Our army was about to break through the city, but Xu Shiyou ordered: Whoever dares to shoot a shot will be shot on the spot
By the second half of 1948, Shandong had basically become the domain of our party, and only Wang Yaowu was still stuck in Jinan, relying on the danger of geographical advantages to try to block the connection between our army in Shandong and northern China.
In order to pull out this nail, the central government decided to launch the Jinan Campaign, with Xu Shiyou as the commander-in-chief of the siege.
Although General Xu Shiyou was known for his bravery, he fought very carefully, and after his research, he knew that in order to liberate Jinan, the target of our army's attack could only be placed in two cities, one was Weixian and the other was Yanzhou.
Wang Yaowu, as a famous general in the War of Resistance, also knew the way of war and thought that Xu Shiyou would definitely attack Yanzhou, so he sent two reorganized divisions to Yanzhou.
Wang Yaowu had the courage to do so, because Weixian had Chen Jincheng, commander of the 96th Army, stationed there, and there were still 50,000 troops, enough to fight with our army.
First, Xu Shiyou had already figured out his strategic intentions, so he concentrated all his efforts on attacking Weixian County, so that Wang Yaowu's two reorganized divisions would become a decoration, and it would be impossible to rush to Weixian County again.
Second, it was Wang Yaowu who overestimated Chen Jincheng's ability, and in just 4 days, Xu Shiyou completely swept away all the obstacles around Weixian and surrounded Weixian regiments, and at this time, with only one general attack, Weixian would become the bag of our army!
However, at this critical juncture when Weixian was about to be liberated, Xu Shiyou suddenly issued a military order, forcing all troops to cease fire, and whoever dared to shoot a shot would be shot directly on the spot!
At this point, the generals of our army all became the second monks and were confused. Seeing that victory is in sight, but suddenly stopping the attack, is this not a morale-crushing taboo for soldiers?
Therefore, the generals called the headquarters one after another to inquire about the situation, but Xu Shiyou sold a pass, did not explain, just let them obey the order.
Just when everyone was confused, a new order from Xu Shiyou followed: the troops changed the direction of attack, originally facing Weixian County, but now they were going to attack in the northwest and northeast directions.
No one could guess The purpose of Xu Shiyou's doing this, but the soldiers took obedience to orders as their duty, so everyone immediately made a new strategic deployment.
The generals of our army did not yet understand Xu Shiyou's intentions, and the Kuomintang side could not understand them, especially Wang Yaowu and Chen Jincheng, who had already been tortured by the heavy troops who surrounded Weixian County, and who had to send scouts several times a day to analyze the movements of our army, but now our army suddenly changed the direction of attack.
Wang Yaowu raised his eyebrows, Chen Jincheng was relieved, and the two of them directly held a celebration meeting in Jinan City.
At the same time, Xu Shiyou's order to attack had spread throughout the army, and just as Wang Yaowu and Chen Jincheng were drinking wine, our army had already entered the city gate of Weixian County!
When the news came, the wine glass in Chen Jincheng's hand fell directly to the ground, desperately rushing to Weixian County, but all he was left with was the endgame of the inability to return to heaven.
After a day-and-night battle, Weixian was liberated, and Jinan became the pocket of our army, and on September 24, 1948, it was declared liberated, and Wang Yaowu became a prisoner.
Many people believe that Xu Shiyou only relies on fierce punches and does not pay attention to tactics, but in fact, this is completely a misunderstanding of General Xu Shiyou, and xu Shiyou's ability to comprehend war can be compared with few people.
In 1952, when the chairman inspected Jinan, he said to Xu Shiyou and others accompanying him: "The Jinan campaign was fought so quickly and thoroughly that I am afraid that only two people in the world could not have imagined, one was himself and the other was Chiang Kai-shek. ”