Northbound (3)
"Master Liuhai, this time you and I cooperate with the attack, should we coordinate?" Li Dongguo asked Liu Hai. "No, you just need to tell me your attack plan, my artillery will naturally cooperate, and I will also intercept the support forces of the communist army, I believe that within a day, Shanhaiguan can be broken through!" Bangs said. "Well, my plan is actually very simple, that is, to break through on both wings, surround the center, and strive to annihilate this communist army at one time!" Li Dongguo said. "Okay, I'll do my best to cooperate with you!" Bangs said. "Then it's up to us to work together!" Li Dongguo smiled, it was very simple that he didn't take the Shanhaiguan blockade to heart, in fact, Liu Hai didn't take it to heart, and it turned out that the Shanhaiguan blockade was indeed not qualified to let the New Sixth Army, the ace of the national army, take it to heart.
"The ghost artillery bombarded the left flank, Wu Fatzi hit the right flank, and the independent artillery brigade attacked the communist position!" Liu Hai casually issued the order. "What about me?" Liu Xiaoshan asked. "With the tanks and troops of the new 22nd Division, you don't need to do it with your brigade commander Liu Xiaoshan!" Bangs said. "Send a reconnaissance team to reconnoiter the defense line and rear defense of the communist army, and strive to break through the communist defense at one time!" Bangs said. "Shizuo, this battle is about your loyalty, I believe you will be able to!" Song Ruyu said. "Don't worry, since the national government has that meaning, in addition to proving itself, it also has to reflect its own value!" Bangs said. In fact, Liu Hai is very annoyed now, Sima Hong is gone, he is suspected again, and he has to fight this kind of battle that he is unwilling to fight, Liu Hai decided to vent in this resistance battle!
"Fire!" Liu Hai gave an order, the ghost cannon and Wu Fatzi's cannon began to roar, the level of artillery bombardment of the two yuan generals naturally needless to say, the opposite position was a sea of fire, ten minutes later, the air support called by the New Sixth Army also arrived, and more than a dozen planes took turns to drop bombs! The troops of the new 22nd Division, under the cover of tanks, rushed towards the communist positions. "The artillery fire extended, the separate artillery brigade opened fire, keeping the explosion point and the shock unit within fifty meters!" Liu Hai gave the order. This independent artillery brigade was in Nanjing, equipped with a heavy artillery brigade for Liu Hai, the weapon was the captured Japanese army's 150 cannon, the captain of the independent brigade is a colonel who graduated from the Huangpu artillery department, called Zhao Liguo, Liu Hai doesn't like this person very much, because this person has a mouth on the left Principal Jiang, and a chairman on the right, and he is a student of Principal Jiang from Huangpu, his eyes are above the top, his ability is not big, the pomp is not small, and he seems superior everywhere, Liu Hai was not willing to accept this heavy artillery brigade at the beginning, Later, it was Liao Yaoxiang who came forward to reluctantly accept it!
"Hehe, Shizuo, are you playing with him, the distance between the 150 cannon explosion point and the shock force is within fifty meters, our division really can't find a second one except me, you want to see that kid look foreign!" The ghost cannon asked with a cigarette in his mouth. "Don't play with him, let's see how many students this Principal Jiang has, anyway, Liao Yaoxiang asked me to accept him, and if I can't beat him, Liao Yaoxiang won't say anything!" Bangs said while holding the binoculars and looking at them. At this time, the troops of the new 22nd Division were attacking, and the shells of the heavy artillery brigade fell from time to time among the attacking troops, but most of them still fell on the blocking position! Liu Hai shook his head when he saw it, this guy couldn't even coordinate the command to fire the cannon in a unified way! "Division, our troops have broken through the communist army's blocking position, but Commander Liao asked if you fired the support artillery just now?" Song Ruyu stuffed a telegram to Liu Hai. "I hit the covering artillery fire, and the support artillery fire was fought by the independent brigade, ghost artillery!" Liu Hai shouted, "Tell Wu Fatzi to concentrate firepower to attack the rear defense of the communist army's blocking position two hundred meters away and prevent the communist army from counterattacking!" ”
"Regiment commander, I can't stand it, their artillery fire is too fierce, not to mention the thieves, the power is still great, our four bunkers were lifted by one shot!" A battalion commander ran up to the regiment commander and said. "Didn't I let the 2nd Battalion and the Independent Battalion fight back?" The head of the regiment said. "Before the counterattack force was dispatched, more than half of them were killed and wounded by an artillery blast, and now they have been withdrawn!" The staff officer next to him said. "All units try to block as much as possible, report to the division, and ask for support!" The head of the regiment said. Ten minutes later, the commander of the 19th Division of the Northeast Autonomous Army, which was in charge of the Shanhaiguan blocking battle, received a telegram (because the Soviet Union promised to hand over the northeast to the Kuomintang, it did not agree that the PLA sent into the northeast in advance was called the Chinese People's Liberation Army, but the Northeast Autonomous Army, which was later renamed the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army).
"The New Sixth Army is worthy of being one of the five main forces, it is too powerful, one and a half regiments have only lasted less than two hours and can't stand it, but judging from the telegram, the other side's artillery fire seems to be very powerful, more powerful than the attack of the troops of the New 22nd Division, go check which unit it is?" The division commander said. "Does that send reinforcements?" The staff officer next to him asked. "Tell them to withdraw, now the situation is already obvious, you can't have a hard top in a field battle with an ace army like the New Sixth Army, let's withdraw first!" The division commander said. "But the order of the central government is to resolutely block the attack of Chiang's army and resolutely destroy it!" The staff officer said. "You are a pig's brain, with this kind of strength, it is impossible to block it, and you can destroy it? Hurry up and deliver the order and report the matter to the Autonomous Army Headquarters! The division commander said angrily. Be! The staff officer was scolded and did not dare to say more. After two hours of darkness, the blocking troops of the autonomous army in Shanhaiguan withdrew, and the new 22nd Division occupied Shanhaiguan, from the launch of the attack to the end of the battle, it took less than four hours in total, the autonomous army lost more than 1,400 people, hundreds of people were seriously wounded and captured, and one and a half main regiments were completely lost, fully demonstrating the power of the new 22nd Division and the Liuhai artillery!
After Liu Hai finished fighting, he went to the position of the Shanhaiguan Blockade Battle, looking at the piles of corpses that had been gathered together, there were many parts of firearms and stumps and broken arms on the ground, Liu Hai inadvertently observed the weapons used by the communist army, and there were even 38-type rifles and crooked machine guns, as well as Japanese grenadiers, these things are no different from burning sticks in Liu Hai's eyes! "Well, what the trouble is!" Bangs sighed. "Yes, they were all comrades-in-arms who worked hand in hand at the beginning, but now they are fighting each other, and after fighting the Japanese, we Chinese soldiers are doing it again!" Li Dongguo, commander of the new 22nd Division, also said. "Division, Commander Liao ordered the New 22nd Army to be the vanguard, and the Fourth Division followed and immediately advanced in the direction of Jinzhou!" Song Ruyu read the telegram she had just received! "No way, we are soldiers, let's do what we are told!" Li Dongguo said. "I hope they can retreat in the face of difficulties and stop using their arms as a car, this kind of victory really doesn't mean much!" Liu Hai looked north and said.
The scale of the Shanhaiguan resistance battle was not large, but it gave the Northeast Autonomous Army a great shock, and the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Autonomous Army, Commander-in-Chief Lin, immediately led people to the vicinity of Jinzhou, but at this time, although the personnel who entered the Northeast did a lot of work, the Northeast People's Autonomous Army was scattered in western Liaoning, and the troops participating in the battle were extremely tired, with many new recruits, lack of training, and weak combat effectiveness; Although the main force of customs exit is arriving one after another, it has just arrived from a long distance, and there is a shortage of weapons and ammunition, thin cotton clothes, and a lack of clothes and shoes, so it is in great need of rest; In particular, the masses have not been mobilized, there are many bandits, and it is not easy to understand the geography and enemy situation. On the basis of the above situation, Commander-in-Chief Lin suggested to the Northeast Bureau and the Central Military Commission: "At present, our army should avoid being broken by the enemy, should avoid rushing into battle, and should be prepared to abandon Jinzhou and two or three hundred miles to the north, let the enemy stretch and disperse, and then choose a weak point for an assault." This is a very correct suggestion! However, things were very different, and soon Commander-in-Chief Lin received an order: Chiang's army landed in the northeast, and Chiang's army entered the northeast from any aspect, and it must be resolutely wiped out. Wherever I go to the northeast, I must quickly concentrate on it, make up for it, and make every effort to destroy Chiang's army. Do not disperse except those who have long been scattered. At this moment, our army must concentrate on fighting and cannot be dispersed for the time being. If the front troops of Chiang's army can be eliminated, the follow-up troops of Chiang's army can be feared, and only then can they buy time. In the instructions of the Central Committee on concentrating the main forces to resist the landing of Chiang's troops to the Northeast Bureau, a paragraph was added: Our party's policy is to concentrate the main forces on the lines of Jinzhou, Yingkou, and Shenyang, and the secondary forces on the lines of Zhuanghe and Andong, resolutely resist the landing of Chiang's troops and annihilate all possible attacks, first defend Liaoning and Andong, and then control the whole of Northeast China, and change the policy of dispersion in the past. Commander Lin had no choice but to act on orders! In fact, there is a reason why the CPC Central Committee issued such an order, and the Soviet side suddenly expressed to the person in charge of the Northeast Bureau of the CPC that it supports the CPC in winning over the Northeast, and even praised "you are very bold" and said: "If you seize the south, especially the direction of Shanhaiguan, the north will naturally be yours." "Before the 15th of next month, if the Kuomintang army attacks, the Soviet Red Army can coordinate the attack. This statement is also quite important, and it also makes it easy for the CPC Central Committee to make overly optimistic estimates.
At this time, however, some changes took place in the international arena, and the attitude of the Soviet side changed greatly. They did not explain the change in their attitude, but in fact it was related to Soviet-American relations. The Kuomintang army had captured Shanhaiguan and was advancing towards Jinzhou, and the Kuomintang government announced the withdrawal of the northeastern camp from Changchun, which also had an impact on the change of attitude of the Soviet side. Under diplomatic pressure, the Soviet side suddenly treated the person in charge of the Northeast Bureau of the Communist Party of China with a very rude attitude. The Northeast Bureau telegraphed to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China: The Soviet side demanded that they must withdraw from all the Changchun Railway lines and major cities, and said that "if necessary, they will not hesitate to disperse me by force." When the commander of the Soviet garrison in Shenyang met with the representatives of the Chinese Communists, he said without politeness: "If you don't leave, I will use tanks to drive you away." This is something that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Northeast Bureau did not expect.