Xu has always been fearless in the battle, and Jiaodong's insider has broken through. Why so indecisive?

On August 6th, 1947, Xu led the ninth column into Jiaodong. After midnight, dark clouds were gathering and thunder was loud. In a blink of an eye, a torrential rain like a mountain torrent fell from the sky.

Nie sent someone to ask Xu for instructions. The troops have difficulty walking. Let's take a rest for a while and wait until after the rainstorm.

With a cold face, Xu wiped a handful of water drops on his face and said without a doubt, "If it rains, then we won't March? If you want to grab time with the enemy, you have to go under the knife! "

The team marched forward step by step on the muddy path, sweating in the rain, and the comrades were soaked through. The rain blocked the view, and everyone wiped the water on their faces as they walked.

Tan Zhenlin led the newly formed corps cadres, set out from Linqu and marched into Jiaodong in heavy rain. The next day, they came to Shaheji, Ye County, the resident of East China Bureau, to attend the meeting of East China Bureau. After the meeting, Tan Zhenlin marched into Jiaodong with the second and seventh columns. Keep in touch with Xu by radio on the way and exchange information with each other.

A few days later, Xu led his troops into Jiaodong and joined the newly established Thirteen Columns. At this time, there were fires everywhere in Jiaodong, and the Kuomintang army and the "returning home group" burned and looted all the way. Wherever they went, it was a mess. One day, Xu led his troops to a village in Yexian County. The village was full of flames and smoke, and the houses of ordinary people were reduced to ashes in the fire. Xu Youshi heard heartbreaking cries in the fire and ordered the troops to rush into the village to save people. An old man told Xu that when the Kuomintang army and the "returning home group" entered the village, they either buried the people who sent letters, worked for the Eighth Route Army and expressed their support alive, or cut their bellies open, cut their swords and cut off their limbs, which was extremely cruel.

Xu Youshi gritted his teeth, brimming with anger and said, "Grandpa, the more people the enemy kills, the faster it will perish. I will always swear to you that I will destroy all the enemies in Jiaodong within two or three years. " He firmly said to Li Yingxi's chief of staff around him: "The urgent task is to fight a battle to shake Fan Weixin to inspire the military and the people."

At this time, the underground traffic policemen sent an intelligence report, and Fan had dispatched six divisions to attack Pingdu, Changyi, Laiyang, Zhaoyuan and Yantai from Qingdao, Gaomi, Zhuyang and wei county respectively. After reading the information, Xu Youshi asked the underground traffic police, "What else?"

The traffic police report: "It is said that three days ago, Chiang Kai-shek personally went to Qingdao to give Fan an opportunity to ask Fan to destroy the Shandong People's Liberation Army, occupy the coastal front lines of Yantai and Weihai within one month, cut off the connection between Shandong and the northeast sea, and destroy the rear base of the East China Field Army in Shandong."

After the traffic police left, Xu stared at the map and said to himself, "Fan is really cruel. He wants to use comb tactics to drive us to the sea to feed turtle fish. His appetite is really big. "

Jiaodong is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and its hinterland is mountainous and trumpet-shaped. The enemy occupied the main road of traffic, and our army had little room for manoeuvre. In particular, Fan pushed from the west to Dongping, and the east, south and north directions were the sea. The Eastern Corps can only fight back, which is bound to be full of difficulties and there is no retreat.

Zhang Yixin, who stood by, wanted to avenge the people, so he suggested to Xu: "I think we should fight a big annihilation war first and give Fan a duel."

Xu Youshi waved and said, "nonsense! Experience tells us that we can fight whatever we have. The enemy is many times bigger than me and has excellent weapons. Fan is very powerful and is in the most rampant period. We have come from afar, with insufficient troops and weapons, and there is no basis for a big annihilation war. " According to your method, instead of beating Fan, we will be driven to the sea by him to feed the turtles. "

The atmosphere in the headquarters is tense and everyone's heart is as heavy as a piece of lead. Li Yingxi said to Xu: "The battle between Nanma and Linqu has just ended, and many troops have not had time to add casualties, but they will fight soon. What should we do? " He thought about it and put forward his own opinion: "Should we send one or two columns to stop, cover most of the troops to rest, replenish their troops and ammunition, and then deal with Fan?"

Xu You nodded approvingly and said, "Yes, we should avoid the enemy's edge in the first battle. First, it is convenient for us to "replenish blood" and enrich the troops; The second is to observe Fan's tactics and combat effectiveness. Find out their flaws, thus hitting his arrogance. "

Headquarters staff office after the meeting, decided by Zhou Zhijian thirteen columns as snipers, cover the situation education of large forces, rectify the organization, supplement troops.

Xu informed Tan Zhenlin of the first battle plan, and Tan Zhenlin quite agreed with this plan, and set up the "Southern Command" in the second column to command the second and seventh columns, and cooperated with the thirteenth column to move in the direction of Zhucheng.

Zhou Zhijian was an old comrade who joined the Red Army in 1930. He is the brigade commander of the thirteenth brigade of the fifth division of the New Fourth Army. He commanded famous battles such as Xinjie, Xiaogan, Pingba, Shorty Mountain and Yin Ji, and was an iron fist in Li Xiannian's hands. 1June, 946, the Central Plains broke through and Zhou Zhijian came to East China. After the Battle of South Malaysia, in August of 1947 and 17, the East China Field Army and the 5th, 6th and 7th Divisions of the Jiaodong Military Region formed the 13th column, with Zhou Zhijian as the commander of the 13th column.

Xu pointed to the map and advised, "Comrade, your troops stay here to create momentum and confuse the enemy. We should win more small victories and accumulate them into great victories. Do you understand? "

Zhou Zhijian nodded and replied, "I see!"

Zhou Zhijian returned to Yexian Column Command, and immediately called thirty-seven divisions Gurry, thirty-eight divisions Zhang Huaizhong and thirty-nine divisions Xu Tishan to hold an operational meeting. After the meeting, the three divisions quickly went into battle. Zhou Zhijian personally commanded the 39th Division, the Secret Service Corps of Jiaodong Military Region, the Independent Regiment of Nanhai Military Region and the Independent Camp of Pingdu, and launched a sniper attack in the area four miles east of Pingdu. At 6: 438 am on September 6, Huang swaggered here with the reorganized 25th Division. Suddenly, there was a mine explosion, followed by a deafening explosion, which made the originally silent earthquake tremble, and the explosions of several villages such as Ligezhuang, Shagezhuang and Hejialou became one. All twenty-five divisions of Huang entered the minefield set by thirteen columns. The mine exploded for three or four hours in a row, reorganizing the remnants of the 25 th division. The 39th Division of the 13th Column took advantage of the enemy's panic and pursued it. Huang fought to the death, but he was unable to save the defeat. He had to leave the wounded soldiers behind and lead his troops to escape.

When Fan got the news, he immediately made a judgment. Xu's main force was in the east of Pingdu, and he quickly adjusted his deployment. He ordered Kan Hanqian to reorganize the 54th Division and assist the 25 th Division of Huang BGF to attack Pingdu. Wang Lingyun adapted the ninth division from wei county to Pingdu, and Huang Guoliang adapted the sixty-fourth division to follow the twenty-fifth and fifty-fourth divisions as the reserve team.

Four divisions of the Kuomintang army came to Xiaopingdu area at once, and the people were robbed of every grain left. After receiving this report, Xu suddenly covered his face with dark clouds. At this time, the enemy was arrogant and decided to avoid the enemy, and ordered the 39 th Division of the 13 th Column to withdraw from Pingdu in a planned way.

Zhou Zhijian was ordered to conceal the purpose of his retreat in case the enemy bit him. Order the 39th Division to retreat. On the morning of September 7th, at 10, the 25th Division of Huang BGF and the 54th Division of Quehanqian BGF took turns to attack Ligezhuang, Shagezhuang and Hejialou near pingdu city. At that time, smoke filled the air, and the two sides fought each other. Wang Lingyun's reorganization 9th Division also took the opportunity to attack the 39th Division from Pingdu West to the rear of Mencun. At this point, the 39th Division has been surrounded by heavy troops. The 39th Division, led by its teacher Xu Tishan, quickly moved to Jingshan and Pingtao, north of Pingdu. The next day, it quickly moved to the ditch head between Pingdu and Laiyang to hide. At dawn on September 8, Huang and Kan Hanqian's troops closed their eyes on Jingshan and Flat Peach, like a defeated rooster, dejected and despondent.

On the occasion of the fierce battle between the 13th vertical 39th Division and Huang and Que Hanqian, the 13th vertical 38th Division joined the 8th Division in Fenghuang Mountain in the south of Yexian County. Li Mi sat on an American jeep to bid. From time to time, he took a telescope and organized two regiments to charge Phoenix Mountain. The two regiments were beaten down in less than half an hour. The next day, Li Mi organized two so-called "tiger camps" at all costs, and under the cover of 300 cannons, they charged the Phoenix Mountain alternately. Fierce artillery fire blew the soil in the position of the 38 th Division into the sky, falling like hail. Bury the officers and men of the 38th Division in the deep soil. Two hours after the enemy shelled, they thought that the PLA had been completely destroyed by gunfire. The two "tiger camps" thought victory was in sight and ran to the mountain with their guns on their backs. Unexpectedly, when they were approaching the top of the mountain, hundreds of people's liberation army suddenly emerged from the soil and shot at them with guns. The two "tiger camps" were caught off guard, turned around and left, and suffered a crushing defeat. The 38th Division fought hard in Fenghuang Mountain for seven days and moved to Fenzi Mountain in the west of Yexian County.

Tan Zhenlin seized the opportunity to organize troops to attack with the cooperation of the first 13 column. On September 6th, Fan instructed the BGF 64th Division to attack Zhucheng. Tan Zhenlin took a preemptive strike, ordered the local troops occupying Zhucheng to retreat outside the city, and reorganized the 64th Division into Zhucheng without firing a shot, causing serious paralysis and underestimating the enemy. They didn't even send sentries to guard the city. That night, Tan Zhenlin ordered seven vertical siege, occupy the city at dawn, and annihilate and reorganize the 156 brigade of the sixty-fourth division.

When Zhucheng lost a brigade, Fan flew into a rage and ordered the reorganization of the 131 brigade of the sixty-fourth division to reinforce quickly. Tan Zhenlin's analysis of the overall situation is not conducive to our adherence to one city and one place, and Zhucheng should not be kept for a long time, so he ordered the seventh column to quietly withdraw from Zhucheng 1 1 on the morning of September 30th.

Fan is the first graduate of Whampoa Military Academy and studied in Germany for two years. He has served as chief of staff, brigade commander, division commander and army commander. He has certain practical experience and tactical mind. After he occupied Pingdu and Yexian, he accepted the lesson of being defeated by skirmishers, kept his anger in his chest and adjusted his deployment again. Four elite divisions tied for the front echelon to open the way, followed by two divisions. Tactically, he took a slow and steady approach. And he has repeatedly taken care of the four divisions of the advancing echelon, not to continue fighting and not to be lost by the * * * army.

After Fan occupied Pingdu and Yexian, he also occupied 15 counties including Zhaoyuan, Jiaoxian, Gaomi, Changyi and Laiyang. Wherever the Kuomintang army and the "returning home group" went, they killed the people with knives, flooded them, scalded them with boiling water, hanged them, buried them alive, and cut open their bellies to dig their hearts. Many villages became "uninhabited villages". They killed more than 5000 people in Laiyang city once.

Xu has been keeping a close eye on Fan's atrocities.

Liu, director of the office, said to Xu: "Commander Nie called and asked for a counterattack. They are fed up with the atrocities of the enemy. "

Xu didn't speak, he understood Nie's mood, because the ninth column was basically Jiaodong children, with a layer of military and civilian feelings, plus a layer of feelings in his bones. This time, the Fan Hanjie Legion slaughtered the people of Jiaodong crazily. How can they not be angry when they witness the villagers and their relatives being killed innocently by the enemy's butcher knife? Why don't you want to avenge them? The Ninth Column lost more than 8,000 people in the battles of South Malaysia and Lin Xiong. After half a month's rest, it has basically recovered its vitality. Xu thought that the ninth column could join the corps against Fan.

At this time, Zhang, the staff officer of the staff office, reported that the eighth division of Fan Bingtuan was separated from the ninth division. The whole Ninth Division is in Zhaoyuan, the whole Eighth Division is attacking Daotou from Yexian County, and the whole Eighth Division 166 Brigade has occupied Daotou.

"That's settled!" Xu loudly said to the Chief of Staff, "The 166 brigade at Daotou has become an enemy fighting alone. Call Nie Fengzhi quickly and ask General Manager Jiu to fight back immediately. Be sure to play well! " In addition, tell Zhou Zhijian to send a division to cooperate with the ninth battalion to stop the enemy ninth division at the south end of Zhaoyuan Road! "

After three days without fighting, Nie Fengzhi's hands were itchy and he jumped with excitement. He sent people to scout the terrain, and at the same time called a battle meeting to study and deploy the battle plan of the counter-offensive leader. When the soldiers heard that they were going to fight back on the road, they said happily, "As soon as the road opens, the enemy's attack will be over, and our retreat will be over."

On September 18, the battle of Daotou started. That night 12, Nie commanded the ninth column to storm Daotou, and at dawn, the 166 brigade occupying Daotou was wiped out. Command thirteen columns to stop the reinforcements of Fan's ninth division and annihilate more than 1,300 people. Destroying an enemy brigade is a modest victory, and it is a blow to Fan when it is extremely difficult for Xu to command the Eastern Corps.

When the good news reached northern Shaanxi, Mao Zedong sent a telegram instructing: "One of you will stop the enemy in Jiaodong, and the main force will be outside, waiting to annihilate the enemy. As long as you win one or two battles, the enemy will not dare to go deep into Jiaodong, and at least part of Jiaodong can be saved. "

After reading the telegram, Xu Youshi said to Li Yingxi, "Chairman Mao's telegram is a timely rain for the Shandong battlefield. He wants us to divide our troops into two ways, one is to stick to the inside line, the other is to highlight the outside line and set a good example by combining inside and outside. What do you think of dividing the troops? "

Li Yingxi thought for a moment, said the idea of attacking outside, and got Xu's approval. That night, they informed Tan Zhenlin of the action plan. Tan Zhenlin agreed to reply, put forward to leave the local armed forces inside, and most of the main force suddenly went outside. The organs of the East China Bureau and the rear hospitals were also evacuated to the periphery.

An hour before the breakthrough, Xu was alone in meditation under the big tree at the gate of the headquarters. He believes that the local troops staying in the interior lines are few in number and faced with heavy encirclement and pursuit by the enemy, and the struggle will be more arduous and cruel. No matter in the rain of bullets or in the white terror, Xu has always been fearless and rarely indecisive. Now, he is not thinking about personal safety, but about local troops staying in the mainland. If the troops are too small, they will be eaten by Fan's heavy troops. The inner and outer lines are a unified whole. The outside line relies on the cooperation of the inside line, and the inside line is exhausted. The enemy will go all out to deal with the outside line. How to fight alone on the outside?

After much reasoning, he finally decided to leave the 39th Division of the 13th column in the mainland, together with the independent regiments of various military zones under the jurisdiction of the Jiaodong Military Region, dozens of independent camps and county brigades in counties, as well as hundreds of district teams and hundreds of thousands of militia. In this way, the number of troops inside is not small, which can fully support the situation of cooperation with the troops outside.

After Fan Bingtuan was hit by a stick at the end of the road, the ministries were afraid of being isolated, prominent and wiped out, so they hurried to shrink according to their divisions and shorten the front line. This contraction provided an opportunity for the Eastern Legion to break through, and Xu decided to take Daotou as the breakthrough.

Li Yingxi asked anxiously, "Do you want to study this question again?"

Xu said firmly, "there is no need to study it. This breakthrough will not change until the end. Give another supplementary order. On the evening of September 22, 30,000 to 40,000 people from the breakout troops, the East China Bureau and the hospital acted alone! "

On the evening of September 22, it was dark and drizzling between heaven and earth. Although the weather is bad, it is the best weather to break through. The two enemy divisions are nine kilometers apart, and there are three or four roads to break through. The organs of the Eastern Corps, the organs of the East China Bureau and the breakout troops are divided into two ways. Corps organs and thirteen longitudinal divisions set out from Dong County. The organs of the East China Bureau and Jiuzong set out from between Daotou and Bi Guo. 30,000-40,000 troops are agile, silent, and the horses are not surprised, running fast on the curved mountain road. I only saw the figure shaking in the distance, and occasionally heard rustling footsteps.

At dawn, Mrs. Xu You looked at the mountains, wiped the sweat on her face and asked a staff member around her, "How many roads did you walk in one night?"

"Sixty-five miles."

Xu Youshi estimated that he was about to leave the enemy's encirclement, so he dismounted, came to the side of the road and raised his telescope. Through the telescope, he saw a fire, and then a burst of gunfire. He quickly asked the staff, "what's the matter? Order the radio station to set up an antenna and contact 13 immediately! "

As soon as the antenna was set up, the radio station was turned on, and the report said that the 13th vertical was blocked by the 9th Division of Fan Corps in Daze Mountain.

After reading the telegram, Mr. Xu You said to the staff, "You should reply immediately and ask Zhou Zhijian to pin his head on his belt. You must repel the enemy's attack at all costs and fight your way out for the breakout troops. " After the main force was driven out, the 13th battalion stayed in Dazeshan to monitor the Fan Corps.

Gunfire is getting closer and closer, more and more intense. Xu Youshi turned over and got on the horse. He waved and said, "Come with me, you daredevil! Rushing out is victory! "

Xu took Jiuzong and East China Bureau, rushed out of the encirclement in less than two hours and stayed among the mountains for another week. At this point, according to the plan discussed with Xu, Tan Zhenlin commanded the second and seventh columns to sweep the road overnight and rushed out of the encirclement of the enemy between wei county and Gaomi. June 65438+1 October1,successfully joined Xu Huishi in Zhuyang, west of Gaomi.