In July 1949, the First Field Army of the People's Liberation Army quickly launched a combat operation to march to the Great Northwest. At this time, the balance of enemy and enemy forces in the northwest battlefield has undergone fundamental changes.
The Hu army concentrated in Guanzhong was more than 70,000 people and the Ma family army was more than 80,000 people, and there were only 150,000 people in total, and the number of generals in the field had more than doubled that of the enemy army, occupying an absolute advantage. All the soldiers in the victorious march were highly moraleful, and the number of soldiers was strong, and they were unstoppable.
According to the specific situation of the current understanding of the enemy's situation, Wang Shangrong, commander of the Second Division of the First Column, proposed three possible plans: "The Fifth and Sixth Regiments are respectively assigned to the army's chemical mortar company and the Shishan Artillery Company to encircle and annihilate Lijiazhuang, Yujiabao, and Lei Chen to defend the enemy, and the Fourth Regiment directly inserted the Baofugou and Mashicun Highways to block the enemy's western collapse or eastern reinforcement..."
Wang Shangrong repeatedly stressed: "All regiments must correctly implement the plan, flexibly handle the situation, and do not lose fighters!" ”
The next day, the troops made an emergency advance before dusk. The whole division set out from Zhou to the assembly area, and in the order of the sixth regiment, the fifth regiment, the division commander, and the fourth regiment, quickly advanced to Xiayangzhai and covertly received the enemy.
By the second half of the night, the movement of the troops had slowed down significantly. Wang Shangrong sat next to the telephone, holding his mouth, and slightly closed his eyes and pondering: Although the fighting mood of the troops is very high, the second half of the road is almost all muddy areas of the water network, and in some places it is too deep than the knees, and if it sinks down, it is half waist deep; and there are small groups of enemies interfering. Can I get to my designated location on time before dawn? Can the blocking force complete the blockade task when the enemy reinforcements are too large?
It was planned to give the troops a break, even for a month. However, Hu Zongnan did not "approve the leave" and united the two "horses" to prepare to counterattack Xi'an. There is no way, the situation is compelling!
Resolutely overcome all difficulties and insert into the heart of the enemy! Wang Shangrong slammed the map, and a passion for liberating the Great Northwest rose in his heart again.
"Hurry up and inform the troops, take the second plan action, and be sure to enter the predetermined position before dawn!"
"Boom! rumble! rumble! "There was gunfire from the front, and the Battle of Fumei had begun. Wang Shangrong walked out of the divisional command post and asked the staff officers around him, "Where did it start?" ”
"On the high ground opposite Niejia Village."
"Inform Deputy Commander Peng that I want to speak to him!"
"Peng Xianji, strictly guard against the hind legs of the 198th Regiment defending the enemy's plate, if you want to break him, you can't let one person slip through the net!"
"Commander, we have completed the encirclement of the 198th Regiment, and the frontal attack is about to begin. Rest assured! Peng Xianji replied emphatically.
In the middle of the night, the patrol of the enemy's 198th Regiment found that the password was wrong, and hurriedly shouted: "The communist army is coming!" The communists are coming! In an instant, the enemy at the East Gate of Changjiabao frantically pounced on him.
"Fight!" At the order of Peng Xianji, the sound of machine guns and grenades sounded in a circle... Soon, the mountain artillery company came from the muddy road to the old courtyard seventy or eighty meters away from the east gate of Changjiabao, selected the gun position, and dug holes from the earthen wall, and the troops were ready to attack the city.
In a momentary stalemate and fierce fighting, the dawn of July 12 was ushered in. The east began to turn white, and Wang Shangrong held up a telescope. The yellow-and-white earthen walled city of Changjiapu and the wide overgrown moats of the overgrown village are vividly remembered, hidden among the tall locusts, poplar trees and fences, and the infantry and artillery are anxiously waiting for the order to attack.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! The enemy kept hitting several courtyards outside the East Gate with 60 cannons, and the explosion set off a column of gray and white smoke. The command post of the Fifth Regiment was hit by a shell! Operations staff officer Chen Han was killed on the spot, and more than a dozen people hung flowers.
"Mountain artillery company, bombard me!" Peng Xianji roared.
At this moment, a company of charge trumpets sounded. The enemy was busy shouting: "Don't fight, let's surrender, don't fight..."
At dawn, Wang Shangrong came to the command post of the Sixth Regiment. At this time, the sky above Li Jiazhuang was filled with flames. "Yi Jigui, watch out for the enemy to flee towards Mafugou!" At this time, Wang Shangrong saw more than 20 heavy machine guns of the enemy blocking and blocking, and felt that the situation was critical.
"Second Company, block the Baofu Ditch for me!" At the order of Commander Yi, the commander of the Di Man Company led the commanders and fighters of the whole company, such as a fierce tiger, down the mountain and pounced on Bao fugou.
Steel was pouring, bayonets were on fire, blood was running. Every commander and fighter of the four regiments had red eyes. Each combat unit is interspersed and divided, and the enemy becomes a bird of fright.
"Commander Yi, it's time for you to collect your booty!" At about 7 o'clock, Wang Shangrong came to the position of the four regiments and three battalions, and as soon as he saw the piles of prisoners, he knew the achievements of the four regiments.
A large number of captured enemy officers and men were talking about:
"The People's Liberation Army is really a divine soldier descending from heaven, and it will poke us to pieces at once!"
"We were blindfolded, inexplicably, and before we could wake up, we were taken prisoners!"
A captured enemy regimental commander said in his recollection:
"By 7:40 a.m., the PLA offensive was becoming more and more fierce, and the encirclement was shrinking day by day... The phrase 'corpses strewn across the ground' is no longer an adjective here, but the real situation."
"Such an army, such a way of playing, any tenacious enemy, will be overwhelmed and defeated. The use of troops by Master Wang is really admirable! admire! ”
In this campaign, the whole division annihilated more than 5,000 enemies, captured more than 4,000 enemy, captured 50 guns of various kinds, and more than 170 light and heavy machine guns. With more than 800 rifles and more than 200 mules and horses, the campaign successfully completed the tasks of interspersing, encircling, blocking, blocking and pursuing.
When Commander-in-Chief Peng heard the news of the Second Division's great victory, he happily slammed his fist on the table and said, "Shang Rong, you fought very well, this is called a total victory!" ”
The founding leader telegraphed Tombo and excitedly said: "The victory in fighting Hu is extremely great, and it is very comforting!" ”