"I'm Chen Yi, I heard you arrested a Kuomintang commander?" Let me go right away! Put it now! On the other end of the phone, Commander Chen Yi of Huaye gave an unspeakable order! HuaYe Nine Vertical

"I'm Chen Yi, I heard you arrested a Kuomintang commander?" Let me go right away! Put it now! On the other end of the phone, Commander Chen Yi of Huaye gave an unspeakable order!

Nie Fengzhi, chief of staff of huaye jiuzhong, also thought that Chen Yi had called to praise them, and was preparing to tell them in detail how to capture Han Liancheng, when he suddenly heard such an order from his superiors, he was stunned at once.

Of course, the military order could not be disobeyed, but Mr. Chen did not explain the specific reasons, which made Nie Fengzhi unable to understand.

"Boss, this, why is this?" Nie Fengzhi still cautiously raised questions.

On the other side of the phone, Chen Yi had an unquestionable tone: "If you want to let go, you must implement it immediately, and don't ask what you shouldn't ask!" ”

This scene occurred in the Battle of Laiwu in Shandong in 1947, and it should be said that this battle was also the best luck of General Nie Fengzhi, and in this battle, in just one day and one night, the 9 columns commanded by Nie Fengzhi achieved the result of capturing more than 12,000 enemies with extremely small casualties.

It was the beginning of 1947, and the Central China Field Army and the Shandong Field Army had just merged into the East China Field Army. Nie Fengzhi served as chief of staff of the 9th Column and commander of the 25th Division. This was the first time that the 9th Column had participated in a large corps operation since joining the field army sequence.

In February, the main forces of Huaye Chen Yi and Su Yu suddenly appeared between Laiwu and Tusikou, surrounded Li Xianzhou's group in one fell swoop, fought fiercely for three days and nights, annihilated most of the enemy's 46th Army and 73rd Army, and captured the commander-in-chief Li Xianzhou alive. Some of the remnants of Chiang Kai-shek's army that had escaped from the encirclement had just gasped for breath and could not imagine that they had once again slipped into the "pocket" opened by our army in Hezhuang.

The commander of our army who mastered this "pocket" was General Nie Fengzhi. At that time, Nie Fengzhi commanded the troops to first annihilate the enemy 77th Division in the south, and then rushed to Hezhuang to ambush and annihilate the fleeing enemy. Due to the rapid movement of the 9 columns, almost all the fleeing enemies entered the encirclement.

The enemy who had escaped from the mouth of the spit surged in one after another, black pressure and chaos, and most of them were taken prisoner without firing a single shot. They obediently stacked their guns, ammunition, and reams neatly, and then marched into our military shelters in droves.

On that day, Nie Fengzhi also got an unexpected harvest, capturing Han Liancheng, the commander of the enemy's Forty-sixth Army. But he never expected that if he arrested such a high-ranking official, he would not only not receive praise, but also receive a criticism, that is, the phone call from Chen Yi, commander of Huaye at the beginning of this article.

General Nie Fengzhi later recalled that I really couldn't figure it out at that time, so I caught a big fish and wanted to let it go. Later, I learned that General Han Liancheng had already made secret contacts with our party.

In the Battle of Laiwu, Chiang Kai-shek deployed the southern and northern fronts to prepare to attack the East China Field Army at Yimeng Mountain, and Han Liancheng was one of the aces of Chiang Kai-shek's deployment on the northern front. The unit led by Han Liancheng was the Nationalist 46th Division, equipped with American-style equipment.

He had planned to lead the Forty-sixth Division in an uprising before the battle, but the battlefield was changing rapidly, and he could not lead his troops to defect, so he had to implement another plan. He led 12 of his cronies to leave their command posts before the battle began, causing the Forty-sixth Division to be leaderless and immediately plunged into chaos, directly accelerating the total destruction of Li Xianzhou's clique in the Battle of Laiwu.

This general Han Liancheng, who was also one of the four legendary generals of our party who went deep into the Tiger's Den of Longtan (the other three generals were Xiong Xianghui, Guo Rugui, and Qian Zhuangfei), had already established secret contacts with the party in Chongqing through Zhou Enlai as early as June 1942, and he was also called "the longest and most secretive invisible general who was hidden by President Chiang Ching-kuo.". And his legend has always been talked about.

In 1956, when General Nie Fengzhi visited Eastern Europe and passed through Lanzhou, he met General Han Liancheng again. At this time, Han Liancheng was already the deputy commander of the Lanzhou Military Region.

General Nie Fengzhi stepped forward and shook his hand and said, "I'm really sorry, last time my family caught my own family!" Han Liancheng hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay." Thankfully, you put it fast. At that time, not only did you hide it, but also from Chiang Kai-shek. If it weren't for Premier Zhou and Mr. Chen doing a good job of secrecy work, Chiang Kai-shek would have already "spent!" ”

"Hahaha...", the two generals laughed loudly.

Nie Fengzhi's name has played a decisive role in some of the major battles of our army. These battles are: the Battle of Menglianggu, the Battle of Jinan, the Battle of Huaihai, the Battle of Crossing the River, the Liberation of Shanghai, the Korean Air Battle, the Liberation of Yijiangshan Island...

Not only that. Many of the examples of battles he commanded were written into familiar literature. For example, "Southern Expedition to the North", "Reconnaissance of Crossing the River", "Battle of Shanghai", "Long Sky Than Wings" and so on.

His troops have also emerged many heroic collectives and individuals who are well-known throughout the country - "The First Regiment of Jinan", "Ten People Bridge", "The First Boat Crossing the River" Wei Laiguo, Han Decai, Du Fengrui ...

A party history expert said: "In the Chinese Liberation War, almost at every historical turning point, or in the dramatic process, there were wonderful performances by General Nie Fengzhi, although he was not the protagonist, the commander-in-chief. ”

A military expert said: "General Nie Fengzhi has commanded and participated in almost all kinds of battles and campaigns of our army, including land, sea and air contract operations. He was a general with rich combat experience and comprehensive knowledge. ”

Once again, when an interviewer mentioned this, General Nie Fengzhi smiled slightly and said humorously: "This is just my good luck, hard battles, bad battles, and key battles have all let me encounter!" ”

In the army of new China, there are many generals like Nie Fengzhi who, in the torrent of history of Chinese people seeking liberation, performed a magnificent and splendid martial drama that was both earth-shattering and wonderful. #HISTORICAL FIGURES# #WAR STORM#

Pictured: Founding Lieutenant General Nie Fengzhi