Battle of Qingjian
In July 1947, the Northwest Field Army launched a counterattack against the enemy.
Xu Guangda
His troops were ordered to support the northwestern campaign. According to the "General Xu Guangda", "In the early days of the Liberation War, when Xu Guangda's army crossed the Yellow River in the west,
Considering that hu Zongnan's forces in the northwest threatened Yan'an, the central government incorporated Xu Guangda's troops into the Northwest Field Army
。 ”
After becoming the Northwest Field Army,
He led the troops to fight 8 battles in northern Shaanxi, each battle
Xu Guangda personally commanded the battle
。 According to the "Memoirs of Xu Guangda", "During the offensive battles in northern Shaanxi, our unit fought several bloody battles with the Kuomintang army, and once the enemy army took advantage of our army's lack of preparation and sent a small team to kill 70 meters near the command post of our unit, and the guard company fought hard for 1 hour to solve this squad. ”
In October 1947, Xu Guangda was ordered to lead his troops to attack Qingjian, which was located between Yan'an and Suide, surrounded by mountains on three sides and guarding the main traffic routes. The Nationalist 76th Division had been stationed in Qingjian for a year, and the fortifications had long been built
Impregnable
。 moreover
Liao Ang, the commander of the 76th Division, was Xu Guangda's Huangpu colleague for many years
。
Before the Battle of Qingjian began, General Peng said to Xu Guangda: "This time your opponent is your fellow window and also Hu Zongnan's ace division commander, but before the war he put down his words."
To make Qingjian a 'grave' for the Northwest Field Army. The attitude is extremely arrogant.
”
Xu Guangda assured Mr. Peng: "
Vow to conquer Qingjian, annihilate the 76th Division, and capture Liao Ang alive!
Shell horror
Liao Ang's 76th Division still had two brushes
According to the "History of the Liberation War"
：“
Liao Ang was on the outskirts of Qingjian City
More than 60 bunkers were built, each connected by trenches, forming a huge 'U' formation
, combined with the terrain around the clear stream, it is simply a flawless fortification.
Xu Guangda came to Qingjian on October 4 to reconnoiter the terrain and ordered the troops to clear the barbed wire and mines laid by the enemy.
The work of clearing the barbed wire alone took our army 2 days
。 At this time, the sky was not beautiful, and it began to rain in autumn, which was half a month at a time, which seriously affected the attack of our army. On October 6, General Peng ordered a general offensive.
The warriors of the three columns braved the cold autumn rain to launch a charge.
The battle was extremely fierce, according to the "Biography of Xu Guangda": "Only 6 days, 7 days and two days, the three columns of the team."
One-third of the casualties
Although he took the positions outside Qingjian, considering the situation inside the city, Xu Guangda ordered his troops to rest for 1 day. ”
The loss of the qingjian periphery greatly reduced the morale of the 76th Division, and the division commander Liao Ang did not expect that the impregnable position would be lost so quickly. So he asked Hu Zongnan for support.
On the afternoon of the 8th, Xu Guangda was inspecting the battle situation in the forward position, and just after entering the position of the 17th Regiment, he encountered it
Hu Zongnan's bombers came to bomb the positions of the 17th Regiment
。 The commander of the 17th regiment carried Xu Guangda on his back and rushed to the regimental headquarters command post,
As soon as I entered the command post, a bomb fell on the roof
。 According to the Founding General: "
When the bomb fell, it pierced the roof and splashed the loess. The soldiers outside the command post desperately shouted that the commander was coming out. Two minutes later, when he found that the bomb had not exploded, he rushed into the command post
It turned out to be a dud. Xu Guangda looked at the dud and smiled and said, "My life is really big, Hu Zongnan's bomb can't kill me when he throws it on my head." ”
Catch your old classmates alive
After the dud incident, all the forward troops of the three columns circulated the following sentence:
We are not afraid of the enemy's sneak attack in half a day, and we are afraid that the commander will inspect the position.
The Qingjian Offensive Was Officially Launched on the 9th, and the soldiers of the Nationalist 76th Division somehow raised their morale at once, and they opened fire on the siege troops without a hitch. According to the Founding General: "
Liao Ang spread the news in the 76th Division that the commander of our army had been killed by the plane, and asked the soldiers to let go of their hands and feet to block the attack with all their might.
Enemy artillery fire blocked the attack of the three columns, and Xu Guangda ordered the attack to be suspended. Xu Guangda knew his old huangpu classmate very well. Liao Ang was a member of the Kuomintang during his studies in Whampoa
Rightists will never surrender easily
But he is also a person who can see the overall situation, and the situation of Qingjian belongs
Catch turtles in an urn
It will definitely be the Kuomintang that will fail in the end, which Liao Ang knows very well. So Xu Guangda wrote a letter exhorting Liao Ang to surrender. According to the Founding General: "
After Liao Ang received the letter, his expression was very deep, because the person who sent the letter was a soldier in his own army, and the news that Xu Guangda was not dead would not take long and would definitely spread in the army. After reading the letter, Liao Ang fully agreed with Xu Guangda's analysis of the situation, but he still held the psychology of luck, waited for the arrival of Hu Zongnan's reinforcements, and insisted on not surrendering.
On the 11th, a regiment of the Independent Second Brigade of the Third Column took advantage of the dawn,
Exploded the east gate of Qingjian City
At 7:00 a.m., a large army invaded the city and engaged in a street battle with the enemy. Xu Guangda followed the second group of troops into the city, and he instructed the troops not to rush to clear the enemy forces in the city, but to quickly capture the other gates first.
After 3 hours of fierce fighting, our army won a complete victory in the Battle of Qingjian
Xu Guangda recognized Liao Ang at a glance in the group of prisoners, so he ordered the soldiers to invite him to the headquarters. The dialogue between Xu Liao and Xu Liao is recorded in the Biography of Xu Guangda:
Liao Ang was always unconvinced by the defeat of this battle, and Xu Guangda asked him to analyze the reasons for the defeat. Liao Ang scolded the support troops for seeing death and regretting that they could not point out Hu Zongnan's mistake in using troops in time
The two talked for about 20 minutes, after which Liao Ang saluted Xu Guangda and was taken away by the soldiers.