Speaking of this, the deputy commander hesitated for a moment, but still said: "During the battle for Dongshan, this guy had a very serious dispute with the commander of their column on the tactical deployment. After opening the breakthrough, he strongly advocated not fighting for the outlying strongholds with the enemy one by one, or even clearing the outlying strongholds, but only suppressing them with firepower and containing them with part of his forces. ”

The main force adopted the tactics of the black tiger digging out the heart, and adopted the method of continuous blasting to penetrate the enemy's core position. After capturing the core position and cutting off contact with the enemy inside the city, fight from the inside out. This is completely contrary to the deployment of their columns to clear the perimeter one by one and then attack the core position. ”

"Indeed, I admit that this kid is quite a remarkable man tactically, with his own unique side. Even some of his focuses are more accurate than some military-level cadres. At key junctures, his role is absolutely outstanding, and many times it is the final word. ”

"In the first battle of Dongshan, without the approval of his superiors to change his tactics, this kid changed his deployment without authorization. Except for the early battles, which were fought according to the deployment of his superiors, the later battles were fought completely according to his own plan. Not only has the pace of advance been greatly accelerated, but the number of casualties has also been lowered considerably. ”

"But boss, no matter how wonderful your fight is, no matter how small the casualty figure is, this is still disobeying the orders of your superiors. In this battle, if it weren't for the wonderful way he fought, the entire battle for Dongshan not only greatly accelerated the course of the battle, but also the casualty ratio was nearly half lower than expected. ”

In order to resist the enemy's counterattack in the later stage, a large amount of vital force was saved, and he was removed from his post at that time. However, he did play a decisive role in the battle for Dongshan. But he also obviously made a mistake, with the strength of our army at that time, he directly attacked Taiyuan, and there was not enough firepower at all, and even not enough troops to complete the encirclement of Taiyuan. ”

"At that time, the Battle of Jinzhong had just ended, and our army was far from completing the reorganization of the troops. None of the units participating in the war had a fully formed company, and some companies had only 123 combat soldiers. Although a large number of enemy troops were captured in the Battle of Jinzhong, it still took time for the whole training to be transformed. The Taiyuan Campaign started ahead of schedule, and the troops did not have time to complete the replenishment. ”

"Originally, the commander was preparing to use Dongshan as a bait, taking advantage of Dongshan's important position in the defense of the entire Taiyuan to lure the enemy army out of the city as much as possible for a decisive battle. Consume the enemy's vital forces as much as possible in Dongshan, and use field battles to destroy the enemy army to the greatest extent to reduce the pressure during the siege. But as soon as he did this, the entire battle plan was almost abandoned halfway. ”

"If it weren't for the fact that Dongshan's strategic position was too important, it would have been impossible for the defending enemy in Taiyuan to give up before the viable force was exhausted. And a large number of troops were dispatched to fight for Dongshan at any cost. Even a third of the goals of the Dongshan Campaign could not be achieved. Even so, the target of destroying the enemy scheduled for the Dongshan Battle was only two-thirds of the planned. ”

"After paying a lot of casualties and failing to recapture the Dongshan position, the defenders of the city finally gave up the battle for Dongshan. The final abandonment of the defending enemy made the goal of the battle in Dongshan not reach the point where we needed. The enemy troops in the city have not yet completely broken their muscles and bones. ”

"Otherwise, even if Nanjing airlifted a division, the enemy forces in the city would not have the ability to go out of the city to counterattack, and there would be no second battle at all. Obviously, although he didn't mess up this time, it also affected the course of the battle to some extent. ”

"That's it, when you start a war and act arbitrarily, and when your superiors don't agree with your deployment, he will always make a little surprise for you under the big framework. His accidents did sometimes play a decisive role. But if this continues, one day it will be disconnected. When the time comes, it will not be him who is unlucky. ”

"Actually, according to his ability, there is absolutely no problem in commanding an army. There is no problem with his ability and strategic vision, but his style of doing his own thing makes us dare not hand over an army to him at all. So, at least for now, he can only be a deputy commander. At least until he really matures, it's still a little inappropriate to command an army. ”

"Although he had some ideas, they were all proved right after the war. Executing his methods, albeit risky, can reduce casualties and speed up the course of the battle. But the deployment of the superior is the deployment of the superior, and there is nothing to say about it. The focus of the superiors cannot be a battlefield for you, and the superiors have to look at the overall situation. ”

"Command, whatever you have in mind, it must be executed. This is the basic creed of the army, and it is also a basic principle. When the superior is deploying, it is impossible to just look at you so little. This is also the reason why he is a military commander, and many cadres think that he is not stable enough. ”

"Even if he has always led a set of troops, no matter if the poor troops come into his hands, there will be earth-shaking changes in a year at most. Moreover, his unit is the most offensive and defensive unit in the entire corps. Tactical literacy is also the best one. The quality of the cadres who came out of his unit is also the most comprehensive. ”

But this is the biggest obstacle to his promotion. Such a cadre, even if you can fight again, no matter how good the soldiers are, but the commander of the corps can rest assured that he will hand over an army to him? And as the deputy commander, it was very unpleasant to have a quarrel with the commander, which was impossible in the first place. ”

Regarding the deputy commander's words, the boss pondered for a while and said: "I think you are right for this approach." You are right, no matter how good his ideas are, but the army is a whole, not a person or a part. As a division commander, you must strictly implement the orders of your superiors. ”

"This kid's performance on the battlefield is a lot of whimsy to put it mildly. And his whimsical ideas are based on facts. To put it bluntly, this kid only has enemies in his eyes. He thinks more about how his troops can get the most out of their battles. ”

"To be honest, this kid is extremely adaptable, and his grasp of key nodes is also in the middle. If he is bold on the battlefield, there is nothing he does not dare to do. During the Anti-Japanese War, this kid dared to ask for instructions. The captured poison gas bombs were fired back on the spot to kill and injure the Japanese soldiers. ”

At that time, his actions aroused serious dissatisfaction among a considerable number of cadres within the headquarters organs, who thought that he was somewhat too unscrupulous. Now that it has been so long, he has not changed much at this point, but he still has some old and strong posture. ”

"I'll be honest with you, after this battle is over, your corps and the nineteenth corps will be transferred to the northwest battlefield. The Northwest Battlefield is not the Shanxi Battlefield, where in addition to the hundreds of thousands of elites of the Central Army in Nanjing, there is also the more fierce Ma Jiajun. The one in Xi'an is the first protégé of the Son of Heaven, and his supplies and equipment have always been the most important in Nanjing. ”

"The Ma Jiajun is dominated by cavalry, which not only has strong mobility ability, but also has an extremely fierce combat style. Especially Qingma, although the equipment is a little worse, whether it is combat effectiveness or fierceness on the battlefield, it is not comparable to the Central Army. It can even be said that the ferocity on the battlefield is no worse than that of the Japanese army back then. ”

"Back then, we suffered a big loss on them, and more than 20,000 Red Army soldiers stained the Hexi Corridor with blood. Even in the past two years of fighting, we have not suffered less from them. Even against the green horses, we hardly fought a big victory. In the face of such an opponent, a cadre like Li Ziyuan who dares to fight and has a flexible head still needs to be used. ”

Li Ziyuan naturally didn't know about the conversation between the boss and the deputy commander about himself. After returning to the army, Li Ziyuan immediately put all his energy into the final preparations before the battle. The length of the ladder is long enough, and the *and* bag are not enough. The ammunition transferred by the fraternal units was immediately distributed in an organized manner.

The recoilless guns and bazookas transferred by the superiors, Li Ziyuan was all incorporated into the second-echelon sharp knife battalion that was ready to be used to break through the city wall and enter the street battle. Each platoon had a bazooka, or a recoilless gun. According to Li Ziyuan's order, after entering the city, these bazookas and recoilless guns must always follow the first echelon after entering the city.

At the same time, two 92 infantry guns and two Jinzao Type 13 mountain guns were strengthened for the sharp knife battalion. Li Ziyuan's requirement for these artillery is that the troops will follow them wherever they hit. The engineer battalion and the engineer companies of the regiments were concentrated and used for the clandestine excavation of the tunnels.

In order to cover the excavation of the tunnel, Li Ziyuan organized three regiments of troops to launch an encroachment operation against the enemy's last remaining stronghold outside Taiyuan City. Little by little pull out the enemy troops, the last few points outside the city. By April 19, 1949, Li Ziyuan's headquarters could already look directly at the east city wall of Taiyuan.

The tunnel excavated by the department has been excavated under the city of Taiyuan. Although seven of the eleven tunnels were discovered and destroyed by the enemy. But before the general attack was launched, the remaining five had all been excavated under the Taiyuan city wall. And two of them have already been opened horizontally and have already begun to be transported inward*.

Infantry and sappers were prepared for battle at the same time, together with artillery reinforced by their superiors. At this time, two companies of a Japanese-style 150-millimeter artillery gun, two companies of the 90-type field artillery, one company of American-made 105* guns, five Japanese-style 105-mm grenades reinforced by the Corps, two companies of 150-mm heavy mortars reinforced by the Army, and one company of heavy mountain artillery were all in place.

After their arrival, these mountain howitzers were under the unified command of Zhou Tong, together with a battalion of mountain artillery and heavy mortars under Li Ziyuan's headquarters, and were organized into five artillery groups. Depending on the respective target, an echelon of fire support configurations was formed. According to Li Ziyuan's order, the corps was equipped with large-caliber * guns, and the Type 90 field artillery concentrated fire to bombard the city wall.

The rest of the firepower was responsible for clearing the remaining enemy fortifications inside and outside the city. A company of the division's mountain artillery battalion, plus two field guns and four battle defense guns, served as a fire point for direct fire to hit the enemy. Heavy mortars concentrated their fire on the enemy's fortifications and permanent fortifications.

The reason why Li Ziyuan adopted two methods, blasting and artillery bombardment, specifically to deal with the city wall, was to blow up the city wall at the first time and open a passage for the infantry to attack. At the same time, he specially concentrated all the eighty-two mortars, ready to be used to block both flanks of the breakthrough.

For this purpose, he dedicated the first wave of attack troops, and each battalion was equipped with a special radio telegraph. He also asked the divisional communications department to pull the telephone line up as soon as the breakthrough was made. Ensure smooth communication between the command headquarters, the rear artillery group, and the assault troops.