In the Battle of Lunan, Chen Yi and Su Yu commanded the East China Field Army and the Shandong Field Army to fight hand in hand, annihilating the fast column of the Nationalist army in one fell swoop and capturing Ma Liwu.
At the height of the battle, Li Yutang, commander of the Thirty-third Army, saw that something was wrong and immediately slipped away and fled, causing the target of the second phase of the campaign to lose its target for a while.
Did this end the Battle of Lunan? Su Yu fell into contemplation.
Absolutely not! According to Su Yu's deployment of the Lunan Campaign, the second phase of the battle mission was to take advantage of the victory to pursue, find and annihilate the fighters of the enemy's integrated Thirty-third Army, and retake Taierzhuang and Yixian.
However, things on the battlefield are like the sea in July, unpredictable and fickle.
Just as our East China Field Army was encircling and annihilating the Twenty-sixth Division and the First Rapid Column, Li Yutang, commander of the Thirty-third Army, was so startled that not only did he not send troops to rescue him, but without asking Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Cheng, and Xue Yue for instructions and reports, he ordered the whole army to retreat south of the canal on January 5, with its back to Xuzhou, relying on the original fortifications for full defense.
At the same time, he appropriately increased the strength of troops in the area of Yixian and Zaozhuang, reorganized the sixty-fourth division into Hanzhuang, the twentieth division took over the defense of Lincheng (present-day Xuecheng), and the eleventh division moved from Suqian to the northeast of Xuzhou.
After Li Yutang had completed this deployment, he telephoned Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Cheng, and Xue Yue separately for instructions. Chiang Kai-shek was furious when he saw the electricity, but it was not good to have a seizure, just like eating a fly was very disgusting, and he couldn't spit it out.
Seeing that the opportunity to annihilate the enemy's Thirty-third Army has been lost, what should we do? Chen Yi and Su Yu could only change due to change, and made other arrangements. At the Huaye Headquarters, Chen (Yi), Su (Yu), and Tan (Zhenlin) discussed this.
Chen Yi: "It seems that we want to have a new battle plan, according to the instructions of the central authorities to consolidate Lunan, I think we should first ke Zaozhuang, but it has strong fortifications." If we send troops to the flank, once we can't fight, the enemy will rely on Zaozhuang to hit us, which is not good for us. What is your opinion? ”
Su Yu: "Yes, attacking Zaozhuang, although the price will be greater, it is extremely important to open up the situation." ”
Tan Zhenlin said, "I also agree, concentrate my forces to take Zaozhuang." ”
Chen Yi said, "Well, according to the old rules, Boss Tan and I will come up with a topic, and Comrade Su Yu will make an article." Comrade Su Yu, let us talk about the specific arrangements. ”
"Li Yutang has a trick, we can't fight him, and he also withdrew his troops accordingly." In this way, our deployment should also be adjusted accordingly and the force of attack and blockade should be appropriately increased. I have drawn up only one preliminary plan here: In addition to the Eighth, Ninth, and Fourth Divisions and the Tenth Regiment and the Coastal Guard Brigade, which captured Yixian County as planned, the First Division was dispatched to quickly move north and capture Zaozhuang and Qicun; the First Column and the Thirteenth Brigade were on the front line of Wenfeng Mountain, Wangxian Mountain, and Baishan Mountain in the southwest of Yixian County, to block the enemy who might be reinforced by Hanzhuang and Taierzhuang. ”
"A regiment of the Lunan First Military Subdistrict entered between Lincheng and Shagou to carry out guerrilla activities, destroy railways and roads, and cut off enemy communications; in order to gain greater mobile strength, the second column and the sixth division were drawn from the troops on the southern front to the area west of the Yi River, the Lanling and Taierzhuang highways, to assemble covertly and wait for the opportunity to participate in the battle; the Seventh Division and the Ninth Column contained the enemy who attacked Shuyang. You see, does this work? ”
Chen Yi nodded and said, "Good, very good! Comrade Tan Zhenlin was asked to lead the Seventh Division and the Ninth Column to contain the enemy in the north of Shuyang. Comrade Su Yu was invited to personally go to the front line and unify his command. ”
Then, Chen Yi turned to Jin Ye and other operational staff officers and said, "Quickly submit this case to the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao for approval." At the same time, he told the local government that the focus of this campaign was on Yixian and Zaozhuang, and asked them to organize their forces to support the front with all their might. ”
After receiving the telegram, the Central Military Commission and Chairman Mao quickly replied: "This case is very good! ”
Therefore, Su Yu dispatched elite personnel to form a light command post and went to the front line of Yixian and Zaozhuang to direct the operation. Su Yu and his party rushed to the command post of the Eighth Division in Yixian County, and Wang Jian'an and He Yixiang came out.
"In order to strengthen the command, I already knew that you would come to us first." Wang Jian'an said happily.
"I'm here mainly to learn from you. Seriously, since Ren Lu, I have deeply felt that the explosive technology in Shandong is an important magic weapon to defeat the enemy, and in this regard, I am not a layman, but also a primary school student. ”
"Commander Su, don't pretend." Master He told me long ago that you are very good at blasting. In the Battle of Subei, if you hadn't instructed you to carry out the blasting in time, he might not have been able to hold the peak mountain. ”
"Commander Wang, you are wrong. If it were not for the timely instructions of Commander Su, I would certainly not have been able to defend Fengshan at that time, and I would have been ready to withdraw. He Yixiang's words were full of gratitude.
"It's purely coincidental and not worth mentioning." Su Yu said and entered the command post.
Su Yu carefully looked at the map (in fact, he could already recite it), and after listening to He Yixiang's report, he felt very satisfied, and asked: "When will the attack be launched?" ”
"Dusk today."
"Could it be earlier?"
Wang Jian'an had already understood Su Yu's intention to see the implementation of the continuous blasting, so he said: "Yes, at 5:30 p.m., organize the implementation of the continuous blasting, and launch a comprehensive attack at 6:10 p.m." ”
"Can the position of the command post go a little further?"
He Yixiang looked embarrassed, worried about Su Yu's safety, and looked at Wang Jian'an as if asking for help.
"No, you can't. How this battle is fought, we will absolutely listen to you. But the position of the command post, you have to listen to our decision. Wang Jian'an said non-negotiable.
Su Yu smiled helplessly.
At 5:30 p.m. on January 9, 1947, although it was dark, under the heavy snow cover, how the demolition team members received the enemy, how to operate, how to detonate, etc., Su Yu could basically see clearly through the telescope, and he really felt that there was a gain.
At 6:10, the full line attack was on time. Due to the good implementation of the blasting operation, the obstacles were cleared and the capture of Yixian County progressed smoothly. By 2:00 a.m. on January 11, ma Liwu, a Kuomintang lieutenant general who had completely annihilated the enemy and fled here, was taken prisoner.
On the morning of the 11th, Su Yu received Ma Liwu. After shaking hands with each other and exchanging names, Su Yu said, "Since 3 p.m. on January 4, we have been eager to see you. ”
"Yes, you want to catch me sooner."
"No, I want you to return to the team as soon as possible." You have handed over to us dozens of tanks, hundreds of cannons, hundreds of cars and people and goods, and it is not a pity that you are the commander alone? ”
"I have heard about it for a long time, saying that our chairman of the committee is the captain of the transport brigade, and that I am the leader of the transport squad..."
"Well, now you're finally back on the team."
Ma Liwu language plug.
"If you have any inconvenience in life, or if you need something to learn, you can go directly to the manager and they will try to help you."
After Ma Liwu left, Su Yu asked Wang Jian'an and He Yixiang to summon relevant personnel to give a detailed account of the breakthrough of the South Gate and the experience of combining firepower, blasting, and assault in street warfare. Su Yu personally took notes and carefully inquired about certain details. Then, Su Yu asked He Yixiang to put these experiences into writing and send them to the troops, first of all, to the first division that was attacking Zaozhuang.
Tao Yong led the 1st Division to attack on January 8, braving the snow and rushing straight to Zaozhuang, arriving at the designated location after two days of rapid marching. After a day of rest, after two days of fierce fighting on the 11th and 12th, the periphery was cleared and directly approached zaozhuang city.
Zaozhuang, an ancient town in Lunan, the height of the ping wall is 1 zhang 4 feet, the width is about 1 zhang, all masonry structure, very strong. In order to strengthen the defense and unloading, in addition to the reconstruction and reinforcement of a large number of permanent fortifications and tunnels constructed by the Japanese army, the enemy also built many new group forts, added various obstacles such as power grids and trenches, and formed a solid defensive system closely integrated with the inner and outer core positions. Zhou Yuying, commander of the 51st Division of the Defending Enemy's Reorganized Division, called it "the defense of Zaozhuang is impregnable."
On January 13, su Yu, in order to enable the 1st Division to concentrate on capturing Zaozhuang, transferred the 1st Brigade of the 1st Column to replace the 1st Division and besieged qi village. Therefore, Tao Yong leaned the command post forward as much as possible, moved to the Jiawang Coal Mine southwest of Zaozhuang, and used the mine basement as a temporary command post.
At 9 p.m. on January 13, our army launched an attack. According to Kang Lin, commander of the third regiment of the first division and one brigade who participated in the main attack, our attack went smoothly at the beginning, and the troops quickly climbed the city wall. However, the enemy relied on strong fortifications and concentrated his firepower to suppress our attacking troops.
The entire fire system formed a dense net of fire, and the warriors braved the rain of bullets to rush forward. The front fell, and the back rushed up. The warriors who rushed up climbed the city wall, jumped into the city, fought with the enemy, and finally died heroically because they were outnumbered.
The First Battalion organized two successive attacks and failed. Conlin saw this and decided to stop the attack.
The next day, Kang Lin led the company and battalion cadres to observe the enemy situation and study countermeasures. After several discussions, the firepower equipment was adjusted accordingly, and the offensive tactics and siege means were also improved.
At 9:00 p.m., another attack was launched, and the warriors bravely and tenaciously rushed up without fear of bloodshed and sacrifice, climbing the city wall several times and failing to gain a foothold, and the second attack failed again.
At the same time, the Seven Regiments of the Third Brigade, which attacked Beidajing on the east side of Zaozhuang, also lost their hands twice. The Ninth Regiment of the Third Brigade, which attacked the lime kiln on the west side of Zaozhuang, was also defeated twice.
At this time, he received a direct order from Su Yu: stop the attack, temporarily encircle and not attack, as long as the enemy is not allowed to protrude.
At noon on January 15, Su Yu, Ye Fei, He Yixiang and their entourage arrived at Tao Yong's command post. As soon as he entered the basement, the room was full of smoke, and Tao Yong was standing in front of the map contemplating, trying to find out the weak links in Zaozhuang.
When Tao Yong saw Su Yu and his party come in, he busied himself with a military salute and said, "Teacher, why did you come without greeting, what should I do if something goes wrong along the way?" ”
"We haven't eaten lunch yet, can we make a bowl of hot noodle soup to drink?" Su Yu answered the question.
Su Yu looked at Tao Yong's command post and felt good, not far from the line of fire, and relatively safe. Then he asked questions that had nothing to do with the war.
Why did Commander Su have some doubts: Commander Su said that he was going to hold an on-site meeting to solve the problem of capturing Zaozhuang, so why did everything he talked about have nothing to do with hitting Zaozhuang? Ye Fei was different, he understood Su Yu's intentions, so he also talked about some non-marginal words.
Because he knew that Tao Yong did not eat or sleep as soon as he fought, he just smoked one cigarette after another, and it was inevitable that he would be a little impatient if he fought badly, coupled with a strong personality, he made a military order before the war, so he was very supportive of Su Yu to adjust the atmosphere first.
Shredded meat noodle soup was delivered, one bowl for each person. Tao Yong did not eat, and Su Yu was not happy: "The first time Master He came to you as a guest, you did not even accompany the guests to drink a bowl of noodle soup, is it polite?" ”
Tao Yong was helpless and reluctantly ate a bowl. After the meal, Tao Yong said, "Commander, let me report on the battle situation." ”
However, he was stopped by Su Yu, "Quick, order Kang Lin to come here quickly." Su Yu said to Tao Yong.
After a while, Conlin came. Su Yu beckoned him to sit down and said to him, "Comrade Kang Lin, your three regiments have always been known for fighting hard battles, but this time they can't even nibble on a small jujube. In fact, it is nothing, our division is still the first time to attack the enemy of the fortified fortification, and we have brought you here to hear your plans for the next time. ”
"The division commander was right to order a halt to the attack. I was preparing to report to Brigadier Zhang (Zhendong) that our three regiments were good at fighting field battles, but at the moment they were attacking fortified areas, and the troops lacked experience in siege operations, so it was difficult to adapt at once. ”
"That's right." Su Yu nodded, "But, have you thought about the solution?" Comrade sapper staff officer. ”
When Su Yu was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Jiangnan Headquarters of the New Fourth Army, Kang Lin worked at Su Yu's side, served as a staff officer of the engineers, and carried out explosives.
Conlin talked about his thoughts and suggestions for siege operations. Kang Lin believed that in order to break through the enemy's strong fortifications, it was necessary to use the method of continuous blasting, and suggested that an advance group of fifty or sixty people should be formed, divided into several groups of blasting, firepower, and assault, for special training. In addition, dig a tunnel directly under Zaozhuang City, so that the blasting is safer and more reliable.
Su Yu said happily, "Well, know thyself and know the other, and never lose a battle." We really coincide! ”
At this time, Su Yucai turned to Comrades Tao Yong, Ye Fei, He Yixiang and said, "What do you think?" ”
Tao Yong immediately agreed. Su Yu asked Kang Lin again, "You have done blasting in the past, do you think you are sure this time?" How long does it take to train troops in the line of fire? The enemy walls are more than a foot wide, and the explosive packages cannot be too small, this is not a gun tower for the Japanese. ”
"In three days, the demolition team can be trained, and the firepower and assault force can be prepared, and the siege problem can be solved." In order to increase the power of the explosion, a pack of explosives came to it thirty or forty pounds, as long as it exploded an opening, the troops could enter. ”
"Yes!" Su Yu raised an eyebrow: "It should be a little bigger, fifty or sixty pounds per package of explosives, so that the enemy can sit on a dirt plane." If we do not attack, we will already attack, and if we attack, we will break. That's it, and you'll go back and organize it right away. ”
Before Kang Lin left, Su, Ye, Tao, and He agreed: 2 regiments were drawn from the first column and 1 regiment from the Eighth Division to participate in the battle to capture Zaozhuang, and Tao Yong unified the command.
Tao Yong decided to set up a siege advance team directly controlled by the division headquarters, consisting of 80 to 100 people. He had to personally select the best cadres and soldiers to participate, and when they were gathered together, they could be used directly, and they could be put into the regiment as backbones. He also informed the brigades to follow suit.
In the few days of encirclement and non-attack, the enemy dispatched multiple planes every day to bomb our army's positions, and the enemy's shells fell continuously on the positions of the First Division. Therefore, the soldiers dug many air raid shelters, and also dug a few small round pits at the entrance of the caves, piled up with stones to form a stove, and supported bad washbasins, crock pots, and broken steel helmets to fry peanuts and rice to eat.
Some people are tired of eating persimmon cakes, and they have the ingenuity to cook and eat. There was a squad leader named Li Tianxing, a native of Hebei, with dark skin and small eyes, who killed a dog from nowhere, and the 12 people in the class actually ate dog meat at the door of the air raid shelter.
It just so happened that Tao Yong was patrolling here, and the fighters were busy hiding in the air raid shelter. Li Tianxing couldn't hide, blinked his small eyes, smiled and squinted, and said: "Master, taste this dog meat, spray incense, if you can have some wine, then it is really awesome!" ”
Tao Yong smiled. He knew this soldier, who had been liberated from Sun Liangcheng's troops when he attacked Gaoyoucheng in early 1946. People are very active, a little clever, but they fight and croak. In a blockade battle, the main and deputy squad leaders were sacrificed, and he volunteered to serve as the squad leader, commanding the whole squad to block the enemy's retreat, and the enemy could not pass his pass no matter how he attacked.
Later, the company commander was killed and the instructor was wounded, and he helped the instructor command the whole company, taking more than three hundred prisoners. Tao Yong said, "If you eat it for me, what will your brothers hiding in the cave eat?" ”
Tao Yong walked away, walking on the road and thinking, "Oh, the advance siege team can't forget this clever ghost." ”
On January 17, the red sun had just risen from the horizon, and Tao Yong took the backbone trainees of the blasting technology training class to the headquarters of the Eighth Division of Yixian County in a newly captured 10-wheel truck.
After a whole day of basic training, these trainees came to the Eighth Division today to investigate and study. After Tao Yong arrived, He Yixiang rushed out to greet him. Tao Yong shook He Yixiang's hand and said, "I have come to learn from you." ”
Then, accompanied by He Yixiang, a detailed inspection of the city fortifications in Yixian County was conducted. The fortifications here are similar to the layout of the fortifications in Zaozhuang, and the structure is basically the same. He Yixiang explained while walking, Tao Yong asked while watching, and sometimes stopped to discuss and deliberate with each other, so that the trainees felt that the trip was worth it.
Three days later, Su Yu went to Kang Lin again to find out about the formation and training of the blasting team. Kang Lin gave a detailed report on how to study, inspect, and practice under the leadership of Master Tao, and Su Yu was very satisfied.
Su Yu told Kang Lin that this time he had also strengthened the support of large artillery pieces, and asked all the main offensive units to take the initiative to cooperate with the artillery and do a good job in coordinating infantry and artillery.
On the afternoon of January 19, Chen Yi called Su Yu: "Dude, I invite Ma Liwu to dinner in the evening, can you participate together?" ”
"General Manager Chen, you know that tonight we are going to launch a general attack on Zaozhuang."
"Mr. Chen, I already know that you will not come." Guys pay attention to the body. Chen Yi knew that he would definitely take Zaozhuang tonight, and wanted Su Yu to go back to the headquarters to rest.
Ma Liwu, a native of Xihua County, Shaanxi Province, was born in 1904 and graduated from the first batch of Huangpu. He was deeply impressed by Chen Yi's banquet. Afterwards, he told a Xinhua reporter: "I am very touched by the magnanimity of the military and people in the Liberated Areas, especially the warm concern for General Chen Yi. If I had known that your army was so sincere, and you had given me a letter earlier, I would have come. ”
After the liberation of the whole country, Ma Liwu was granted amnesty after studying and reforming. Sadly and happily, he spent his old age in peace.
In order to give Zhou Yuying one last chance, Su Yu ordered: in the name of Chen Yi and Su Yu, write a letter of persuasion to Zhou Yuying. But it didn't work.
So at 19:00 on January 19, our artillery group spoke. The guns fired in unison, the earthquake trembled, and one after another "rumbled" loud noises, turning Zaozhuang into a sea of fire. First the three high-rise pillboxes on the city wall were leveled, and then the pillboxes at the intersections of the town were destroyed.
At this time, enemy artillery fire counterattacked. The targets of the enemy's artillery fire are, first, my artillery position, and second, Tao Yong's command post. Sure enough, a shell landed at the gate of Tao Yong's command post, straight into the ground, leaving only a small section of the tail outside, but it did not explode, otherwise, Tao Yong and they would be buried in the basement.
Immediately, our army adjusted the artillery and pressed it against the enemy artillery positions with more powerful firepower. Gradually, the enemy's artillery fire became thinner and dumber. Soon, my artillery also stopped shooting, and there was a rare silence on the battlefield.
After a while, as the 3 red signal flares rose in the air, Zaozhuang sounded a "rumbling" explosion again. This time, the sound was more "muffled" and not as loud as the cannon, but it immediately caused a big gap in the east, south, and west of Zaozhuang City.
This time, the blasting technology has shown its might. Then, the gunshots burst out, the killing sound was tremendous, and the officers and men of our army bravely entered the city from three large gaps...
The phone at Tao Yong's command post rang. Tao Yong picked up the phone, only to hear the other party say in a loud voice: "Master Tao?" I am Peng Deqing, the commander of the Third Brigade, and the good news is that the special agent company of my Seventh Regiment has occupied Beidajing, with only three casualties, one dead and two wounded. Our blasting was a success! ”
Tao Yong suddenly became active and hurriedly called the brigades. He said to Zhang Zhendong, "Old Zhang? The third brigade has already occupied Beidajing, and your first brigade must work harder! ”
The phone rings and the news is good news. Tao Yong called a staff officer over: "Quick, report these situations directly to the general manager of Su, don't report them to me again." ”
Tao Yong suddenly felt hungry and shouted, "Xiao Haimen (the guards are Haimen people, nicknamed Xiao Haimen), get some food." ”
Tao Yong turned around and was about to smoke, when he saw that the Go on the table was covered with dust, he hurriedly blew away the dust with his mouth, and shouted at the chief of staff: "Come, old Mei, kill a plate." ”
The fierce battle was fought until 3 p.m. on the 20th, and the enemy was completely annihilated. In this campaign, the First Division annihilated more than 11,000 people of the 51st Reorganized Division, captured 7,798 people below the enemy lieutenant general Zhou Yuying, captured 19 howitzers, mountain guns, 247 light and heavy machine guns, and more than 600,000 rounds of ammunition of various types. However, Tao Yong's first division also paid a heavy price, with 3,040 casualties.
When Tao Yong heard that Lieutenant General Zhou Yuying had been captured, he was very happy and said to Peng Deqing: "I want to see this Lieutenant General Division Commander Zhou Yuying." ”
Zhou Yuying, a native of Zhucheng County, Shandong Province, Longyuan, born in 1896, graduated from the sixth phase of Baoding Military Academy. He was appointed deputy commander of the Fifty-first Army in March 1939 and commander of the Army on March 26, 1942.
In October 1946, Zhou Yuying held a meeting in Nanjing, was received by Chiang Kai-shek alone, and took a group photo to "commemorate the occasion". Since then, Zhou's attitude toward the civil war has changed dramatically, from wavering to being resolute and hardworking.
Before our army carried out the final attack on Zaozhuang, Zhou Yuying received a letter of surrender from Chen and Su. At that time, there were many reasons why he did not surrender in time.
One was that his old classmate Xue Yue lied to him that reinforcements would arrive in another 7 hours, causing him to die; the second was that Defense Minister Bai Chongxi sent a plane to send him a handwritten letter saying that he would be rewarded with 10 million silver dollars for holding Zaozhuang; third, zeng Jinpo, the head of his personnel section, opposed the uprising, crying bitterly and saying: "Our troops have a history of 83 years, is this the end?" ”
In this way, Zhou Yuying did not listen to his cousin Dai Yufeng (an underground party member who specialized in plotting against him), but hesitated. This hesitation made him regret for the rest of his life, and he eventually became a prisoner.
Inside the Command Post of Tao Yong's front line, inside and outside, everyone wanted to see the lieutenant general commander who was captured by the First Division for the first time. Zhou Yuying walked to the command post under the escort of a cadre, and Lao Yuan took off his military hat and bowed deeply to Tao Yong, who was gradually approaching.
Tao Yong was not yet 35 years old at the time, a full 16 years younger than Zhou Yuying, and seeing Zhou Yuying's appearance, he took the initiative to shake Zhou's hand and said: "We don't know each other if we don't fight!" ”
Zhou Yuying was full of shame, busy wiping off the large diamond ring on his left ring finger, and presenting his hands to Tao Yong as a greeting gift.
Tao Yong shook his hand and smiled, "Our army has never searched for prisoners' pockets, and you are a lieutenant general. ”
Later, Zhou Yuying was sent to the Liaison Department of the Central China Field Army and received preferential treatment. Zhou complained to the director of the Liaison Department that his two boxes of banknotes had been confiscated.
"Is it public money or private property?" If it is public funds, it should be confiscated, and if it is private property, it will not be confiscated. ”
Zhou Yuying said: "Your cadres are very clean, but we are a lieutenant general and division commander in the Kuomintang army, and two boxes of banknotes are nothing." It's all my personal money. ”
The next day, our army returned all of Zhou Yuying's personal belongings, including a beloved crystal seal and two boxes of banknotes, to him.
On February 2, Chen Yi hosted a banquet for Zhou Yuying. Accompanied by Han Shiru, deputy division commander of major generals who were also captured, Li Xianzhong, chief of staff of major generals, Li Yutang, commander of the 113rd Brigade (the same name as the commander of the enemy's 33rd Army), and Li Buqing, commander of the 114th Brigade. After liberation, they were all leniently released.
This was the whole process of the Lunan Campaign, which annihilated more than 53,000 enemy personnel, captured two lieutenant generals, captured 24 tanks, 474 cars, 217 artillery of various types, and a large number of weapons, equipment, and ammunition materials, creating a new record for the number of enemy annihilations in the East China Battlefield.
On January 21, Chairman Mao and the Central Military Commission called twice: "Zaozhuang was conquered and the Fifty-first Division was completely annihilated. I hope to reward meritorious soldiers. ”
Chairman Mao also pointed out: "Within thirty days, you annihilated three integrated divisions, including the Sixty-ninth Division, the Twenty-sixth Division, and the Fifty-first Division, and achieved unprecedented victories. Lunan is victorious, the situation is open, I have taken the initiative, the enemy has fallen into passivity."
January 23, 1947, is the traditional festival of the Chinese nation: the Spring Festival. First, the Lunan Campaign won an unprecedented victory; second, the East China Field Army was formally established, with Chen Yi as commander and political commissar, Su Yu as deputy commander, and Tan Zhenlin as deputy political commissar.
It was unified into 11 infantry columns, and a new mechanized column composed of tanks, artillery, and large vehicles was formed: the Special Forces Column.
Su Yu felt a rare sense of ease at this time, and he said to the confidential secretary, "Go, Xiao Xu, let's take a walk." ”
They walked through the snow toward the outside of the village. After the heavy snow, the fields were white, there were no shelling gunshots, no chickens barking, and there was silence in this silvery world.
As they walked, Su Yu actually jumped up and sang the song "Grape Fairy" that he liked very much since his student days: the clouds fluttered, the stars shook, and the sea had stopped the tide. The noisy insects, the birds that love to sing, the people who love to talk, all fall asleep together.
Secretary Xu followed behind, full of emotion: "Everyone says that Commander Su Yu governs the army very strictly and loves soldiers like sons. Now it seems that he himself is like an innocent and lovely child. ”
At that time, Su Yu was 39 years old.