"Taihang Wind and Bone" - Memoirs of Yang Yunxi 64

Preparation before the destruction of the city

On the night of April 21, 1949, orders were given to shift positions. Because the traffic trenches of the suburban field battle crisscrossed, there was no formal road to go, so I turned around and went around. One moment along the trenches, the next a simple path through the trenches, across the trenches. For a while, he could not carry the cannon, so he had to raise the cannon. Finally, move to an east-west ditch on the south side of the small east gate, there is a big car road in the ditch, and on the north side is a village, and the village is a cave on the cliff. The south side of the road is gradually raised from west to east, and there is a group of bungalow buildings called "Red Houses".

That night, an initial look at the position. We followed a large road all the way out of the cordon, and there was no obstruction. When returning from the left, the forward warriors grunt with guns? He thought we were enemies, but after asking clearly, he said, "How did you run out, the enemy is in front!" "Back to the position, I met the chief of the operations section of the army and said that I wanted to see the terrain. I accompanied him with a few squad leaders, and as soon as I reached a slightly higher flat in front of him, he walked on his knees, afraid of the enemy's gunshots. I guess what kind of operations chief is this? So scared, without a little common sense, how can the enemy see you at night? Even if you want to fight, kneeling will inevitably be beaten.

The next day, the study was deployed, and the opinion was a class at the front, a platoon in the Red House, and the platoon leader was Fei Fei. One row is at the front, and the second row is in the red house. The second row of positions was in the courtyard of the Red House, and the firing ports were very hidden. A platoon was only more than a hundred meters away from the enemy, and I thought that Fei Yi, a Kuomintang officer, was a bit slippery, and at the beginning of the battle, he went to Changzhi to "repair the cannon", but this time he shrank to the back and sneaked into the courtyard of the Red House.

On the night of April 22, we built artillery firing positions, which were very close to the enemy, so we had to cover up. It was planned to build a bunker from the earth ridge to our side, put a layer on it with rails, cover it with a layer of sacks, and lay a foot of soil. This is more than a meter thick, and the tracks below can block the damage of enemy howitzers.

Everything was discussed, and when it was dark, the enemy barbed wire on the ground was removed and the fortifications were made. However, the second squad leader Wang Huaiyu acted bravely, and before it got dark, the two men went up and shook the pole pulling the barbed wire and began to remove the barbed wire. This spirit is brave, but the attempt is exposed, and the enemy shoots and fires at us again, and the shells are indiscriminate, and the guns and cannons are in concert, and the sound is like a wind. Wang Xiaoshun, a soldier of the second class, was wounded in the neck, and he shouted, "Mom! Others said, "Don't shout, the enemy can hear it!" "Then, pulling him to the back, it was dark, and I didn't know how badly he was injured, so I sent him to the ambulance station." The enemy artillery fire does not stop, it is really not good work, I would like to ask Captain White, can you pause? Stop at the enemy fire in the middle of the night and do it again. I went to a cave in the village to find Captain Bai, and I only said, "Wounded one, the enemy fire is very strong, what to do?" "I didn't say a specific opinion, I'm afraid I said what if the enemy artillery fire doesn't stop in the second half of the night?" The captain said, "Let's keep doing it." ”

Back to the position, gathered everyone behind the earth beams, mobilized a little, and specifically divided the work. And it is clear that the rails are lifted first, and the tracks are quickly laid on the semi-finished fortifications that have been made, and then repaired. In this way, the rails were put under the ground and soon laid a layer, so that when working under the rails, the guns could not be fired, and the cannons could not break the tracks, and people worked with more confidence. Before dawn, the fortifications were ready, and the enemy artillery fire continued all night like a storm. At dawn, they saw that the position had completely changed and did not fight.

On April 23, 1949, in a place in front of the Red House, the Sixth Regiment held an operational meeting, which was attended by the commander of the Jiang Caishan Artillery Regiment and the relevant personnel of the corps, specifically in support of the artillery and fire organization of the 62nd Army. Jiang Caishan said: "In addition to the artillery of the first regiment, the 90th artillery also participated in the artillery group of the 62nd Army, and the artillery group of our 185th Division was participated by the artillery of the 185th Division and the artillery of the 184th Division. "The position of the artillery of the 184th Division is on the left side of our position, less than ten meters. One of them was in a hidden cave and crushed to death after being crushed by enemy fire.

After everything was ready, I saw that the war was relatively calm, so I took two or three people and went to a flat ground in front of the right for a while, and asked what was the situation under the city wall. It was really fine when we went that day, and when we were halfway through, the enemy machine guns were in full swing, and the bullets were bouncing under our feet like fried beans. I quickly leaned to the right and entered a bungalow with two houses. Enemy bullets were firing indiscriminately in front of and behind the room, and I tried to figure it out several times, but I couldn't get out. I was afraid that the enemy would shell and the house would not be able to hold on. Later, we hung our hats with poles, swung them in front, and the enemy fired at the front, and we ran out of the house alone from the back. Then, after another shake on the back house, run out alone from the front. Leaving me alone, I guess the enemy must be staring at me, and I simply take a break. A few people came in a moment, and they jumped in separately, and the enemy noticed them, and I ran out. Walked more than ten meters, turned a corner, and was safe.