History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
After more than 10 years, Liu Bocheng, the god of war, has created a major force of our army and turned to fight in the Jinji-Hebei Luyu, Central Plains, East China, and Southwest Regions, with great achievements. The 10 tiger generals under his command all bravely won the three armies.
1. General Chen Geng
Born in 1903, a native of Xiangxiang City, Hunan Province, commander of the 4th Column.
The unit is the most cattle column in the whole army, which has long fought as an independent strategic force, and is also the column with the most annihilation of the enemy in the whole army.
From July 13 to 16, 1946, the enemy's 311th Brigade was annihilated in the Wenxi and Xiaxian areas and the enemy's 167th Brigade was annihilated. In August 1946, more than 12,000 people of the enemy's 319th Division and 619th Division were annihilated, and 5 county towns were liberated. In September 1946, the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division was annihilated. In November 1946, the Southwest Jin Campaign was launched, liberating more than 30 towns and destroying more than 10,000 enemy personnel; in January 1947, the Fenxiao Campaign annihilated more than 16,000 enemy personnel.
In July 1947, he led an independent strategic force to attack the three provinces of Henan, Shaanxi and Hubei. In the following year or so, it fought 245 battles, annihilated more than 110,000 enemy personnel, liberated 511 cities, liberated nearly 10 million people, and established the Yushan-Hubei Liberated Area.
In 1949, he led 4 corps from Luohe, Henan to the Leizhou Peninsula, and annihilated more than 70,000 enemy troops in the Great Siege and Annihilation Battle of Guangdong and Guizhou alone.
2. General Chen Xilian
Born in 1915, a native of Hong'an County, Hubei Province. Commander of the 3 columns.
In April 1947, in the Battle of Northern Henan, the tactics of avoiding its sharp edge, enticing them to go deeper, isolating them, and then gathering and annihilating them created an example of annihilating a mechanized brigade with inferior equipment.
In 1947, across the Longhai Road, across the Huangpan Area, with alternate forward deployment, the first to cross the Huai River, reached the northern foothills of dabie Mountain, and then conquered 9 counties in succession, opening up a new situation in wanxi.
After the Battle of Huaihai began, he was ordered to capture Su County. During the course of operations, commanders and fighters at all levels were personally led to the front to investigate, make careful arrangements, and study the methods of attacking tough battles. After the general offensive was launched, after a day and night of fierce fighting, more than 12,000 enemy members were defended in Su county, leaving the Liu Zhi clique in Xuzhou completely isolated.
In 1949, he led 3 corps to break through the Jiangsu defense line and cut off the Zhejiang-Gansu line, detoured to the southwest, annihilated the Song Xilian clique, and captured the Kuomintang "capital" Chongqing.
3. Admiral Yang Yong
Born in 1913, a native of Liuyang County, Hunan Province. Commander of the 1 column.
At the beginning of 1946, on the battlefield of Jiluyu, together with brother troops, lianke yuncheng, Juye, Jiaxiang, Jining and other places, annihilated about 20,000 enemy people. In April 1946, he participated in the Battle of Longhai, the Battle of Dingtao, and the Battle of Huaxian County, annihilating a large number of enemies and crushing the Kuomintang plan to occupy Jiluyu and open the Pinghan Road.
In July 1947, on the battlefield of southwest Lu, the enemy of Yuncheng was surrounded, and the enemy was good at defensive positions, and the surrounding area of Yuncheng was covered with bunker groups and dark bunker shooting holes. Command the 20th Brigade to carry out the main attack on the city at Nanguan; the 1st Brigade to carry out the main attack on the city at Xiguan; the 2nd Brigade to carry out assistance at Beiguan to the city; the main force of the 19th Brigade to deploy yuncheng to Dongguan, ready to annihilate the enemy in the east; and after the breakthrough of each brigade, it quickly penetrated into depth. In a fierce battle overnight, the headquarters of the 55th Division and two entire brigades of the enemy were completely annihilated, totaling more than 15,000 people, and they were commended by the general order of Liu Deng.
The six battalions gathered to fight, using the method of "encircling three que one", opening one side of the net and leaving a false way of life as the enemy's "escape route". At night, in order to give the enemy a sense of "safety", Yang Yong asked the direct subordinate units of the column such as the cultural and industrial regiments, communication battalions, and health centers stationed here to strengthen the control of lights. Nearly 10,000 desperate enemies found that there was still a glimmer of life here, and they all entered the prepared "pocket array" in the middle of the night. The battle lasted 3 days and created an example of mobile warfare. Therefore, he was commended by the commander of the military region and honored with great merit.
In August 1947, after 22 days of arduous trekking and fierce fighting, it reached the Dabie Mountains at the end of August. In October of the same year, at the cost of 9 casualties, more than 5,700 Kuomintang troops were annihilated and 1 Kuomintang military plane was shot down, "creating favorable conditions for the implementation of the strategy of the field army."
In September 1949, marching to the southwest, overcoming difficulties such as harsh weather, muddy roads, barriers to large rivers and insufficient supply, day and night, lasting more than 100 days and traveling more than 5,370 miles, with tactical means such as pursuit and multi-way detours, with the coordination of brother corps, a total of more than 37,000 enemy troops were annihilated, 21 large and small counties were liberated, and the task of detouring Sichuan and strategic encirclement was completed.
4. Admiral Li Da
Born in 1905, a native of Mei County, Shaanxi Province. Chief of Staff of the Jinji-Hebei Luyu Field Army.
In 1946, he participated in the command of the battles of Longhai Road, Dingtao, Juye, Juancheng, Huaxian, Jujinyu, yuwanbian and so on. In 1947, after assisting in launching the Northern Henan Offensive and the Battle of Southwest Lu, he defeated the enemy's repeated pursuit and blockade and marched towards Dabie Mountain. In 1948, he participated in the command of the battles of Wandong, Xiangfan, and Zhengzhou.
He served as chief of staff for a long time in his military career, had a wealth of knowledge, was the right-hand man of Chief Liu Deng, and was known as a living map.
5. Admiral Chen Zaidao
Born in 1909, a native of Macheng, Hubei Province. Commander of the Second Column.
In October 1945, he led his troops to attack Handan City, returned to the Pinghan Line, and participated in the Handan Campaign. In September 1946, he participated in the Battle of Juye and successfully blocked the Kuomintang 5th Army for 11 days at Longquji, which became a model defensive example of this operation.
In July 1947, he was ordered to command 7 brigades in a unified manner, the troops fought bravely and bravely, attacked continuously, and for 12 days, annihilated the integrated 66th Division, shot down two enemy aircraft, and captured a large number of guns and military supplies.
Marched into Dabie Mountain, and then participated in the battles of Wanxi and Wandong. In the Battle of Huaihai, he participated in the task of blocking and encircling the Huang Wei Corps and blocking Li Yannian's corps.
6. Lieutenant General Wang Jinshan
Born in 1915, a native of Hong'an County, Hubei Province. Commander of the 6 columns.
On September 3, 1946, under the lure of the 6 columns, Zhao Xitian's 3rd Division attacked all the way, won all the way, and "gradually entered a better situation", Zhao Xitian arrogantly boasted: "My 3rd Division is the head of the president's trump card, invincible. ”
At 22:30 that night, the signal light cut through the night sky of Dayang Lake, and in order to compete for Dayang Lake, 6 columns formed a company battalion or even sacrificed in a regiment, still attacking unabated, eliminating the main force of the Nationalist army, the 59th Regiment. All units of our army were besieged, the entire 3rd Division was wiped out, the nationalist army collapsed in its entirety, and Chiang Kai-shek, in chagrin, dismissed Liu Zhi, director of the Zhengzhou Appeasement Office.
In June 1948, in the Xiangfan Campaign, according to the actual situation on the battlefield, the command post department broke the historical practice of soldiers attacking Xiangyang must first capture Nanshan, boldly adopted the tactic of "skimming the mountain to attack the city, fierce tiger digging out the heart", concentrated the main force to conquer The Pipa Mountain, Zhenwu Mountain, directly pounded the West Gate, the siege troops "sword split three passes" heroic battle, less than two days into the city, the total annihilation of more than 20,000 defenders, this station became one of the five major victories in the country.
The 6th Column was thus known as the "best at tackling tough problems". Liu Bocheng said in his post-war commentary: "In the siege of Xiangyang, the 6 columns commanded by Wang Jinshan played a leading role. ”
7. Lieutenant General Zhou Xihan
Born in 1913, a native of Macheng, Hubei Province, he is the brigade commander of the 10th Brigade of the 4th Column.
On September 22, 1946, the 27th and 167th Brigades of the Kuomintang Army were surrounded in the area of Fushan. Hu Zongnan ordered the 1st Brigade of the 1st Army to go to the rescue, which was in the middle of the PLA's plan of "encircling the point to help". The 2nd Guard Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the Nationalist Army had just arrived at Guanque Village, and was surrounded by the 11th Brigade of Chen Geng's corps. Huang Zhengcheng, the commander of the 1st Brigade, became angry and led his 1st Regiment to kill him. In the area around Chenyan, they were stopped head-on by the 30th Regiment of the 10th Brigade, and the two sides fought fiercely until dark, and Huang Zhengcheng was forced to withdraw his troops into Chenyan. Zhou Xihan immediately seized the fighter and commanded his 28th, 29th, and 30th regiments to use the dark night to surround the enemy. After a night of fighting, Huang Zhengcheng's "First Brigade under Heaven" was completely wiped out.
During the Liberation War, Zhou Xihan was the nemesis of the Nationalist generals, killing and capturing 64 Kuomintang general-level officers. Among them, there are 9 lieutenant generals and 55 major generals.
8. Lieutenant General Qin Jiwei
Born in 1914, a native of Huang'an County, Hubei Province. Commander of the 9 columns.
In August 1947, he led his troops to cross the Yellow River into western Henan, wedging into the 800-mile Funiu Mountain, and 15 counties in Lianke County. He then attacked Luoyang and attacked Nanyang.
In October 1948, the 1st, 3rd and 4th columns approached Zhengzhou, and the 106th Division of the 44th Army and the 268th Division of the 99th Army of the Nationalist Army abandoned the city and fled north. The sudden movement of the Zhengzhou defenders disrupted the operational deployment. Deng Xiaoping and Chen Yi had no troops to send for a while, and Qin Jiwei assured: "The political commissar is assured that my net has been formed, and it cannot run away." ”
Qin Jiwei plotted first, leading 9 columns in the Laoya area north of Zhengzhou to block the escape of the Nationalist army and annihilate more than 11,000 enemy troops. On October 22, 1948, Zhengzhou was liberated and he served as the commander of the garrison. On October 25, Chen Yi praised "the nine verticals are mature and can fight a big battle." Subsequently, Qin Jiwei personally drove a jeep and took Chen Yi to the street to drink wine and eat meat to celebrate. The incident was caught by Deng Xiaoping, who waited until Qin Jiwei returned: "Tonight, we are both in trouble. You give me a check and I give you a punishment. ”
9. Lieutenant General Duyed
Born in 1912, a native of Huangpi, Hubei Province, he is the political commissar of the Sixth Column.
Although he is the political commissar of the column, his greatest characteristic is bravery, good at fighting hard battles and vicious battles, and good at defeating strong enemies and fierce enemies. Du Yide once said: "Among Liu Deng's army, the most appreciated is our 6 columns. No matter how difficult the battle, no matter how strong the enemy, as long as 6 columns out of the horse, can be fought down. At that time, Deng Xiaoping often said: "6 verticals is to be able to fight." ”
In 1947, after forcibly crossing the Yellow River, they crossed the Longhai Line in the middle of the summer rainy season, crossed the Yellow Pan Area, and continuously crossed the Vortex River, the ShaHe River, and the Honghe River, with the enemy in front and the pursuing troops in the back, and the situation became more and more difficult.
Across the RuHe River were Chiang Kai-shek's reorganized 85th Division and 64th Brigade; behind Sheyide, followed by the strength of more than 10 nationalist divisions, three of which had approached to 25 kilometers. The troops fought lightly, blowing up the field guns that could not be moved, burning the confidential documents that should be burned, and the troops bayoneted and prepared for a bloody battle.
Xiao Yongyin led the 18th Brigade as a forward, and after crossing the river, the troops fought when they encountered the enemy, and after the fight, they rushed forward, quickly killing a bloody road about 5 kilometers long and about 3 kilometers wide. On the other hand, You Taizhong, commander of the 16th Brigade, and Zhang Guochuan, political commissar, led a team to cross the pontoon bridge, captured two positions, and finally consolidated the results of the battle after repeated hand-to-hand combat with bayonets flying several times.
Encircle and annihilate the Huang Wei Corps, which "skinned" layer by layer at the cost of bloody battles. The first layer of skin repelled the enemy's 6 counterattacks and captured Li Main Building and Xiao Zhouzhuang; the second layer of skin, after repeated tug-of-war, drove the enemy out of Dawangzhuang step by step, street by street, house by house; the third layer of skin, which fought with a white blade, killed the guard regiment raised by Huang Wei himself, attacked the Jiangu pile, and made the first contribution.
10. Major General Xiao Yongyin
Born in 1917, a native of Xinxian County, Henan Province.
In January 1946, after the main support force conquered Lanfeng, he led the whole brigade to the south to attack Qixian County, annihilating more than 800 enemy troops. Because of its strict discipline, the brigade was commended by commander Liu Bocheng, political commissar Deng Xiaoping, and other leaders. In the Battle of Juye, the famous combat hero Wang Keqin, who was good at uniting and helping each other and leading the whole class to successfully complete the task, was later widely carried out in the whole army to study Wang Keqin.
In March 1947, he led his troops to participate in the Northern Henan Offensive. In June, he led his troops to cross the Yellow River and participated in the Battle of Southwest Lu. The First World War fixed pottery, the Second World War six battalion set, the third war Yangshan set, even the battle was successful.
As an advance team, the unit crossed the Longhai Road, crossed the Huangpan Area, and leapt thousands of miles into the Dabie Mountains. After that, Xiao Yongyin led his troops as avant-garde, liankexi county, Guangshan, Jingfu (present-day Xinxian county), and Macheng. Then took Luotian and Yingshan in the east, swept along the river through Shuishui and Guangji, and destroyed the local reactionary local government and team.