Introduction: Xu Shiyou is a prominent military combat talent in the revolutionary history of our army, he dedicated his life's youth and enthusiasm to the cause of liberation, fought on the battlefield all his life, rarely lost, and he has many legendary stories on the battlefield. During the Liberation War, he commanded the troops to attack a county town, but he did not win for 16 days, and finally a small squad leader in the unit came up with an idea to let the troops take the county town.
In 1948, under the powerful offensive of the People's Liberation Army, the Kuomintang army suffered defeats one after another, most parts of the country were liberated, and the political power gradually returned to the hands of the people, however, Shandong, as an important barrier of the National Name Party, Chiang Kai-shek strictly ordered the troops to stick to strategic places such as Jinan and Qingdao.
Before the Battle of Qingdao in Jinan, Weixian became a must-fight place, because it was an important hub between Qingdao and Jinan, and taking Weixian could also open up the confluence channel of multiple units of the People's Liberation Army. Xu Shiyou decided to take this county seat as soon as possible and speed up the pace of Shandong's liberation.
However, contrary to expectations, Weixian was not as easy to attack as imagined. This county town has a strong city wall, it is said that as early as the Han Dynasty began the construction of city defense, has always been a place of contention for soldiers, after thousands of years of business repairs, Weixian county seat has been a steel fortress. Moreover, there is a 5-meter-wide moat outside the city wall, and the city wall is densely packed with bunkers and bunkers.
In the city, there are also dense firepower networks in various streets and alleys, and countless bunker fire points are set up in higher buildings and important roads. Three lines of defense were set up outside the city, full of bunkers, mines, etc., and the outer defense lines were arranged impermeable.
In order to be foolproof, the Kuomintang also stationed elite troops in Weixian County, adding up to nearly 50,000 troops. Chen Jincheng, commander of the Kuomintang garrison in Weixian County, patted his chest and assured his superiors that Weixian was absolutely impregnable and that the Plaster would not be able to capture it.
Such a strong and thorough protection system made Xu Shiyou particularly headache. After the battle began, the People's Liberation Army dispatched 120,000 troops, not only that, but also 22 regiments of troops on the periphery to block the Kuomintang reinforcements, in order to take Weixian as soon as possible.
Although the People's Liberation Army fought very bravely and constantly launched attacks on Weixian County, the progress was unusually slow, and after half a month of attack, it only cleared the troops on the outskirts of Weixian County, and the Losses of the Kuomintang defenders in the county town were extremely small, but the People's Liberation Army paid huge casualties.
The fighter plane could not be delayed any longer, but Xu Shiyou could do nothing. Later, it was decided to use the commonly used "tunnel operation" to transfer troops under the city wall by opening the underground passage, but the Kuomintang soon discovered our army's intentions, and they blew up the passage with a large number of artillery covering. Wave after wave of warriors fell, but they still failed to break through the walls.
Impatient, Xu Shiyou decided to exert the wisdom of the officers and soldiers and brainstorm to seek a siege plan. Unexpectedly, soon a squad leader of the 9th Column proposed a siege plan that attracted Xu Shiyou's attention.
This squad leader, named Song Wenwen, is an ordinary warrior, but his advice is very wonderful. He proposed that when blowing up the city wall with a bamboo pole against the explosive package, a slip could be installed on the top of the bamboo pole, and the speed and inertia could be used to quickly drop the explosive package on the top of the city wall, which not only greatly improved the speed, but also solved the problem of the explosive package exploding in advance.
This method worked very well, and during the break, all the siege forces began to make this slide device in large quantities, and repeated experiments and refinements were carried out to ensure perfect results.
After the battle began again, the sliding device played a miraculous role, quickly reaching the top of the city wall, and the defending Nationalist soldiers held their heads and scurried.
In less than an hour, the fire points on the east and west walls were destroyed, and without the suppression of powerful firepower, the People's Liberation Army sent a large number of engineers to start the blasting operation, quickly opened the offensive channel, and a large number of troops poured into the city wall to start a total, and under the attack of the tide, they quickly took important positions around the city wall.
Seeing that the general trend was gone, the Kuomintang garrison troops could only huddle up in the corner of the city and stubbornly resist, occupy an important position in the streets, and carry out street battles with the People's Liberation Army. However, at this time, the People's Liberation Army, full of the will to fight, quickly broke through the layers of defenses of the Kuomintang.
In the face of the heroic strong offensive of the People's Liberation Army, the remnants of the Kuomintang had to surrender and lay down their weapons. At this point, the county seat of Weixian was liberated, and the red flag was planted on the city wall of the county. After this important strategic center was taken, it laid a solid foundation for the future liberation of Qingdao and Jinan.
Conclusion: In the vigorous war of liberation, the People's Liberation Army defeated the well-armed Kuomintang army in just a few years with the momentum of destruction and decay; in addition to the heroic and tenacious fighting spirit of the PLA soldiers, it was inseparable from the support of the broad masses of the people.
After a hard battle, in the end we won a great victory. It will never be possible for people to forget the sacrifices made to Xu Shiyou and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation, still less can they forget the countless revolutionary martyrs who sacrificed.