At dawn on October 27, the sound of impatient horses' hooves came from far and near, and in the dust, a dusty senior general of Chiang's army rushed into our army's position in embarrassment, and his entourage had long since disappeared. This is Liao Yaoxiang, commander of the new Ninth Corps! He was in a state of extreme panic, alert to everything around him. Our soldiers were stunned, and then reacted and quickly took him **.
Overnight, the Corps commander was arrested, which is unbelievable. Whose credit is it for this sudden victory? Let us find the germ of truth from the artillery-ridden villagers in western Liaoning in October 1948.
In this year, the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party entered a white-hot stage. On October 15, 1948, after our army captured Jinzhou, the commander-in-chief decided to take advantage of the victory to encircle and annihilate Liao Yaoxiang's corps. The first echelon of the Northeast Field Army was formed by columns, and it attacked the enemy in three directions. At that time, the enemy and the enemy were mixed, and the situation was complicated, and the command of Higashino was delegated, and each column could move freely and search for the enemy's main force with all its might.
Han Xianchu, commander of the 3rd Column, attached great importance to this task. He and Liao Yaoxiang can be described as old enemies, and they have fought many times without success, but this time they are determined to win. Han Xianchu knew the enemy's situation well, and immediately began to reason about the location of the enemy's command. After carefully analyzing the terrain, traffic points and other conditions, it is most likely that he will lock the Hu family's shack. On October 25, he decisively ordered the whole army to march towards the area and annihilate the Liao Corps in one fell swoop.
However, by chance, providence made people. Just when Han Xianchu's deployment was underway, a group of small soldiers had accidentally broken into the Hu family's shack and sent the enemy headquarters to the door!
In the evening of the same day, the 3rd Battalion and 2nd Platoon of the 21st Regiment of the 7th Division of the 3rd Column, which was ordered to block the hut of the Hu family, arrived at the target first under the leadership of the platoon commander Ren Bingquan. As soon as I arrived, I saw a stream of cars, and the soldiers were loaded with guns and ammunition, which was obviously abnormal. Ren Bingquan immediately judged that this was the enemy's command post, and led 25 people to wait in ambush.
It was getting late, and an officer truck drove into the entrance of the village, and Ren Bingquan decisively ordered a surprise attack. The enemy was taken by surprise and was quickly annihilated. Then another car came to throw, and Captain Ren continued to attack and finally captured the car. Two soldiers skillfully set up enemy mortars to bombard the village, right in the middle of Liao Yaoxiang's headquarters!
Although there was only one platoon, Ren Bingquan's proper tactics and the concealment factor at night made the enemy think that he was besieged by the whole army. Liao Yaoxiang panicked and began to evacuate in a hurry. Our fighters quickly routed the defenders, broke into the command post, and it was confirmed from the documents that this was the headquarters of the Corps. Ren Bingquan immediately decided to send a single soldier to break through the siege and ask for help, and the corps was finally destroyed.
However, when the battle began, Xu Rui, the commander of the 3rd Column, who was listening to the firefight, had already judged that there was something wrong here. The request for reinforcements from individual soldiers also confirmed his judgment. Xu Rui immediately reported to Han Xianchu, prompting Han Xianchu to confirm the deployment and carry out a comprehensive encirclement and annihilation of the Liao Corps.
It can be seen that the capture of Liao Yaoxiang alive was jointly promoted by many forces. With his rich experience and keen judgment of the enemy's situation, Han Xianchu basically locked down the approximate location of the corps. But Ren Bingquan's shrewdness and decisiveness directly led to the termination of the headquarters. Without Captain Ren's witty discovery and quick action, Han Xianchu's deployment would not have been able to work directly. The two are indispensable, and together they constitute this unexpected victory.
Of course, the luck component can't be ignored either. Whether or not we can encounter the enemy's dignitaries is purely a matter of the right time, place, and people. However, whether or not we can seize the opportunity depends entirely on people's judgment and action. Ren Bingquan lived up to his mission and captured the enemy commander in one fell swoop, achieving this unexpected victory.
History should not be exaggerated or erased one-sidedly, but requires a comprehensive and objective understanding. The victory of this battle not only embodies the wisdom and courage of the Northeast Field Army, but also contains the agility and courage of the soldiers. A correct understanding of history not only respects the martyrs, but also allows us to draw valuable lessons from it and forge ahead on a new journey.