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Han Xing thought for a while and said, "He said that it was Ni Shiqian's person, but it may not be. It's too strange to move here at the time of this fake Ni. ”

"Yes," Wang Xiu'e said, "I don't understand how he could know the contact code." Besides, why did Ni Shiqian call him? ”

Two people can't figure it out, and others can't figure it out. After the two went back, they had to report to Pan Xiaoan, who was also confused and felt that things could not be understood.

On 22 December, Wang Jinfang's wife of the Liaocheng Intelligence Station hid the Liaocheng military defense map and relevant auxiliary materials in her arms with a pair of small feet, and handed them over to the liaison station in the liberated area. The liaison station handed it over to Pan Xiaoan, who in turn handed over this top-secret document to the second commander Chen Zaidao.

Around Liaocheng, the Second Column has gathered the strength of three brigades, the Fourth Brigade led by Kong Qingde, the Fifth Brigade led by Lei Shaokang, and the Sixth Brigade led by Zhou Fatian, to surround Liaocheng and Boping. In addition, there are a large number of local troops, including the 24th Regiment led by Zhao Jianmin of the Seventh Division of Southern Hebei, the Liaotang Detachment, the Yundong Brigade, and so on.

The Liaobo Campaign was divided into two parts, one with the 2nd Column and 4th Brigade as the main force, and the troops of the Hebei-Shandong-Yuyun Eastern Army Division cooperated to attack Boping. The other part was to attack with the 2nd Vertical and 5th Brigade as the main attack, and the 6th Brigade as the assist, and the troops in southern Hebei and central Hebei cooperated in attacking Liaocheng.

At the swearing-in meeting, Commander Chen Zaidao said: "We have come to liberate Liaocheng on the order of Chief Liu Deng, which is the glory of our troops. The liberation of Liaocheng is not only the wish of the people of Liaocheng, but also the entrustment of the people of southern Hebei Province. The column headquarters has made up its mind to take Liaocheng no matter what the price is, and if Liaocheng is not taken, it will not go back to see the people of southern Hebei. ”

The officers and men were full of enthusiasm and enthusiasm, and the companies and companies wrote "challenge letters" and "battle letters" one after another, actively demanding that they take the lead, strive to be on the front line, and undertake the most arduous tasks.

Surrounded by water on all sides, the city is high and the walls are solid, and the enemy is heavily guarded, how to attack is indeed a difficult problem?

The headquarters of the Second Column decided to surround the enemy regiments at the fourth pass, select a breakthrough, and have one regiment break into the city, and then launch a full-scale attack.

Han Xing's Liaotang detachment is also actively fighting for it, and wants to serve as an assault regiment, but there are so many main forces, and you want to eat this piece of "fat" as a local unit, so you can't fight for it!

Soon our siege troops surrounded Liaocheng at Siguan, and the breakthrough was selected on the northwest side of the city wall. The ground here is relatively wide, the water surface is narrow, and across the water is the Liaotang Highway, so it is more convenient for the troops to move.

According to the Liaocheng defense deployment map, this is the defense site of Xie Chunfang, the third battalion of the first regiment and the seventh company of the bandit army, and Qiu Zhixiu, the third battalion and the ninth company of the first regiment.

On December 31, 1945, the northeast wind blew all day, and the snow was more than a foot thick on the ground, but it still continued to fall at night. At 12 o'clock in the evening, all the commanders and fighters of the assault regiment, under the leadership of Regiment Commander Cao, set off from the station, and the officers and men were all wearing cotton jackets, and the white jackets were facing outward, which blended into one with the white snow outside.

Although the Liaotang detachment did not win the main attack task, the auxiliary attack was still needed, and the Liaotang detachment was waiting for the main attack force closely behind. Han Xing and Zhao Jianmin are closely watching this battle, whether they can open a breakthrough is the first battle to attack Liaocheng, and it is also a key battle.

The water surface of the wide lake around the city was already frozen, and the assault regiment of more than a thousand people walked on the ice, making a "creaking" and "creaking" sound. Not only were there many people in the assault group, but they also carried heavy weapons and a long ladder, which alone weighed hundreds of pounds, and the sound of "creaking" on the ice was louder.

Suddenly, there was a place where the ice finally couldn't bear such heavy pressure, and with a "boom", the ice cracked, and all the fighters on it leaked into the water. One ice opened, and the rest of the thin ice, as if it could no longer bear it, continued to crack, causing more warriors to fall into the water.

"Oops-" Han Xing patted his thigh in a hurry, "Assault Regiment, Assault Regiment, why didn't you calculate the weight that Thin Ice can bear." The battle is made up of many details, the withstanding capacity of thin ice, and this detail is not well calculated. ”

Zhao Jianmin was so anxious that he sighed: "It would be nice to prepare more ferries, in such cold water, the cotton jacket and cotton pants are all wet, how can you fight again!?" ”

The water surface of the moat was chest-deep, and some warriors had to swim towards the city wall, and the warriors who did not know how to swim held hands and walked towards the city wall step by step.

The expectations of the people, the great trust of the leadership, and the eagerness to liberate Liaocheng inspired the soldiers, made them forget the cold, set up a ladder four feet and eight feet long, crossed the moat, and continued to advance towards the city wall.

Thankfully, due to the cold weather, the enemy sentries standing guard on the city wall shrank into the turrets one by one, not realizing that our troops of the Eighth Route Army had touched their noses. The cold is also invading the bodies of the soldiers, wearing soaked cotton clothes, the cold is gradually eroding in, and the heat on the body is dissipating little by little.

The assault regiment continued to advance, and in front of it there was a deep ditch three meters wide and three meters deep, which was not visible at all due to the fact that it was covered with snow, and several fighters fell into it at once. What's even more terrifying is that the ladder is too long, and the longer it grows, the thinner the wood becomes, and it is suddenly snapped, making a loud "click" sound.

The sound under his nose was finally discovered by the enemy, and the sentry shouted: "Which part?" "The eight-way attack -- the eight-way attack -- "

The shrill shouts alarmed all the enemies, and the scattered gunfire and urgent shouts rang out in one piece.

Han Xing was so anxious that he patted his chest and shouted: "The enemy's blockade ditch is all in the intelligence!" Why hasn't it been conveyed? Why didn't the fighters notice? ”

Zhao Jianmin was also sighing: "To deal with the enemy's blockade ditch, just put a long sliding door panel, put it on the snow, and you can get by." ”

As soon as the shots rang out, it was open, and the assault regiment quickly advanced, jumped over the blockade ditch, and at once entered the city walls. The ladder team quickly set up ladders on the ramparts. The assault team lined up, eager to try and prepare to climb the ladder. The covering team concentrated all its firepower, firing a dense barrage of bullets at the enemy's walls.

The long ladder for the siege also has some technical content, with two chicken claw nails under it, two small pulleys on it, and two ropes at the upper end of the ladder. A few tall men held up the ladder and let the pulleys stick to the wall, so that the pulleys could slide freely on the wall, or they would not be able to stand upright.

Several soldiers roared, and with great force, they lifted the ladder up and down again, and the chicken claw nails under the ladder were inserted into the ground and fixed their positions. The ladder wanted to tilt left and right, but it was also controlled by the warrior pulling the rope below, causing it to be erected upward.

The ladder was erected, the enemy was desperately firing downward, and our covering team was vigorously firing machine guns and platoon guns, suppressing the enemy. Soon, the enemy's fire was suppressed.

The assault team began to climb the wall, and one by one they followed the ladder and climbed up quickly. After climbing to the top of the ladder, it was time to turn over the wall, but then the problem was discovered, and the top of the ladder was still nearly 2 meters away from the enemy's wall. A few short men went down and replaced with a few tall ones, but they still couldn't reach the top of the enemy's walls.

This distance of 2 meters is climbed on the top of the ladder again, swaying slowly, how much martial arts do you have to climb up? can only look at the wall and sigh, becoming an insurmountable moat.

was so anxious that Han Xing shouted again and again, patting his legs and beating his chest, "The information is wrong, the information is wrong!" The intelligence said that the city wall was four feet and two feet, so the ladder was made of four feet and eight feet, and I thought it was quite enough. Unexpectedly, it was still impossible to reach the city wall. It's a failure, it's a failure! It would be nice to take into account the height of the city walls and the length of the triangular ladder. ”

Zhao Jianmin also regretted it: "Actually, I can't just blame you, I am also responsible." The four-foot and two-foot city wall, this is just general, but in each section, there may be a slightly higher point, a lower point, a low point, nothing, a high point, and we will be pitted. ”

Since the walls could not be climbed, the enemy kept firing guns and throwing grenades under the city, causing our troops to suffer more and more casualties. Besides, the soldiers were dressed in wet clothes, the heat had long since dissipated, and they were shivering one by one, and the gunners were useless, so Commander Cao had to order the troops to withdraw.

The next day, the assault regiment prepared for a day, connected the ladder more than a zhang, and reorganized the assault team, the ladder team, the cover team.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, Commander Cao still led the assault regiment and continued the attack. Han Xing took the Liaotang detachment and still watched the battle nervously with Zhao Jianmin in the back.

This attack was actually fought openly, and the enemy had already prepared for it. When crossing the moat, the assault regiment prepared some more ferries, broke the ice, and transported troops back and forth. When the soldiers crossed the moat in boats and crossed the blockade ditch, some soldiers prepared firewood and grass and threw firewood and grass into the blockade ditch, and everyone stepped on the firewood and grass and crossed the blockade ditch.

Han Xing nodded and said, "This time it went well, if we didn't think of these details, we would have suffered too much." The cotton clothes were wet, which greatly affected our combat effectiveness. The blockade ditch was covered in snow, and the ladders were unlucky. ”

Zhao Jianmin also said happily: "This is called not going through a thing, not growing wise, and suffering a loss, and having experience in dealing with difficulties." ”

Han Xing frowned and said, "The attack has lost its suddenness, which has made the enemy prepared, and I am afraid that the enemy will grow wiser." ”

The assault team quickly reached the bottom of the enemy's walls, and the ladder team erected ladders, this time long enough to cross the enemy's walls. The covering force concentrated all its fire on the city walls, until the masonry on the walls cracked, the earth strands flew and the bullets rained down. The enemy was either killed, or retracted his head and did not dare to shoot any more.