There is a well-talked about story in the battle of crossing the river. At that time, after Nie Fengzhi, the commander of the 27th Army, led his troops to successfully cross the river, he sent an extremely peculiar telegram to **. **After seeing it, he did not criticize or blame, but said with a smile that Commander Nie was writing poetry. Nie Fengzhi is a brave general under Xu Shiyou. In the Battle of Jinan, under the command of Xu Shiyou, he successfully turned defense into offense and completely defeated the famous Kuomintang general Wang Yaowu. Then, Xu Shiyou stayed in Shandong, while Nie Fengzhi led his troops to participate in the great Huaihai Campaign and the Battle of Crossing the River, and continued to make meritorious contributions. (Xu Shiyou and Nie Fengzhi couple). In 1949, with the establishment of the four major field armies, the Ninth Column of the East China Field Army was reorganized into the 27th Army, and Nie Fengzhi became the first commander. The 27th Army was subordinate to the Ninth Corps led by Song Shilun. In the early spring, when the weather was not yet warm, the officers and men of the 27th Army wore shorts and jumped into the icy river for training and learned to swim Xi. Even take advantage of the fog or night to row a small boat to the Yangtze River for actual combat simulation. After a short period of hard training, they transformed from "landlubbers" to "dragons" on the water. The army was massed in Jiangbei like a dense cloud, and the war was approaching, and the secrecy work was even more important.
However, there are many dogs kept by nearby villagers, and when the army is active, these dogs often bark all night long, which is easy to leak military information. Just as Nie Fengzhi was about to communicate with the local **, he found that the dog suddenly quieted down. It turned out that in order to ensure the safe crossing of the river by the army, the local ** had asked the villagers to hide the dogs or donate dog meat to thank the army. Before crossing the river, Nie Fengzhi took the lead in sending scouts, that is, the vanguard of crossing the river, which is the prototype of the movie "Crossing the River Reconnaissance". One day, Nie Fengzhi went to the riverside to inspect the work of crossing the river, and when it was time to eat, the comrades of the combat section served the food and specially let Nie Fengzhi taste it. One plate is scrambled eggs with leeks, and the other plate is fried greens. Everyone also praised Commander Nie's food that was not comparable to ours here. (Lieutenant General Nie Fengzhi). After Nie Fengzhi tasted it, he didn't find anything special, so he asked, "What's good?"Is there more salt or more oil?Do you want to joke?The comrades replied: "This is a vegetable from the south of the Yangtze River, which has just been picked from the reconnaissance unit crossing the river." These words made Nie Fengzhi feel a little stunned. It turned out that the reconnaissance unit of the 27th Army had successfully smuggled to the south bank of the Yangtze River, but unfortunately, the enemy was not captured, and only quietly picked some vegetables and brought them back, so that Commander Nie could taste the taste of Jiangnan.
The army has not yet crossed the river, but it has already tasted the food of Jiangnan. From this point of view, the reconnaissance operation across the river was quite successful. On April 20, 1949, the Nanjing delegates refused to sign the peace agreement, and Mr. Zhu ordered the PLA soldiers to march across the country. That night, the officers and men of the 27th Army were in high spirits and had a good voyage, and they made a concerted effort to charge the south bank. The weather and place were favorable, and the original southwest wind suddenly turned into a northwest wind, and the fleet broke off like arrows, braving the enemy's artillery fire. It took only more than 20 minutes for the soldiers of the first echelon to successfully reach the south bank of the Yangtze River and successfully cross the river. Nie Fengzhi, who crossed the river with the second echelon, also successfully reached the south bank. Nie Fengzhi was born poor and had limited knowledge, but his heart was full of turmoil. This is a historic moment, the Yangtze River, which was once unconquered by even Cao Cao, is now being conquered by PLA soldiers. Millions of heroes crossed the river, and the People's Liberation Army wrote history. Nie Fengzhi immediately dictated a telegram: "We have successfully set foot on the land of Jiangnan!."This telegram is only 12 words, but it bears witness to that period of history. From a military professional point of view, the telegraph was problematic and not standardized. The military intelligence telegram should record in detail the time, place, number of people crossing the river, the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, the troops, etc., and report truthfully to the superiors.
However, Nie Fengzhi did not record it truthfully, leaving only these 12 words. And he demanded that the telegram be sent to the command of the river-crossing operation as quickly as possible, ** and *** to *** report to *** that the 27th Army had arrived in Jiangnan. ** After seeing the telegram, he was very happy and said, "Commander Nie is writing poetry." * A romantic poet himself, Nie Fengzhi's 12 words are obviously an impromptu poem. Poetry is an outpouring of emotion, and the language itself often contains vague beauty, and if it is too detailed, it is not enough to be called poetry. This is the most bizarre and concise telegram in Nie Fengzhi's military career, and it only bears the sincere joy of victory and revolutionary pride in 12 words, which cannot be expressed in any words. **'s praise is obviously a high recognition of the pride and ambition expressed by Nie Fengzhi.