help but think: This time, Noji's heart was really cruel. I counted the troops left in Baobei to block the attack, all of which were on the positions and the enemy's troops who had been on the positions for several days. This time, Noji cast his absolute superior force to annihilate Luo Lirong's battlefield. Luo Lirong's fate seems to be destined.

Noji's determination spread rapidly in the army. "We must fight a great annihilation war" and "everything to annihilate Luo Lirong" have become the center of everything. The political work suddenly became much better. What a stubborn comrade and what a naughty soldier. When he heard that the task he was asked to perform was to fight an annihilation war, he immediately went to do it without saying a word.

In addition to the Eighth Brigade of our Column in Baobei, there are also the Fifth Brigade of the Second Column and the Seventh Brigade of the Hebei Central Military Region . Since the enemy of the Fifth Division has been concentrated in front of us, there are many difficulties in front of us, but this time is very different from the previous few days. Our blocking of aid has a new meaning, and is to fight an annihilation war. The enemy attacked fiercely from the beginning, and all aircraft, tanks, and armored vehicles were put into battle. We adopted a mobile defense method and fought in Xushuibei for two more days. On the third day, we came to Shigezhuang to continue to block the enemy.

It was almost noon. After a rushing ringtone, the staff officer handed the headphones in my hand. Comrade Song Yulin, the commander of the 8th Brigade, told me: In front of their positions, hundreds of cars were arranged in a line, the motor was starting, and the soldiers were filled with enemies...

As soon as I put down the phone, I immediately came to the edge of the village and looked northeast. As he reported, a long row of trucks with countless loads of stood full of Kuomintang soldiers. In front of them, several regiments of the enemy launched a fierce attack under the cover of tanks. From a distance, the sound of the car's motors, the sound of machine guns, and the explosion of shells made the air tremble. In the telescope, I saw the heavy machine gun on the car behind the butt of the enemy soldier who was charging, shooting towards the enemy who was falling behind.

What tactic is this? The enemy does not hesitate to his own soldiers' lives, what do you want to seize? The enemy has lost his mind, as if he has lost in a casino, and finally he has to take off his pants to save his life. The enemy thought this would open the gap, and the car could immediately run along the highway to support the south. It seems that in Qingfeng Shop, Luo Lirong has been burned with eyebrows!

I turned around and told the staff officer and immediately told Brigade Commander Song Yulin that the victory of Qingfeng Shop is our victory! I have to guard the road even if I shoot one person and one shot. Report it immediately after new situations. I deeply understand that if we can't stop it, the entire victory will be gone at the last moment. We only have one belief in our hearts, and we must ensure that the determination of the leader of the Field Army will be realized at any cost!

On October 22, a happy news came. Luo Lirong's military headquarters, the 7th Division and the 66th Regiment of the 16th Army had all been wiped out!

The victory of Qingfengdian was the first beautiful battle that our Jin-Cha-Hebei Field Army fought after carefully studying Chairman Mao's military thoughts. On the third day after the battle, the Field Army Frontline Committee held an enlarged meeting with cadres above the brigade. According to the instructions of Military Commission and the military region, the combat plan and combat preparations were studied in response to the enemy situation in Shijiazhuang.

Shijiazhuang is a city with strong defense, a strategic location in North China, a hub for connecting Taiyuan and Baoding, and is the center of the enemy's attack on our liberated areas Hizhong, southern Hebei, Shanxi, and Taihang Hihang . Since the Battle of Baonan and Zhengtai in the spring, our army has completely cut off the land connection between Shijiazhuang and Baoding and Taiyuan, becoming a land island in the hinterland of our liberated area. Now, after the main force of the Third Army stationed in Shijiazhuang was annihilated, as Chairman Mao directed: "Conservation and seizing the local area are the result of annihilation of the enemy's living forces." The conditions for our army to attack Shijiazhuang have ripe.

At that time, our army's equipment had not completely escaped from the "Xiaomi plus rifle". There are only a dozen field artillery pieces in the district, and several of them are often hospitalized, and each column has only one artillery battalion. The equipment was relatively backward and there was no mature experience in implementing tough battles. Under such circumstances, we had to attack Shijiazhuang, which had two city ditches and core fortifications, and wiped out more than 20,000 defending enemies. Can it be done? At the meeting, some comrades cited an example of Datong in 1945, and felt that they had just fought an annihilation battle and were hit by hard nails. If it was not good, the following battle would be difficult to fight.

But more comrades think that since the Central Military Commission calls for beating, there must be a reason to be fighting. Although the fortifications in Shijiazhuang are solid, with more than 20,000 defending enemies, after its main force was annihilated, the army was shaken; and since our army fought the Battle of the Shota in the spring of this spring, the morale has been rising, and few people even complained when they were protecting the North Ding Niu.If we formulate a safe combat plan based on Chairman Mao’s military principles and make full preparations before the war, the difficulties of attacking Shijiazhuang can be completely overcome...

Commander-in-Chief Zhu stood up and spoke. According to the spirit of the Central Military Commission, he told us that in the face of Communist Party members, there is a way to do it when there are difficulties. No one has much experience in fighting the tough, but three cobblers are the ones who are Zhuge Liang . We can do military democracy ! Everyone used to fight bravely, but they also had to talk about technology. Only by being brave and without technology can they not get through the gap, and even deaths will be done! Only by "brave and technology" can we enter Shijiazhuang. In addition, he also talked about strengthening the Party’s leadership during the war, carefully planning, and doing a good job in entering the city.

The head of Noji studied Commander-in-Chief Zhu's instructions and everyone's opinions, and a positive and stable combat plan emerged. At that time, the entire area of ​​the field army and the majority of the local independent brigade were concentrated, and they were preparing to attack the city while also preparing to attack the aid.

We used our third and fourth columns and the Hebei-central and Hebei-Shenzhen Military Region troops to attack Shijiazhuang, and the Second Column and the Independent Ninth Brigade, the Third and Ninth Military Sub-district troops gathered in the north and south areas of Dingxian County to wait for the enemy reinforcements. If the enemy reinforcements came, the Yeshi would first pull our third column and fourth column from the periphery of Shijiazhuang to the north and the second column originally in Ding County to encircle and annihilate the enemy, and then turn around and attack Shijiazhuang. In short, the Occupy Department made up its mind to concentrate its troops and firepower, and be fully prepared to capture Shijiazhuang.

Commander-in-Chief Zhu's call, Noji's determination and deployment have inspired the entire army and enhanced their confidence in attacking and fighting. As soon as the meeting was over, the entire army launched a mass movement to find ways to raise difficulties. Over the past few days, the notice from Noji introduced the good solutions proposed by the brother columns and various suggestions put forward by the cadres and soldiers of various brigades and regiments. The comrades in the engineering battalion were even more busy, holding meetings at night and conducting experiments during the day.

A few days later, everyone has less and less difficulties, and replaced by new measures of various tactical technical.

One night, the north wind whistled, and a few advisers and I walked towards a flat field where crops were harvested. The night was surprisingly quiet, and I listened carefully, and gradually heard an extremely low voice. A traffic trench more than half a person deep appeared in front of us. Black figures were bent over and shoveling up the soil with shovels. I know that the enemy's ground work is being practiced here. This is an important measure proposed by a soldier and approved by the column to attack Shijiazhuang through open land.

The instructor of this company told me that the local work starts after dark and can be completed without waiting for dawn. One of them was responsible for the task of digging nearly 100 meters of traffic trench. At the beginning, each person dug his own lying bunker, then dug a kneeling bunker, and then connected the bunkers everyone dug into trenches. Everything was in accordance with actual combat requirements.

I noticed this when I came just now. No one lit the fire and smoked, no one whispered to the low-key cough, no one made a sound! I walked forward along the traffic trench and came to the outer edge of the "enemy" ditch. Here, there is a horizontal ditch parallel to the enemy's city ditch. I jumped into the trench and checked it and asked the warrior beside me: "What's the difficulty of digging in the dark?"

"Hey..." He smiled and said, "We have a pair of night eyes and a pair of ears. The darker the sky, the less the enemy can find it!"

"So, what about the comrades who made holes underneath?"

"It's better to have a little light in the hole!"

"What's this method? Is it thankless?" I asked his opinion further.

"No, this ditch is good for ditch, and the fort is good!"

The soldiers have the richest ideas. I think the six words "ditch is against ditch, and the fort is against castle" can explain the problem very accurately. The enemy said shamelessly a few days ago, "With the fortifications in Shijiazhuang, the national army can sit for three years." However, after our army captured Shijiazhuang, a captured enemy regiment commander said: "At dusk the day before, I saw that the position was covered with plains a few miles away. After dawn the next day, many of your bunkers approached us, and there were traffic trenches everywhere, so our confidence in defense was lost."

However, the regiment commander only saw one surface, and he had not seen the ditches dug out from the ditches, close to the outer edge of the ditches, full of yellow explosives. Our army had to pass three tactical and technical levels to attack Shijiazhuang. The first level was how to pass through the open land. This was solved by the method of "ditch to ditch, fort to fort". The second level was how to pass through the ditches. According to the explanation of the captives of the Kuomintang Third Army captured by Qingfengdian Battle and our on-site reconnaissance, the outer ditches in Shijiazhuang are two feet deep and five feet wide. There are barbed wire mesh and minefields on the outer edge of the trench. There are high trench blocks built in the trench, more than 1,000 trench blocks and power grids. Although the inner trench in the trench is shallower than the outer trench, there are pointed wooden piles in the trench. There are barbed wire mesh, hanging thunder and lubi outside the trench. There are denser bunkers and various obstacles in the trench that are more dense than the outer trench blocks to form a solid position. Using the method of "ditch to ditch, fort to fort", you can not only safely pass through the open area and stand foot outside the trench, but also the trench can be used as a foothold, digging a large hole in a hidden diagonally downward, and the hole is filled with explosives. When attacking, use the large blast to throw the soil away. Toward the enemy, a slope and a gap were formed so that our army could suddenly launch an attack and break into the city ditch.

The comrades of the Engineering Battalion used the blockade ditch left by the Japanese devils to repair it in the shape of the Shijiazhuang city ditch and dug the medicine room. The preparations for the test explosion were completed. On this day, the wind was sunny and it was a rare good weather in early winter. After listening to the introduction of the comrades of the Engineering Battalion, we and the comrades from each brigade retreated to the distance and waited.

said, and saw a yellow fog emerging from the ground, roaring in shock In the middle, it quickly increased and spread. It seems that this explosion is indeed very powerful.

We walked forward and couldn't help but be amazed that it was a scientific thing. The blasting effect was really ideal. The second level of the attack on Shijiazhuang was solved!

The last level of the three levels is how to conduct street fighting. In response to this difficulty, the method proposed is to widely use sub-categories to blast, open up the courtyard wall, and avoid the enemy's firepower points, so as to implement interspersed division of the enemy.

is getting closer and closer to the attack on Shijiazhuang, and all brigades and regiments have already Focusing on your own goals, and making full preparations according to your own tasks. This preparation for the target is the first time since the Liberation War. This situation is clear and ready to be implemented, and it is more certain to fight.

is about to start operations. The scouts brought new information, and the enemies in Shijiazhuang are even more anxious and strengthening the fortifications day and night. In Shijiazhuang City, news spread everywhere that the People's Liberation Army was about to enter the city. After the battle in Qingfengdian, more than 900 prisoners who were intentionally released were talked about the process of being captured and said that they The captured was not because of his fear of death, but because the People's Liberation Army was too strong and fought too hard...

At this time, the party, government, military and civilians in the border areas also rose up and enthusiastically supported the preparations for the liberation of Shijiazhuang. Thousands of militia and migrant workers, large trucks for transporting food and ammunition, gathered from Shijiazhuang area from all directions. In just over a dozen days, there were more than 11,000 migrant workers, more than 82,000 stretchers, more than 4,000 large trucks, and more than 10,000 livestock. They transported more than 80,000 artillery shells to the troops. 1.5 million rounds of various guns and bullets, 60,000 kilograms of explosives, and more than 240,000 kilograms of main and secondary food. Local government officials also took the lead in launching a campaign to comfort and condolence the troops. Wherever the troops were stationed, the masses would gongs and drums, lit up lights, sweep the streets and let the houses send pigs and sheep.

At dawn on November 6, the first shot to attack Shijiazhuang was fired. The Fourth Column came from the northeast, and our Third Column started a diagonal attack on the enemy from southwest . The troops of the Hebei-Central and Hebei-Shenzhen Military Region also launched an attack from the southeast and northwest. According to the plan of the Yeshi We first captured the four suburbs, relied on the village to transform the terrain, stretched the traffic trench from the ground, built attack positions, and then peeled layer by layer, broke through two ditches in succession, launched street fighting, inserted core fortifications, and finally wiped out the enemy. The development of the battle has been very smooth. On the night of the nine days, our traffic trench had reached the outer edge of the inner ditches. At 4:00 on the 10th, the west sky was red, the setting sun was crumbling, and our army bombarded the enemy at the same time. Suddenly, a muffled thunder rose up and the big blast was successful. Our army rushed in like a tide.I stood on the hill and looked at Shijiazhuang, and I saw smoke and dust rolling, and the sound of guns and cannons kept ringing like a mountain torrent. It was late at night, and the staff came to tell me: After receiving a report from the Eighth Brigade, an enemy regiment counterattack had been eliminated.

On the 12th, the core fortifications of the enemy's last line of defense collapsed under the attack of the third and fourth columns of our army. He dragged out from under the bed the highest commander of the enemy Shijiazhuang and commander of the 32nd Division Liu Ying . At this point, our army successfully liberated Shijiazhuang, known as "solid fortification and permanent construction of a city". From then on, the two major strategic areas of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan, and Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei were completely connected. The great victory of Qingfengdian and Shijiazhuang was achieved by our Jin-Cha-Hebei Field Army that began to seriously study Chairman Mao’s thoughts and military principles and used them to guide our actual combat. In the early stages of the Liberation War, due to our ineffective learning and application of Chairman Mao’s military thoughts, we will not be able to completely get rid of the passive situation for a long period of time. The two different situations of paying attention to Chairman Mao’s thought objectively gave two war pictures with very different results, giving us a vivid lesson. Facts tell us: under the new historical conditions, what we were familiar with became what we were unfamiliar with. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, we learned to fight guerrilla, and at that time, the scattered guerrilla warfare was the main one; but at the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, guerrilla warfare had gradually developed towards mobile warfare.

Our enemies and combat targets have changed from Japanese imperialist invading troops and puppet troops to Chiang Kai-shek The regular army and local troops of the Kuomintang. This requires us to use Chairman Mao’s military thoughts to implement transformation, defeat new enemies, and solve new problems. It becomes very urgent and necessary to seriously study Chairman Mao’s military thoughts. Now, it has been a long time since we stopped fighting, but we have always lived in a world where imperialism still exists, and there is always the possibility of a new war breaking out. At this moment, how practical it is to remember the past experiences and lessons! The history of the Chinese revolution tells us that our own personal experience also tells us that learning and applying Chairman Mao’s thoughts, especially Chairman Mao’s military thoughts, will lead to victory in war and battle, and will lead to setbacks and failures.

I stood on the hill and looked at Shijiazhuang, and I saw smoke and dust rolling, and the sound of guns and cannons kept ringing like a mountain torrent. It was late at night, and the staff came to tell me: After receiving a report from the Eighth Brigade, an enemy regiment counterattack had been eliminated.

On the 12th, the core fortifications of the enemy's last line of defense collapsed under the attack of the third and fourth columns of our army. He dragged out from under the bed the highest commander of the enemy Shijiazhuang and commander of the 32nd Division Liu Ying . At this point, our army successfully liberated Shijiazhuang, known as "solid fortification and permanent construction of a city". From then on, the two major strategic areas of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan, and Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei were completely connected. The great victory of Qingfengdian and Shijiazhuang was achieved by our Jin-Cha-Hebei Field Army that began to seriously study Chairman Mao’s thoughts and military principles and used them to guide our actual combat. In the early stages of the Liberation War, due to our ineffective learning and application of Chairman Mao’s military thoughts, we will not be able to completely get rid of the passive situation for a long period of time. The two different situations of paying attention to Chairman Mao’s thought objectively gave two war pictures with very different results, giving us a vivid lesson. Facts tell us: under the new historical conditions, what we were familiar with became what we were unfamiliar with. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, we learned to fight guerrilla, and at that time, the scattered guerrilla warfare was the main one; but at the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, guerrilla warfare had gradually developed towards mobile warfare.

Our enemies and combat targets have changed from Japanese imperialist invading troops and puppet troops to Chiang Kai-shek The regular army and local troops of the Kuomintang. This requires us to use Chairman Mao’s military thoughts to implement transformation, defeat new enemies, and solve new problems. It becomes very urgent and necessary to seriously study Chairman Mao’s military thoughts. Now, it has been a long time since we stopped fighting, but we have always lived in a world where imperialism still exists, and there is always the possibility of a new war breaking out. At this moment, how practical it is to remember the past experiences and lessons! The history of the Chinese revolution tells us that our own personal experience also tells us that learning and applying Chairman Mao’s thoughts, especially Chairman Mao’s military thoughts, will lead to victory in war and battle, and will lead to setbacks and failures.