In the spring and summer of 1948, the units of the Northeast Field Army generally carried out a new-style army reorganization movement, and Xiao Quanfu, commander of the 26th Division of the Ninth Column (a native of Jinzhai, Anhui and a founding major general), personally went to the 76th Regiment under his command on May 1 to guide the training of troops in order to build the division's fist troops.
Xiao Quanfu's troops liked to stick a pole to the end, so they directly lived in the second battalion and five companies of the regiment stationed in the Jinzhou Beizhengou Gangzi, and after a period of practice, the results were remarkable.
Time entered the hot July, mercilessly scorching the earth, the ground seemed to be lit on fire, steaming up a fierce heat wave. With a slight movement, beads of sweat flowed down from the top.
In order to maintain the physical strength of the soldiers, Xiao Quanfu particularly emphasized the regular work and rest, especially the insistence on taking a nap. However, people are still racing against the clock. During naps, there are always many people who secretly brave the scorching sun, practicing aiming, digging traffic trenches, and climbing over obstacles.
Xiao Quanfu cherished this exuberant morale. However, he believes that the more morale is strong, the more he should give them more care and love. Therefore, he often sacrificed his nap to search and drive away the crowds of hard-working people.
One day, during his nap, Xiao Quanfu was looking around again. The village is silent. Except for the long chirping in the trees, no one was found dropping bombs, and no shouts of assassination were heard.
"This time it's almost over." Xiao Quanfu thought to himself.
"Commander, look, there's a guy climbing the wall!" The guard whispered to remind him.
Looking down at the guard's fingers, Xiao Quanfu saw a medium-sized, thin warrior, fully armed, climbing against a bare courtyard wall, again and again, unable to climb up.
"That's Zhu Wanlin from the fourth class." The guards recognized the soldier and whispered to Xiao Quanfu.
Just at this moment, Zhu Wanlin actually jumped on the wall.
"Down!" Xiao Quanfu grabbed his leg and pulled it down.
"Who? Don't make a fuss, don't make a fuss! People have a hard time..." Zhu Wanlin said breathlessly.
When he turned his head to see that it was the division commander, he quickly jumped down, saluted Xiao Quanfu, and blushed for the gaffe just now.
"If you don't have a good rest at this time, how can you keep up with the afternoon training?" Go take a nap! Xiao Quanfu criticized.
"Division commander... Our class was determined to be the tip of the knife, but I couldn't climb up, and I was afraid of dragging the whole class's hind legs. Zhu Wanlin shyly defended, but refused to move his steps.
"Rest well to ensure that you can practice higher skills, go back!" Xiao Quanfu was almost moved, but he immediately realized that this precedent could not be set.
"I... Next time don't violate the work and rest system, please ask the division commander... Don't tell Lian Li about today. Zhu Wanlin blushed and demanded.
"Oh? Do you want me to shield you? You little devil, go back! Xiao Quanfu said angrily and amusedly.
"It seems that it is not only Zhu Wanlin who is secretly practicing, but we must not let our vigilance down!" After Zhu Wanlin left, Xiao Quanfu said to the guards, "But this hot momentum is still very good!" ”
For more than two months, Xiao Quanfu had daily contacts with cadres and fighters and thoroughly understood the situation. In order to test the effectiveness of the military training at this stage, he organized a tactical exercise in the Ditch Gangzi, and after seeing the satisfactory results with his own eyes, he returned to the division headquarters with a joyful mood.
On September 10, the Ninth Column was ordered to penetrate directly into Jinbei, encircle the enemy's 20th Division in Yixian County, and block the reinforcement of Jinzhou by the enemy in Jinbei, opening the prelude to the Liaoshen Campaign.
At 10:15 on October 14, the rapid sound of artillery suddenly sounded, smoke billowed and sand and stones flew over Jinzhou City, and the Jinzhou Offensive Battle was officially launched, and the Twenty-sixth Division led by Xiao Quanfu and the Twenty-fifth Division led by Zeng Yongya (a native of Yandu, Jiangxi, major general of the founding country) were the two main forces besieging the city.
Before the battle began, Xiao Quanfu had made a bet with Zeng Yongya, the commander of the Twenty-fifth Division, and the two of them would each send a company that could fight the hardest battle to see whose troops could rush to the city wall first.
At 10:20 a.m., the sharp knife companies of the 2nd Battalion of the 76th Regiment of the 26th Division and the 1st Battalion of the 70th Regiment of the 25th Division were inserted into the front of Jinzhou and the west side of the South Gate, respectively.
Xiao Quanfu's telescope rotated closely with the movement of the second battalion.
At 10:28, Chen Zuoheng, deputy platoon leader of the second platoon of the Fifth Company, led the fourth squad, like an arrow off the string, popped out of the trench, crossed the Xiaoling River, and flew towards the city wall.
Zhao Hongquan, the fourth squad leader, shouted while rushing: "Comrades, rush through the blockade line and seize the breakthrough!" He was the first to arrive at the city and attacked the defending enemy with grenades.
The enemy defending the city also launched a frenzied counterattack, using machine guns to target the PLA soldiers for fierce strafing, and the soldiers fell one after another, and the situation was very critical.
The siege was blocked, the breakthrough could not be opened for a long time, and the scene in front of him could not help but make Xiao Quanfu feel extremely anxious. Hearing the sound of gunfire at the south gate, he wondered again: Will the Twenty-fifth Division come out on top and take the lead in breaking the city?
Although the bet with Zeng Yongya at that time was only to stimulate the soldiers' desire to actively win, after all, this was a matter of the collective honor of their respective troops, and it could not be taken seriously.
At this moment, the situation on the battlefield underwent a new change, only to see the fifth company reorganize another impact, they sent the demolition team to use explosives to blow a gap in the city wall, and then concentrated light and heavy firearms to target the enemy for a head-on blow, causing the enemy to panic.
Then Xiao Quanfu saw a picture that made him extremely happy, only to see that in the smoke of gunfire, a warrior roared angrily and rushed to the edge of the city wall, using both hands and feet, like an ape as light as a swallow and walking like a fly, and was the first to climb the city wall with great speed, and took the lead in erecting the red flag at the head of Jinzhou City before the soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Division!
"I recognize him!" A cadre of the Second Battalion shouted excitedly, "The first person to enter the city is Zhu Wanlin of the Fifth Company of our Second Battalion!" ”
Xiao Quanfu also remembered: "It was he, the soldier who was "caught" by me during the training period because he could not climb the wall, and was secretly practicing hard, he did not expect to make the first skill of slashing the general Qian Banner at the crucial moment, and also helped me win the bet with The Commander of Zeng Yongya Division!" ”
Xiao Quanfu witnessed Zhu Wanlin's heroic posture standing at the head of the city, and he immediately felt his blood boiling, and praised him: "Good! Good! Good! Such a warrior really has a kind! Whoever has the will, it will be done..."
In the end, the soldiers successfully conquered Jinzhou and accelerated the process of liberation of the northeast.