At the end of May 1946, Lin Biao led his troops to Shulan, and after several days of fighting, the troops were exhausted; He Jingzhi, the director of the management department who had previously arrived here, let the cooking class fry a few dishes in advance, and then went to get two bottles of wine, ready to relieve the fatigue of the old comrades-in-arms.
After the headquarters arrived at the camp, He Jingzhi sent guards to inform Li Zuopeng, Su Jing, Zhang Rui and others to come to dinner.
Li Zuopeng was an alcoholic who was given the nickname "Li Burning Pot". Once, when Li Zuopeng wanted to drink, the guards rummaged through the drawers and did not find even a single bottle of wine, and the troops were stationed far from the town and had no place to buy wine.
Li Zuopeng "made a clever move", came to the health center, on the grounds of "disinfection", got a bowl of alcohol, and then added several bowls of water to it, and drank it as liquor, although the taste was not good, but it was better than nothing.
The guard is also a person who loves to drink, seeing that the chief can drink vigorously and swallow the saliva, Li Zuopeng saw that it was already night, and there was no task, so he took a bowl to the guard to drink.
After drinking a bowl, the guards fell asleep after a while, and Li Zuopeng shook his head and continued to drink. The next day, Li Zuopeng worked as usual, but the guards slept heavily, which showed li Zuopeng's alcohol consumption.
Li Zuopeng
At that time, Li Zuopeng arrived at Shulan with the headquarters, just about to catch his breath, when he heard that the old comrade-in-arms had prepared a drink, he immediately came to his senses, and he arrived at He Jingzhi's home without thinking.
Just when everyone had just begun to drink, Lin Biao, commander of the Northeast Democratic United Army, walked in, Lin Biao's face was very bad, and when he saw Li Zuopeng raise his wine glass and prepare to drink, he was immediately furious, directly overturned the table on the kang, and the food fell to the ground, scolding Li Zuopeng: When is it, you are still drunk and dreaming of death.
As we all know, Lin Biao is usually silent and taciturn, and rarely loses his temper so much; then, what is the reason for making him scold his love general Li Zuopeng?
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Shortly after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Lin Biao was appointed commander of the Shandong Military Region. A large part of the troops of the Shandong Military Region were the squad members of the former 115th Division, such as Luo Ronghuan, Xiao Hua, Liang Xingchu, Luo Huasheng, and other generals he was familiar with, and he would soon be able to carry out his work smoothly after arriving in Shandong.
After receiving the order, Lin Biao arrived in Hebei on a US plane in Yan'an, and then rode a fast horse to Shandong.
However, the situation was developing rapidly, and both the Kuomintang and the Communists were seizing the strategic area of the northeast at the fastest speed.
As early as half a year ago, Mao Zedong set his sights on this place.
At that time, the northeast was one of the main grain producing areas in China, not only rich in resources, but also one of the best industrial systems in the country, and bordered the Soviet Union in the north, North Korea in the east, Shandong across the sea in the south, and the Jin-Cha-Ji base area led by Nie Rongzhen in the west, with an excellent geographical location.
If the northeast were occupied, it would have more ties with the Soviet Union, and although the Soviet Union had signed treaties with the Nationalist government, both were "communists" after all. Moreover, there are a large number of weapons and equipment left behind by the Japanese army after the surrender in the northeast, and if these can be obtained, it will undoubtedly increase the strength to compete with the Kuomintang in the future.
Northeast scenery
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the central authorities formulated the principle of "defending to the south and developing to the north," and dispatched a large number of cadres and the main force of the Shandong Military Region to advance into the northeast.
At the same time, the two parties are holding peace talks, the differences on the northeast issue have always been very large, and with the help of the United States, the Nationalist army will continue to transport troops from the rear to the northeast at the fastest speed, and Chiang Kai-shek's attitude has become more and more tough.
At this time, the conflict between the Communists and the Kuomintang in the northeast was continuous, and Lin Biao commanded his troops to rush ahead of the Nationalist army and occupy Siping. When Chiang Kai-shek learned of this, he was horrified and immediately ordered the Nationalist troops in Shenyang to retake it in multiple ways.
The torrential rains for several days made the roads very muddy, but the Nationalist army also showed extremely strong combat effectiveness at the beginning, successively breaking through the blockade of Wan Yi, Wu Kehua and other units, and occupying Fushun, Liaoyang, Anshan, Yingkou, Faku and other places.
On the evening of April 8, the Democratic Coalition Army engaged the Nationalist army at the outer position of Siping. The Democratic Coalition Army, with a strength of 12 regiments, faced the 38th Division of the First Army of the Warring States Army.
Although the 38th Division had been an expeditionary force in the past and had rich combat experience, it had not achieved great results under the stubborn resistance of the Democratic Coalition Army, and division commander Li Hong also said to Shangfeng that it would not be able to capture Siping on time.
Just when the 38th Division's attack was blocked, the Nationalist 87th Division, which was trying to detour from Faku to the Siping flank, was surrounded and annihilated by Lin Biao's "one point and two sides" tactics.
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At the same time that Lin Biao led his troops to fight fiercely with the Nationalist army in Siping, the Northeast Bureau reached a "tacit understanding" with the Soviet army that took over Changchun, and after the last batch of Soviet troops withdrew, Yang Guofu, He Qingji and other units of the Democratic Coalition Army, a total of 13 regiments, launched a surprise attack on the Nationalist troops airlifted to Changchun, and after four days of bloody struggle, more than 8,000 people were captured and Changchun was occupied.
The battle of Siping went into a state of stalemate, Changchun was also lost, and Chiang Kai-shek scolded "Niang Xipi".
According to Chiang Kai-shek's instructions, Du Yuming rushed back to the northeast from Beiping and ordered that Siping be "retaken" at all costs.
On April 18, Zheng Dongguo commanded the New First Army of the Nationalist Army, under the cover of aircraft artillery and tanks, to launch an attack on Siping; although our army had no experience in fighting large-scale defensive warfare, it repelled many attacks by Zheng Dongguo with the fortifications it had built before.
Chairman Mao's purpose in making Lin Biao stick to Siping was mainly to gain more favorable positions when negotiating with the Kuomintang, and at the same time to block the Kuomintang in the line of Siping, so that the Kuomintang occupied the areas south of Shenyang and the Communists occupied the areas north of Changchun and Harbin, and the two sides "divided" the northeast equally.
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But at this moment, Benxi fell, and the Nationalist army solved its worries and directly attacked Siping.
At that time, in order to hold siping, Lin Biao transferred the main force of Benxi to Siping, and only arranged three regiments to stay behind, while the nationalist army attacking Benxi had 5 well-equipped divisions, and the Democratic Coalition Army, regardless of its numbers or equipment, was far inferior to the Nationalist army.
Because the equipment of the Democratic Coalition Army was originally very different from the Nationalist army, after the fall of Benxi, the battle line was stretched for tens of kilometers, the pressure was getting bigger and bigger, the positions were broken through one after another, the Nationalist army gradually completed the encirclement of Siping, and the final moment of the defensive war had arrived.
With the loss of the Tazishan position, Lin Biao deeply felt that if he did not retreat, the rear road might be blocked, and when the time came to destroy the entire army, Lin Biao issued an order to retreat.
The Battle of Siping also became one of the few defeats in Lin Biao's military career.
After Lin Biao withdrew from Siping, Chairman Mao called to demand that Changchun be held, but Lin Biao, Luo Ronghuan, Peng Zhen, and others believed that it was of little significance to hold Changchun and suggested abandoning Changchun.
Du Yuming
At that time, Du Yuming rushed the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army to the Songhua River, and Lin Biao could only lead his troops to retreat north day and night, and along the way many troops were scattered, and the phenomenon of disorganization and undisciplined was very serious.
At this time, Lin Biao found that Du Yuming had changed his previous steps into a battalion and fought steadily and steadily, and a regiment or a battalion dared to pursue our army alone and go deep into the depths, and once he chased one accurately, as if he knew the direction in which our army was going to retreat, Lin Biao had a premonition that there must be traitors inside, and after the investigation, it was found that when he withdrew from Lishu Town a few days ago, Wang Jifang, the head of the operations section, suddenly disappeared.
Wang Jifang joined the Red Army as a teenager, experienced the arduous Long March, and after arriving in northern Shaanxi, he entered the Red University with other comrades.
At that time, Lin Biao was the principal of the Red University, and although Wang Jifang was young, his "seniority" was not shallow, and he studied hard, his achievements were among the best, and he always had a similar view to Lin Biao on past battles and battles.
As we all know, Lin Biao served as the commander of the Red Army in his twenties, commanding thousands of troops and horses, so he always paid further attention to young and promising cadres, and people like Wang Jifang, who were closer to him in terms of point of view, were the objects of his attention.
After Lin Biao hurried to the northeast to take up his post, the headquarters needed some cadres that he used more easily to facilitate the work, and Wang Jifang was transferred to the headquarters by Lin Biao, because his idea of combat was close to Lin Biao's, so he let Wang Jifang take up a post in the operations section.
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After the Democratic Coalition Army withdrew from Siping, he was stationed in Lishu Town for a few days, and Wang Jifang personally watched the Democratic Coalition Army collapse all the way and was chased by the Nationalist army, and he believed that this time the Democratic Coalition Army was likely to be wiped out and gradually lost confidence in the revolution.
When in Lishu Town, Wang Jifang "accidentally" met the daughter of a landlord, and the two soon fell in love, under the leadership of this woman, Wang Jifang enjoyed a good "material" life, which made Wang Jifang, who was already pessimistic, even more depraved.
Because the enemy was chasing tightly, the troops wanted to continue to retreat, Wang Jifang could not bear to be separated from his lovers, and after a few steps of following the large troops, he casually told his comrades a reason and sneaked back to Pear Tree Town, because the troops were scattered at that time, and everyone did not notice Wang Jifang's abnormality, thinking that he would follow the team when he waited.
Wang Jifang's lover was actually a cadre of the Kuomintang Three Youth League, and at her instigation, Wang Jifang defected to Du Yuming.
As the head of the Operations Section, Wang Jifang knew the situation of the Northeast Democratic Coalition Army very well, and he gave this information to Du Yuming and Pan.
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At this time, Du Yuming learned that the original radio code had long been deciphered by the Democratic Coalition Army, and he was shocked and immediately ordered a change of password. Previously, Du Yuming said that there were thousands of Soviet troops in the Democratic Coalition Army, because they were worried that if they fought too fiercely, they might cause Casualties of the Soviet Army, which would cause international disputes.
But in fact, there were no thousands of Soviet troops in the Democratic Coalition Army, and Wang Jifang's arrival dispelled Du Yuming's doubts, immediately changed the previous strategy of fighting steadily and steadily, dispatched elites, drove all the way in, ignored the harassment of small units, and directly pursued the main force of the Democratic Coalition Army.
When the troops arrived in Shulan, Lin Biao urgently needed to get in touch with the Party Central Committee, but the radio was delayed.
"Why hasn't the radio arrived yet, and where did it go?" Lin Biao asked angrily.
"The chief of the report, Director Li (Li Zuopeng was then the chief of staff), drove the jeep away, and the radio went slower, as if it had fallen behind." The staff answered.
"Quickly send someone to find them, be sure to find them," Lin Biao ordered.
"Go and call Li Zuopeng," Lin Biao said again.
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Because Li Zuopeng was drinking at He Jingzhi's residence at that time and was not at his post, the people sent by Lin Biao were not found, and after asking other comrades in the general staff office, they learned that they had been called away by He Jingzhi.
Lin Biao knew that Li Zuopeng usually liked to drink two drinks, but he thought that the situation was so critical now, he should not go to drink, so he asked people to take him to He Jingzhi's home.
As soon as he pushed through the door, he found that several people were drinking happily, of which Li Zuopeng was the most cheerful, holding a bowl of wine and preparing to go down, when he saw Lin Biao walk in with an angry face, Li Zuopeng hurriedly put down the wine and stood up with his head bowed.
Occupying the radio car and Wang Jifang's defection all made Lin Biao hold a fire in his stomach, and in a fit of anger, he directly overturned the table; then, he picked up a bag from his chair and prepared to fight li Zuopeng, and his secretary who came to He Jing's house and others saw the situation and hurriedly pulled away, so that there was no fight.
"What time is it now, you are still drunk and dreaming, the situation of the troops is a mess, you don't manage it, you can't find the radio, you are not in a hurry..."
Soon after, Li Zuopeng was transferred out of the headquarters and replaced by the deputy commander and chief of staff of the first column; but Li Zuopeng was also ashamed and courageous, and in the ensuing battles, he fought more and more fiercely.
Lin Biao
After the Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi, Li Zuopeng also went to Hongda University for further study, and like Wang Jifang, he was favored by Lin Biao, who was then the "principal".
After the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the three main forces of the Red Army were reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, and Lin Biao was reappointed as the commander of the 115th Division, and Li Zuopeng was brought to his post, successively serving as the chief of the reconnaissance section and the chief of the operations section.
Later, the 115th Division divided its troops, all the way to open up the Jin-Cha-Ji base area, all the way to open up the Shandong base area, Li Zuopeng was assigned to Shandong, his eyes were wounded in Shandong, and the photos of Li Zuopeng that we see now will find that he is wearing a sunglasses.
In January 1939, under the command of Chen Guang and Luo Ronghuan, a part of the 115th Division advanced into Shandong, and the headquarters was set up in Liangshan, at that time, because the main force penetrated deep into Luzhong to open up a base area, Chen Guang and Luo Ronghuan only had some remaining troops around them.
On August 1, the anniversary of the Nanchang Uprising, Chen Guang and Luo Ronghuan organized troops to hold a party with the masses; just then, suddenly a news came that a large group of japanese troops was rushing toward Liangshan, and the commander was Changtian Toshie.
Although he was only a young man, he was the nephew of Emperor Hirohito, and this time he came to China to exercise, and before leaving, Emperor Hirohito personally received him.
Nagata Toshie
After Nagata Toshie came to Shandong, the Japanese troops stationed in Shandong attached great importance to it, and since the emperor's nephew wanted to come to exercise, after learning that Nagata Toshie was preparing to raid the headquarters of the 115th Division in Liangshan, the Japanese army specially dispatched a brigade with the best equipment and the strongest combat effectiveness to command him, and also equipped him with artillery and a company of the "Imperial Allied Army" to open the way for him.
After making all the preparations, Nagata Toshie set out with this strengthened version of the brigade; he did not pay attention to the Eighth Route Army at all, and drove straight in.
After Chen Guang received the news, he immediately organized a combat meeting, and everyone unanimously held that if Nagata Toshie was not eliminated, the Japanese army would certainly "follow suit" in the future, which would undoubtedly encourage the arrogance of the enemy. After the study, Chen Guang decided to take advantage of the arrogance of Nagata Toshie to lure the enemy deeper and surround and annihilate him.
Nagata Toshie was not familiar with the situation in Shandong and was not accustomed to the tactics of the Eighth Route Army, and was quickly annihilated. As if this battle, the Japanese imperial family lost face and mobilized a large army to encircle and suppress Liangshan.
Because the enemy was strong and we were weak, Chen Guang ordered Li Zuopeng to lead a company to cover the headquarters and the transfer of the masses.
After Li Zuopeng completed his mission, he ordered a retreat, at which time yellow smoke suddenly rose in front of the position, and after discovering that something was wrong, he immediately organized everyone to evacuate the smoke area.
After Li Zuopeng's eyes were smoked by the poisonous gas, the tears flowed incessantly, and after the cleaning of the potion, one eye gradually recovered, but the other did not get much improvement, which eventually led to blindness. Li Zuopeng's nickname of "Li Blind" comes from this.
The Japanese invasion of China
After Li Zuopeng was transferred from the headquarters, he came to the First Column as deputy commander, which was called the predecessor of the 38th Army of the "Long Live Army" by Peng Dehuai during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
After working in the first column for a period of time, due to the rapid development of the Democratic Coalition Army and the imminent need for military commanders who could fight hard battles, Li Zuopeng was transferred to the deputy commander of the Sixth Column and the commander of the 16th Division, and began to lead a team independently.
At the time of the Liaoshen Campaign, Li Zuopeng's Sixth Column was one of the first troops to break into Jinzhou, and lin Biao then ordered Li Zuopeng to personally command two divisions to block Liao Yaoxiang's retreat.
In the early morning of October 26, when the troops marched to the Yao family shack and encountered the enemy, Li Zuopeng calmly analyzed the sound of gunfire and believed that this must be Liao Yaoxiang's main force. At first, Lin Biao had been urging Li Zuopeng to continue to advance and not to waste time on these scattered soldiers, but Li Zuopeng immediately called back: We encountered the main force of the enemy in the Yao family shack.
Afterwards, it turned out that Li Zuopeng's judgment in the dark night was correct, and the enemy he encountered was not a scattered army, but the main force of Liao Yaoxiang; at that time, Liao Yaoxiang had three corps, but Li Zuopeng brought only two divisions, and the reinforcements had not yet arrived.
After the three major battles, the total strength of the People's Liberation Army reached one million, and in order to facilitate unified management, the Central Military Commission carried out unified reorganization of the troops, and the former Northeast Field Army was changed to the Fourth Field Army, and Li Zuopeng's sixth column was changed to the 43rd Army, with Li Zuopeng as its commander.
After the liberation of Guangdong, the central authorities instructed Siye to undertake the task of liberating Hainan Island; the 43rd Army, of which Li Zuopeng was the commander at that time, was the fist unit in Lin Biao's hands, and the liberation of Hainan Island was a cross-sea operation.
In mid-April 1950, Li Zuopeng and Han Xianchu led the 43rd Army and the 40th Army to forcibly cross the Qiongzhou Strait; after breaking through the enemy's maritime defense line, Li Zuopeng successfully landed at YubaoGang and Caifangling, and with the cooperation of the Qiongya Column, annihilated more than a thousand enemy troops with one blow; then, together with the 40th Army, pursued the fleeing Kuomintang defenders to the south.
Li Zuopeng, who was one of the direct commanders of the campaign, was indispensable to the smooth liberation of Hainan Island, and the Battle of Hainan Island also became the most proud battle in Li Zuopeng's career.
Although Li Zuopeng was severely criticized by Lin Biao in Shulan and was transferred away from the headquarters, he was ashamed and courageous, and fought more and more fiercely on the front line, and under the leadership of Lin Biao, he fought from the northeast to Hainan Island.
End of this article
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