After the guerrilla war of the Eighth Route Army ended,1October 22nd, 1948+65438, the soldiers in Tangshan area (Jidong) were incorporated into the independent fifth division of the Jire-Liao Military Region, and Zhang Zhenchuan became one of them. "To sum up, the characteristics of this division are that leading cadres take the old Red Army as the backbone, the backbone of anti-Japanese riots as the foundation, and the children of Jidong people as the source. It can be said that this division is the main force tempered into steel. Therefore, as soon as it was compiled, it appeared as the main force of the North China battlefield. " Zhang Zhenchuan said.
According to the strategic decision at that time, the northeast problem was solved first, and the North China troops carried out the task of preventing Fu troops from going out to support the enemy troops in the northeast. In my memory, they have been carrying out the "Petunia Campaign" as a containment, constantly running around the route from Shanhaiguan to Zhangjiakou, leading Fu's troops to run around, making him unable to support the Northeast. "I remember that Fu's subordinates said that he was' about to become the commander of the army'."
After eight months of "Petunia Campaign", the Liaoshen Campaign ended successfully, and they gradually saw the dawn of Armageddon. 1948165438+10. Before the battle of Ping Jin kicked off, Zhang Zhenchuan's independent fifth division had been incorporated into the eighth column of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei field army and was ordered to cooperate with the seventh column of the Jizhong Military Region to besiege Baoding. 1948 65438+February, after the siege of Baoding ended, the eighth vertical main force received an urgent order to go north to Zhang (Jiakou) for publicity.
Zhang Zhenchuan said that at that time, thousands of steps were in one direction. The higher the mountain, the stronger the wind, the greater the snow and the more difficulties. After a few days of urgent marching, they suddenly received an order from their superiors to arrive at the new security guard within one day. "That was in 130 March, and I'm afraid the soldiers can't stand it when they have been marching for several days. We have formulated a slogan,' Be sure to arrive at the new security guard ahead of time, resolutely seize the 35th Army, and capture Muguo alive!' This slogan gave great encouragement to the soldiers, who wanted to destroy their old enemy, the 35th Army. The soldiers almost trotted all the way, didn't eat rice, and gnawed at the raw millet.
When they arrived at Sanggan River in Zhuolu County, they were ordered to directly enter Shalingzi between Zhang Hexuan ... After many twists and turns, they finally arrived at the new security guard on time and surrounded the enemy's 35 th army. "I remember when I was marching in a hurry, I stood side by side with Zeng Shaodong's head and looked at the rolling team. I said to him,' We have finished the first race.' He glanced at the troops with his eyes and said with a smile:' Walking has long been a side dish for Zhang Fei to eat bean sprouts! Zhang Zhenchuan said, "This time, we caught up with the 35th Kuomintang Army on two legs. They are completely motorized in the United States. In Zhang Zhenchuan's memory, the new security guard is a castle between Xiahuayuan and Shacheng on Pingzhang Line, with Babaoshan in the north and Yanghe in the south. Low-lying, the castle is like the bottom of a pot. The city wall is made of bricks, about 9 meters high and quite strong. The streets of the city are long from east to west and narrow from north to south, with more than 1000 families living. The railway is in the north of the city wall and the railway station is in the northeast corner of the city. At that time, after careful observation by Zhao and me, we decided to choose the second pier in the east of the northwest corner as a breakthrough. Zhang Zhenchuan said that all the guns of their brigade and regiment were concentrated to support the 22nd brigade. Without artillery support, Zeng Shaodong, the brigade commander of the 23rd Brigade, together with him, organized a large blasting team of 36 people in the 2nd Company, which was bundled into 36 large explosive packs with more than one ton of explosives, each with one explosive pack on his back.
1948 12.22, after the start of the general attack, under the cover of machine guns, the blaster began to carry out blasting. However, the hidden holes dug by the enemy on the front and side of the city wall are dense, and the first few players were injured or even sacrificed before they got close to the city wall. Seeing that there were only four members left in the blasting team, Xu Xueshun, the deputy squad leader, resolutely continued to organize blasting with injuries. "Xu Xueshun lit the fuse in advance and rushed to the wall with a 50-catty big explosive bag. The enemy was shocked. Some throw away their machine guns and turn around and run. He finally put the explosive charge under the wall and piled it up not far from his comrades in front. At that time, more than 300 kilograms of explosives shook the earth and finally opened a breakthrough in breaking into new security. " Zhang Zhenchuan said excitedly that in this battle, his 68th regiment captured the enemy 1.636 people, seized 25 guns, light and heavy machine guns 1.32, and more than 800 long and short guns. Xu Xueshun was also rated as a national war hero. 1950 Attended the National Anti-Japanese War Heroes Conference and was received by Chairman Mao.
1996, when he returned to the new security guard again and experienced the breakthrough of the 6-meter-wide north wall in the northwest that was blasted by his comrades with explosives, Zhang Lao was filled with emotion. "In the years of the War of Liberation, all victories were exchanged with the blood of millions of martyrs." Zhang Zhenchuan said that Xu Xueshun's heroic behavior was often seen because he often organized blasting teams and assault companies. This is not the spirit of one person, but the spirit of the whole army. After three major battles,1April 949, the Kuomintang was in a state of collapse. Our army decided to occupy the outlying strongholds of Taiyuan first. This spring, Zhang Zhenchuan joined forces with the main forces in North China on the front line of Taiyuan. "Taiyuan is a bunker city. I was injured when I attacked this bunker city." Zhang Zhenchuan recalled that1April 23, 949, when he went to the main bunker to spy on the enemy's fortifications, he didn't expect the reflection of the telescope to be discovered by the enemy, and the enemy's mountain guns fired shells at the central part of his hidden main bunker. "The shell exploded under me. Luckily I only hurt my leg. " Zhang Zhenchuan said that after the injury, several comrades must carry him down, but he didn't agree with anything and begged the chief to leave him. In this way, he and his comrades broke into Taiyuan City. "How can you take part in the war without witnessing the victory of the war? Even if we are injured, we will never get off the line of fire easily! " Zhang Zhenchuan said that this is the belief of all China People's Liberation Army.