The Mid-Autumn Festival is a day of family reunion for Chinese children and grandchildren, and in the minds of the people, it is no less valued than the Spring Festival.
On September 16, 1948, tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the residence of Wang Yaowu, a famous anti-Japanese general, but there is no half-festival atmosphere, the Platon Siege Force commanded by Xu Shiyou is approaching the city, and a big war in the isolated city of Jinan is inevitable.
It was late at night, and the city of Jinan, which had been noisy for a day, was finally quiet and crazy.
When the clock hands crossed 12 o'clock, the dense cannon suddenly sounded, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival of the Lunar Calendar, and with the order of Xu Shiyou, the battle to liberate Jinan began.
"Hit Jinan Province, capture Wang Yaowu alive!" In just eight days, Jinan City fell into Xu Shiyou's pocket. The speed of the battle is so fast that the whole world is shocked.
Wang Yaowu, a famous anti-Japanese general, experienced hundreds of battles and brave, why was the Battle of Jinan so unbearable?
In the early winter of 1946, Wang Yaowu, who had recently taken office, with all his American equipment, opened up the jiaoji and Jinpu lines in one go, and Chiang Kai-shek praised it, and Wang Yaowu, who was proud of the spring breeze, held a feast to celebrate, and he specially invited his history teacher Liu Ziheng to attend the banquet, but was unexpectedly rejected by the teacher.
Wang Yaowu originally wanted to "get a stop" in front of the teacher, but he didn't expect the teacher to give any face. Afterwards, Liu Ziheng even poured cold water on Wang Yaowu's head: "Zuomin, don't be too happy too soon!" In less than two years, I see that sooner or later you will have to lose the battle! ”
In fact, the shrewd Wang Yaowu was not optimistic about the prospects of the "party-state"; Wang Yaowurong had been fighting with the Japanese for so many years and was already tired of war; when Chiang Kai-shek sent him to guard Shandong, Wang Yaowu had a premonition that a civil war was about to start, and in the face of the temptation of the high-ranking official Houlu, Wang Yaowu weighed it left and right and struggled endlessly.
But when it comes to major events, Wang Yaowu used to consult Liu Ziheng and listen to the teacher's high opinion. Liu Ziheng told him bluntly: "Can't go! ”
"The 8-year War of Resistance is a national war, and your battle achievements will be left in history." But if you are fighting a civil war, you will surely affect all the people. What's more, people's hearts are turned back, you will not be unable to understand, I advise you to retreat in a hurry, so as not to leave a name. ”
Wang Yaowu chewed the old man's words for a long time, and finally found an excuse to be admitted to the hospital. However, those golden shining titles that were enough to "Guangzong Yaozu" were too tempting, and Wang Yaowu had a crossed heart, and he ran out of the hospital himself and rushed to Jinan to take up his post.
At this time, Wang Yaowu was only in his early 40s, and it was not disgraceful to take on this great responsibility at such an age. When the PLA soldiers suppressed the border, Wang Yaowu's mind was very clear, Jinan was an isolated city, could not be defended, could not be defended, he also personally ran to Nanjing, suggested to Chiang Kai-shek to abandon Jinan, but was severely reprimanded by Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Kai-shek scolded Wang Yaowu for not understanding politics and having no strategic vision, and demanded that he must strengthen his will and stick to Jinan.
At this time, Wang Yaowu was already involuntary, so he had to prepare for the war, he wanted to finish this battle and then disarm and return to the field, return to his hometown in Tai'an to reclaim a few acres of land, and live a down-to-earth life, he even built two American-made tractors and hid them in the backyard of his residence.
On the second day of the battle in Jinan, inside the headquarters, Wang Yaowu was discussing with a group of officers on the map, and at this time Wang Yaowu was still calm and confident: "We can quickly recover the mountain to the east, the 74th Division has been airlifted, reinforcements will soon arrive in Jinan, everyone must be calm!" ”
However, the reinforcements that Wang Yaowu was counting on arrived late the next day, and the so-called reinforcements were only a few companies of soldiers, and it turned out that the airfield had been heavily shelled by the People's Liberation Army, and the air passage was cut off.
Wang Yaowu's depressed mood had not yet subsided, and when he learned that Wu Huawen had led an uprising, Wang Yaowu sighed and muttered, "Wu Huawen is such a person that he is not a friend enough." After that, there was silence.
Wang Yaowu knew that the general trend was gone, and even wanted to abandon the city and break through, but he was afraid that Chiang Kai-shek would be punished for his crime, and in desperation, Wang Yaowu ordered the shortening of the front. Even so, Wang Yaowu still reminded himself to remain calm.
On the morning of September 22, Wang Yaowu decided to move the command post to the North Pole Temple of Daming Lake, on the way, he first went to the South Gate, gave a call to the exhausted soldiers, and then went to Kunshun Gate.
Just as Wang Yaowu ascended the city gate, the PLA troops who had already arrived at the city opened fire, and two of Wang Yaowu's entourage were shot and fell to the ground, but Wang Yaowu did not flinch, still climbed the city tower, and observed around for a long time.
Wang Yaowu inspected the position before finally arriving at the commander's headquarters at Daming Lake.
Wang Yaowu stayed in Daming Lake for three days, he was unusually calm in these days, usually tobacco and alcohol did not stick, but these days he drank heavily, smoke did not leave his hand, except for the occasional nap, three days and nights, he did not sleep a single sleep.
In the early morning of September 24, he summoned his subordinate officers for one last lecture: "Just arrived at the 'Commander Headquarters' of Daming Lake, I saw a plaque here with the words 'Cheng Ren Ancestral Hall' written on it, and I was thinking, is this a coincidence?" Many of our officers have a short sword given to us by President Jiang, on which are engraved the words 'Success' and 'Cheng Ren'. ”
"But I think so, we have no reinforcements outside, there is rebellion inside, under the heavy troops we have been fighting hard for 8 days, and we are loyal and try our best." But we can't 'Cheng Ren', we are fighting a civil war, unlike the Japanese in those years, if we kill ourselves, it will make future generations laugh. Here, I would like to advise everyone to surrender if they can, and those who can go home will go home, and each of them will go to the road of survival. ”
As soon as Wang Yaowu's words came out, many people cried bitterly and lost their voices, and Wang Yaowu's eye circles also turned red: "Everyone is calm, what is the use of crying?" Here, only I have no choice, I am your chief, the Shandong parent official appointed by the National Government, and I can only fight to the death. ”
At the last moment, Wang Yaowu suddenly led his troops to the north, and after encountering a fierce counterattack by the People's Liberation Army, Wang Yaowu let the breakthrough troops quickly retreat, and he and several guards hid in a small village, posing as merchants, and mixed through several checkpoints along the way, and finally, they were still seen by the vigilant militia and taken prisoner.
Just imagine, if Wang Yaowu was really a "man of understanding" and listened to the advice of his teacher, Mr. Liu Ziheng, perhaps he could really disarm and return to the field, take his tractor, return to his hometown in Tai'an, and live a leisurely pastoral life, Wang Yaowu would not have spent the Mid-Autumn Festival that year in the sound of cannons, and perhaps there would not have been that war in the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Unfortunately, Wang Yaowu struggled for half a day and finally chose war; irreversibly, history will not have an "if"!