On March 12, 1947, Hu Zongnan commanded 15 brigades and 140,000 horses to attack, and Ma Bufang in Qinghai, Ma Hongkui in Ningxia and two divisions in Yulin Deng Baoshan in Shaanxi responded with a fierce attack on Yan'an.
And how many troops did Yan'an have at this time? There are only 6 brigades, and the total strength is only more than 20,000 people.
On March 16, Hu Zongnan's army arrived in the area of Nanniwan, and in the city of Yan'an, the sound of gunfire and artillery could be clearly heard. The situation is very critical.
**Recommended*** Transfer immediately. But *** said that he would not go, he smiled and said to the staff around him: "It doesn't matter, the road is facing the sky, and each one half goes." I was the last to leave Yan'an to see if those Hu soldiers were the legendary Master Hu, all of whom had grown beards to the ground. ”
The staff were also amused by ***'s words, and they said to *** that Hu Zongnan was the same as them.
** And said to the staff easily: "They have two eyes and two legs, and we are also two eyes and two legs, so who is afraid of whom!" Wait a minute, take a picture, it's okay. ”
On March 18, Hu Zongnan's army approached the city of Yan'an, and the situation became even more critical. **Hearing that *** was reluctant to go, he said to ***'s guards: "In an emergency, he has to be persuaded to leave if he doesn't go, in case he can't be persuaded to go, if necessary, lift him up, and run away as soon as a few people get up." ”
** Finally agreed to evacuate, he asked the nursery worker Li Wenfang to take Li Ne first, he picked up Li Ne and kissed her, and then told her to listen to her aunt on the way.
When Long Feihu instructed *** to leave early, ** said to him a little unhappily: "Why are you leaving so early?" I haven't seen what Hu Bing is like? ”
Until the sun was about to set, the guards kept urging *** to hurry up, but *** still said calmly: "Don't worry that the gunshots are still far away, prepare dinner and eat after talking." ”
But under the urging of ***, ** finally got into the car that left Yan'an.
After leaving Yan'an, ** first stayed in Xujiagou Village for a few days, and then went to Wayaobao.
On March 23, 1947, ** arrived at Wayaobao and joined with *** Ren Bishi and others who had arrived here in advance.
Subsequently, a meeting was held in Wayaobao, at which it was decided that the ** organ would be divided into three parts:
OneRen Bi formed the ** Former Enemy Committee and continued to stay in northern Shaanxi to lead the battle.
IIFormed a ** working committee, crossed the Yellow River to the east, and went to North China to continue work.
IIIYang Shangkun set up a rear committee and led most of the personnel of the Military Commission to the northwest of Shanxi Province to coordinate the rear work.
This decision means:In addition to directing the revolutionary struggle on all fronts throughout the country, he will also have to directly direct the operations in northern Shaanxi, and he will carry the heaviest burden in the most difficult environment.
But *** didn't care about this difficulty, he said: "You just leave me a class, and the rest of the people will go across the Yellow River with **." ”
On the occasion of separation, the safety of *** is not inferior, and before leaving, he gave the telescope he carried with him to Gu Yuanxing, the chief of staff of the guard regiment, and said to him: "You have to use it more to lookout, in case it is the most dangerous time, don't care about anything, put the chairman on his back, and run away when he hits the horse." ”
At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of March 27, the ** organ soldiers began to transfer in three ways.
**In order to cover *** and the former committee to move in the other direction, he also led a part of the army to a large-scale movement to the banks of the Yellow River.
This is a plan set up by him and *** in advance, in order to skillfully confuse the enemy.
After *** left, ** also walked towards Qingyang Chacha with the guard platoon.
They stayed overnight in Shijiawan now, and continued to set off in the middle of the night, arriving at Qingyang Cha after dawn.
As soon as they settled down, ** and Wang Dongxing and others also arrived here to join ***.
**After seeing Wang Dongxing, he asked him humorously if he was afraid of war?
Wang Dongxing replied: "There is nothing to be afraid of, I am not afraid of fighting anywhere, I am just worried about the safety of the chairman." ”
And *** said to him: "Worry about my safety, don't worry!" I'm not afraid to fight the enemy if I can fight, I'm always worried about it, there's no need for that. ”
During the Qingyang Cha period, the leaders of the ** and other ** organs carried out a military establishment of the teams directly under the ** organs, and set up a headquarters with 4 brigades under its jurisdiction, among which Ren Bi was the commander at the time.
** and others stayed in Qingyang for 8 days, and on April 12, they moved to Wangjiawan, Ansai County.
Wangjiawan is in a small ravine, there are only a dozen families, and after living in this village, they can only squeeze in a cave vacated by the local villagers at the same time as Ren Bishi and others.
And it was in this sour and sour broken cave that ** personally deployed and commanded the battle between Yangma River and Panlong.
Under the personal command and deployment of ***, it only took more than 40 daysIn the battlefield of northern Shaanxi, it won three victories in three battles, Qinghuatou, Yangmahe and Panlong, and destroyed a total of 1 enemiesMore than 50,000 people seized a large number of military supplies, which dealt a heavy blow to Hu Zongnan.
On May 14th, ** held a meeting of 10,000 people in Zhenwudong Square in Ansai County, ** on behalf of *** rushed to Zhu Jie, and he announced loudly at the conference:"** and *** have been staying in northern Shaanxi! ”
There was a reason for announcing this, when Kuomintang agents created a lot of fake news about the whereabouts of ***.
Some said that *** hid in the mountains of Hebei, some said that he made up and went to Taihang Mountain, and what is even more outrageous is that *** dug a big hole in the northwest of Shanxi and hid it inside.
And when the soldiers and civilians fighting in the northwest battlefield heard the news that they were still in northern Shaanxi, they were excited, and many people even shouted: "* Personally command us to fight in northern Shaanxi, and a complete victory will definitely come soon." ”
This news shocked Hu Zongnan, he chased for so long, only to find that the original *** was still in northern Shaanxi, which he could never have imagined, so he immediately sent Liu Huan, the commander of the 29th Army, to lead 9 brigades to "round up".
But Liu Jian was already scared, he couldn't be more careful, and as soon as he entered the Zhenwu Cave, he didn't dare to take half a step forward.
On June 6, Hu Zongnan sent a plane to the Wangjiawan area to circle and reconnoitre, and found some information, he concluded that *** was in the Wangjiawan area, so on June 8, he forced Liu Huan to lead four and a half brigades to rush to the Wangjiawan area from the west and the south.
At that time, Wangjiawan only had the strength of 4 companies of the ** garrison regiment, and all the guns added up to only two or three hundred, not even a small cannon and a heavy machine gun.
It is conceivable that 4 companies have to block 4 and a half brigades of enemy troops with American-style equipment, and the difficulty can be imagined.
After hearing the news, the commander of the detachment, Ren Bishi, acted quickly, organizing reconnaissance and vigilance on the one hand, and the transfer of ordinary people on the other.
The speed of the enemy's march was very fast, and by noon they were only 30 kilometers away from Wangjiawan.
**, Ren Bishi and others held an emergency meeting to discuss how to transfer the detachment. And at this meeting, ** and Ren Bi had a fierce quarrel.
**The opinion is that don't let the fellows run around, and organize the retreat of the fellows in a planned way. ** Knowing that Hu Zongnan's soldiers could see everything, he said that he would tell the village cadres the direction of the detachment, so that they could move with the masses as soon as possible.
But Ren Bishi didn't think so, he thought that ***'s approach would expose the direction of the detachment's action, and he said that he would let the fellow move in other directions.
In response to Ren Bishi's suggestion, ** did not agree, he said a little angrily: "Sacrificing the masses to cover for us, such a bad idea, you can still think of it!" ”
However, Ren Bishi did not give in, he deliberately emphasized that the detachment added up to a total of more than 200 guns, and in the case of being outnumbered by the enemy, as the commander of the detachment, he must be responsible for the *** and ** organs.
** also firmly insisted on his opinion, that is, we must let the hometown troops evacuate together, he said: "Now that the army and the people have been condensed, we should be responsible for the masses to the end." If you can't bear this responsibility, don't be a commander, I'll find someone else. ”
Hearing *** say this, Ren Bishi had to tell *** the actual situation of the masses now, and he said to *** that some of the masses had already begun to organize and go east.
Hearing the news, he suddenly stood up and said sternly: "The masses who have already gone east must send someone to chase them back immediately." ”
**Decision was made immediately:
1. Immediately notify the people in Wangjiawan to evacuate to the mountains;
The brigades of the 2nd and 3rd detachments covered the retreat of the masses, first moving to the north of Wangjiawan, and then to the northwest.
Until it was almost dark, the people finally finished transferring, but *** had not left, when the guards around him urged him to transfer quickly, ** said: "Don't panic, when the fellow is gone, we will set off again." ”
The weather was overcast and it was about to rain. The guard platoon quickly packed up everything and waited for the order to leave, but at this time, the scout of the ** guard regiment reported againThere were fires of enemy soldiers on six or seven hills in the area of Baimiaocha!
This shows that the enemy is very close, and they are urging *** to act quickly, but *** has no intention of leaving, he said: "The agency will go first, I will stay here, as long as there is a guard squad." If you want to go, go first, I just want to see what kind of green-faced fangs this Hu Zongnan's soldier looks like. ”
Seeing that the enemy was about to chase after him, and hearing *** say this, the *** around him also began to be anxious, and he persuaded *** to hurry up and pack up and set off immediately.
But *** still said unhurriedly: "Don't panic, I want to see the enemy soldiers before leaving." ”
At this time, Ren Bishi was already in a hurry, seeing that *** was still unwilling to go, he stood up anxiously and said to ***: "Chairman, we will follow your other opinions, but this opinion can't be done, you have to listen to the detachment's arrangements and leave immediately." ”
And *** still said unhurriedly: "The enemy is in a hurry to destroy me, I'm not in a hurry." If you want to go, you go first, I see the enemy soldiers, and it's not too late to go. ”
With that, he lit a cigarette and walked out of the cave, smoking as he looked into the distance.
Until about 9 o'clock in the evening, ** was still reluctant to leave, and he insisted on seeing the enemy's movements before he was willing to leave. ** and Ren Bi are very anxious, and there is nothing to do, seeing that time is being dragged down little by little, everyone knows that the more it drags on, the more dangerous it is.
At this moment, the investigator came running over again to reportOn the semicircular hill to the east and west of Heijiaqitai, the enemy soldiers burned dozens of fires!
These signs indicate that the enemy is no more than 10 miles away from Wangjiawan, and when they heard the news, Ren Bishi and the others became even more anxious.
They had to think of a way to get *** evacuated quickly, otherwise it would be more and more dangerous.
**Say,** want to see the enemy soldier before leaving, if you don't let *** see, I'm afraid he won't go.
At this time, Wang Dongxing was even more anxious to stomp his feet, but he didn't know how to let *** leave safely.
** Say to everyone, "Can you find someone to watch for the chairman?" ”
This method was agreed by everyone, and they decided to find someone to watch the movements of the enemy soldiers for ***, and then report the movements to ***
Seeing this method, everyone agreed, and quickly walked to ***'s side and said to ***: "Chairman, I have a suggestion, do you think you can send a comrade to see the enemy soldiers for you and then leave?" ”
** Reluctance to go, not because he was stubborn, but because he really wanted to see the movements of Hu Zong's southern team, and then make further deployments to contain this force to the greatest extent to relieve the pressure on other troops.
**After hearing this method, he also agreed, ** first thought of Wang Dongxing, and then asked Wang Dongxing, who was standing beside him at this time, if he would like to stay and wait for the enemy?
Wang Dongxing didn't hesitate at all, he replied firmly to ***: "Why don't you dare!" As long as the chairman gives the order, I will stay and wait for the enemy soldiers. ”
Hearing Wang Dongxing's sonorous and powerful answer, ** was very happy, and said to Wang Dongxing with a smile: "Okay! Is it enough to give you a company? ”
At this time, Wang Dongxing's first thought was how to protect the security of the first one, the number of troops responsible for the guard is not large, a total of 4 companies, if you leave another company for yourself, the number of guards in charge of the head of the first will be even less, so it is not safe.
So he said to ***: "It is enough to give a reinforced platoon." ”
Hearing Wang Dongxing say this, ** said to him: "Okay! Then give you a reinforced platoon, plus five cavalry, and the task is to see the enemy soldiers for me to go, and I have to beat them. ”
Hearing this, Wang Dongxing already knew that *** was willing to transfer, so he took the opportunity to tell *** to let him go quickly.
** He also left a radio station for Wang Dongxing, so that he could keep in touch with the detachment at any time.
Looking at Wang Dongxing's determined appearance, ** said again: "Okay, let's go." You Wang Dongxing are so bold that you dare to look at the enemy soldiers here, I believe in you. ”
Then Wang Dongxing selected 30 soldiers and 5 cavalrymen from the second platoon of the second company of the ** guard regiment, and soon walked in the direction of the mountain.
Seeing that Wang Dongxing gradually disappeared from view, ** was also ready to leave, he asked the guards to check the cave again to see if there was anything left? Then he sat down on a small stool in the middle of the yard as if nothing had happened, lit a cigarette, and smoked again.
Seeing *** sitting in the yard smoking, Yan Changlin said anxiously: "Chairman, let's leave early, it's too late and it will rain heavily." ”
It wasn't until about 11 o'clock in the evening that ** got on his horse and set off, and the rain had begun to fall.
The troops climbed along the path behind Wangjiawan Village to the west of the mountain beam, and the more they climbed to the top of the mountain, the heavier the rain, Yan Changlin gave the rain cloth to ***, he said: "Everyone is drenched, am I still afraid of the rain?" ”
At this time, the enemy's fires at the bottom of the mountain had already been burned, one after another, and from time to time they fired their guns indiscriminately on the mountain, and they did not know that the target they were looking for was on the mountain at this time.
At that time, the distance was very close, and the police officers were very nervous, always paying attention to the movement, but at this time, *** did not take the danger into his eyes, and he said to the soldiers: "This rain is good, and in half a month, it will be time to harvest wheat!" ”
After a whole night of concealed marching, until the morning of the second day, the troops finally reached the village of Xiaohe and settled down.
After settling down, ** said to Ren Bishi: "The chairman is angry with you, you have to see the enemy soldiers go, the child's temper, please understand." ”
However, Ren Bishi sincerely said that the concept of the masses is not wrong.
**After hearing this, he said to Ren Bishi with a smile: "You and the chairman, one is upright, loyal, and dares to admit mistakes; A heart only pretends to be the masses and the toiling masses. However, I think you are all temperamental! ”
Hearing *** say this, ** also laughed, when she thought of *** let *** let *** see the enemy soldiers for ***, and successfully got the chairman to agree to transfer, she turned to *** and boasted: "Enlai, you are too powerful, you actually came up with a way to send someone to watch the enemy soldiers for the chairman!" I think only you can come up with such an idea, there is no second person in this world! ”