Nie Fengzhi: He was praised for privately reforming military orders. Xu Shiyou said he was a lunatic and died at the age of 79 while smoking.

"I can capture Jinan in 15 days at most!"

General Nie Fengzhi said this with a serious expression.

Many famous generals in Huaye attended this meeting. Many generals secretly laughed when they heard Nie Fengzhi’s words. The reason was that they thought Nie Fengzhi’s words were “wild talk”. Guo Huaruo walked up to the meeting with a smile. Nie Fengzhi held a big tea vat in front of him and said in a somewhat exaggerated tone: "Brother Nie, congratulations! I admire you! Here's a cup of tea to you!"

As soon as Guo Huaruo started, all the generals laughed. He said: "Goodbye! Goodbye!"

Nie Fengzhi looked confident. Of course he understood what his comrades meant, but he still believed that fighting against Jinan would 15 days is enough! Facts have proved that what Nie Fengzhi said was not "wild talk"!

The Kuomintang general stationed in Jinan is Wang Yaowu. His tactical skills are very extraordinary. During the Anti-Japanese War, he commanded troops to fight with the Japanese army and fought many famous and successful battles at home and abroad. Among the enemy generals, Wang Yaowu is absolutely the best. It's a tough nut to crack.

Nie Fengzhi was the commander of the 9th Column of the East China Field Army at the time. This unit had a strong background and had been winning battles since the early days of the Liberation War. In the Battle of Jiaodong, more than 20,000 enemy troops were annihilated.

The previous commander of the 9th Column was more famous, the famous General Xu Shiyou, but at this time Xu Shiyou served as the commander of the Shandong Field Army and the commander-in-chief of the Jinan Campaign. The position of the commander of the 9th Column was then Xu Shiyou's favorite general Nie Fengzhi took over. Xu Shiyou was appointed commander-in-chief of the Jinan Campaign and was the general appointed by Chairman Mao himself.

The entire combat plan is divided into two aspects: one is to attack the city with force. The 10th column led by Song Shilun will serve as the main attack on the west road, and the 9th column led by Nie Fengzhi will serve as assists on the east road. The two forces storm Jinan. On the other hand, a political offensive was adopted, and General Tang Liang was responsible for the specific matters.

Before the battle started, Nie Fengzhi sat in the command post of the 9th Column with his eyebrows furrowed. He kept looking at the combat deployment issued by his old commander Xu Shiyou. He felt a little uncomfortable because this time his The 9th Column was arranged as an assisting force instead of the main attacking force. The difference was huge.

Song Shilun’s 10th Column was indeed powerful in combat and a good unit that had won many battles, but Nie Fengzhi thought to himself: How is my unit worse than others? Ask me to provide assists, I won’t do it!

This is a true portrayal of General Nie Fengzhi's strong temper. After the battle started, Nie Fengzhi directly ordered the troops to attack fiercely. The early results were very good. Song Shilun's 10th Army on the West Road Offensively, progress was made quickly.

The battle raged fiercely all day and night. At this time, Nie Fengzhi received a call from a division commander on the front line, saying that the 9th column attack was blocked and the morale of the soldiers was a bit low. He also claimed that our troops had never fought before. Assist, everyone felt very aggrieved.

As soon as Nie Fengzhi heard this, the unknown fire in his heart suddenly rose. He roared on the phone: "What the hell are you doing to assist! From now on, pass my order to all the troops in the 9th Column. , all changed from assists to main attack, no need to coordinate with other columns, win Jinan for me."

Liu Haotian, the political commissar of the 9th Column next to Nie Fengzhi, was a little anxious when he heard this, and he quickly reminded: "Old Nie! ! The battle plan was reported to Chairman Mao for approval. Your order is a private modification of the military order. If something goes wrong, you will be responsible!"

Nie Fengzhi snorted: "What are you afraid of! I will take care of the problem!"

After receiving Nie Fengzhi's new military order, all the troops in the 9th Column were ecstatic. The morale of all the soldiers was greatly boosted, and they launched a fierce attack on Jinan City. Wang Yaowu in Jinan City was a little dumbfounded. He couldn't figure out why our troops on the east road suddenly fought so fiercely, and hurriedly mobilized troops to reinforce the east road.

Xu Shiyou, who served as the commander-in-chief of the Jinan Campaign, soon discovered that Nie Fengzhi had privately changed the military order. He was very angry, but he also understood Nie Fengzhi’s character. At this point, it was too late to say anything. Xu Shiyou had a serious expression on his face. He smiled bitterly and said: "They say I am crazy, but I think Nie Fengzhi is crazier than me!"

After 9th Zong changed from assisting to main attack, the siege went smoothly, annihilating wave after wave. The enemy who came to block the attack had already made more progress than Song Shilun's 10 columns who attacked Jinan on the west route.

On the other hand, General Tang Liang's political offensive also achieved great results. First of all, he put forward a very loud battle slogan, which was "Conquer Jinan Prefecture. "Capture Wang Yaowu alive", this slogan sounds domineering at first sight. In addition, he secretly contacted Wu Huawen, the Chinese Communist Party general in Jinan City, and successfully persuaded Wu Huawen to surrender. Wu Huawen led more than 20,000 of his men in the uprising and provided great help to our army's two columns attacking the city.

This battle lasted for eight days and eight nights. In the end, Nie Fengzhi's 9th Column took the lead in attacking Jinan on the east road. Soon after, Song Shilun also broke through the Jinan city defense. The two armies surrounded Wang Yaowu's troops in the city and attacked outside. The city turned into inner-city street fighting.

In the end, our army annihilated more than 100,000 enemy defenders and captured Wang Yaowu alive!

Nie Fengzhi kept his word. He originally expected to capture Jinan in 15 days at most. Looking back now, it actually only took 8 days to liberate the entire territory of Jinan. Two words: fierce!

Nie Fengzhi turned his assists into his main attacks. With a single change, he created a murderous aura and created a victory worthy of being recorded in history!

Afterwards, a summary meeting was held to summarize the victory of the Jinan Campaign. Guo Huaruo and several other generals looked ashamed, while Nie Fengzhi looked indifferent and did not say a word.

General Xu Shiyou didn’t say anything about Nie Fengzhi’s private change of military orders. Instead, he praised Nie Fengzhi for his good and wonderful change!

General Nie Fengzhi has been serving in the Army. If it weren't for Chairman Mao's unique insight, Nie Fengzhi would never have thought that he would form an indissoluble bond with the Air Force.

In July 1950, Chairman Mao personally ordered Nie Fengzhi to serve as the commander of the East China Military Region Air Force. At this time, the East China Military Region Air Force had just been established, and everything started from "zero"!

Chairman Mao ordered the purchase of integrated air force equipment from the Soviet Union, including fighter jets, bombers, attack aircraft, etc. The Soviet Union also sent a general to train many air force generals of our army, and Nie Fengzhi was among them. one.

An interesting thing happened while Nie Fengzhi was studying. The Soviet general jokingly said: "My time is limited, you only have one month to study!"

At first Nie Fengzhi smiled and said: "Okay! I'll study hard!"

After a month passed, the Soviet general checked Nie Fengzhi's study status. Nie Fengzhi answered fluently and was very good. The general was very satisfied and prepared to Apply to return to your country.

Nie Fengzhi refused to let him go. The reason was that he had learned the theory but had not yet conducted practical exercises. Nie Fengzhi smiled and said to the Soviet general: "Comrade! You can't leave now! You have to wait for me. I think I can let you go back to China when you have learned enough!" In this way, Nie Fengzhi forcibly retained the Soviet general for two months.

Not long after, Nie Fengzhi conducted the first actual command exercise of the Air Force in his life. The whole process was clear and organized, and the tactical coordination among the aircraft was excellent. Nie Fengzhi was commended by his superiors.

In the same year, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out. In terms of army strength, our army is not afraid of any country in the world. The air force career has just started, and there is indeed a certain gap with the US military. In addition, in the early stage of the volunteer army In the battle, our army has not sent its air force to participate in the battle for the time being. The US military aircraft did bring a lot of trouble to the volunteer soldiers.

In 1951, Chairman Mao decided to send the air force to fight in North Korea. In this case, the China-North Korea Joint Air Force was established, and Nie Fengzhi served as the commander of this force. For our air force to fight in North Korea, the US military Not knowing.

One day, the US military launched more than 200 aircraft to attack our positions as usual. Nie Fengzhi gave an order, and 16 of our army's aircraft took off and took the initiative to start a game with the US Air Force.

At this time, Nie Fengzhi's palms were full of sweat, because the US military had 200 aircraft and our army had only 16 aircraft entering the battlefield in the early stage. He decided to use Chairman Mao's guerrilla tactics in the air force battle. Order the air force to fight in a roundabout way. If the enemy retreats, we will advance. If the enemy advances, we will retreat. This tactic really worked. After a big battle, our army shot down 5 enemy aircraft and fought a classic air battle in which a small number defeated a large number.

Our air force won the first battle. Now it was the US military's turn to be depressed. 200 aircraft fought against 16 of us. In the end, they failed and returned. The US Air Force commander became very angry.

Nie Fengzhi has never been a commander willing to defend passively. He decided that our air force should also take the initiative. Uncharacteristically, he broke the conventional air force combat deployment and used long-distance roundabout sneak attacks as the basis of his tactics. Frequent attacks on U.S. military positions Suddenly it was bombed by our army.

"Surrounding a point for reinforcements" has always been a specialty of many generals in our army. Nie Fengzhi combined this tactic with air force operations, changed the familiar air combat rules of the US military, and made US aircraft afraid to show their faces.

The meaning of "MiG Corridor" is that Nie Fengzhi arranged the aircraft on both sides. In the empty area in the middle, US military aircraft would never dare to come in, because the main model of our air force at that time was MiG fighter jets. Therefore, The area in the middle is called the "Mig Corridor"!

Shanghai has been a very important city to us since modern times and is also one of the financial centers of the Far East. During the War of Liberation, Chen Yi and Su Yu led their troops to the vicinity of Shanghai, and an important battle to liberate Shanghai was about to begin.

Nie Fengzhi was serving as the commander of the 27th Army of the East China Field Army at this time. As one of the main forces, his troops attacked Shanghai from the Suzhou River area. However, the battle plan for this battle had special requirements. Chen Yi and Su Yu stipulated: In order to protect the people of Shanghai and the integrity of the city, artillery shells and explosives are not allowed to be used in this battle.

This rule is very important, because large-scale urban assaults are not suitable for heavy weapons, and even explosive packs are not used, and it is bound to be difficult to succeed.

The place where Nie Fengzhi’s 27th Army attacked was located directly in front of the Suzhou River. It was one of the most prosperous places in Shanghai at the time, and artillery shells and explosives were not allowed to be used.

After the battle started, the soldiers fought hard with the enemy and suffered heavy casualties. Nie Fengzhi witnessed the entire battle scene at the command post with tears streaming down his face.

After the first phase of the attack, the soldiers had great opinions and demanded the use of artillery shells and explosives. Nie Fengzhi immediately called everyone together for a meeting. At the meeting, Nie Fengzhi said to the soldiers with tears in his eyes: "Comrades, ! I don’t think I need to say more about the importance of Shanghai. There are many ordinary people and social elites living in this city. If a shell is dropped and the fragments fly, I am afraid that it will accidentally injure the people! Fire a shot!"

After hearing this, the soldiers gave up their opinions. Later, in a night battle, a soldier saw his company commander sacrificed during the charge. He was furious. The cannon was fired, and a loud bang hit the Broadway Building.

The soldier’s superior leader immediately came to stop him and reported the matter to the deputy commander. Such a big matter must not be hidden. The deputy commander immediately called Nie Fengzhi. , told about this incident.

After learning about it, Nie Fengzhi said: "Don't punish this soldier. The combat conditions this time were difficult. Our soldiers fought with their lives against the enemy. Seeing the sacrifice of their leader, they became anxious and fired. One shot! This is human nature!"

In this way, the soldier was not punished for disobeying the military order. A few days later, the 27th Army successfully broke through the enemy's defense line and cooperated with other friendly forces. The troops liberated all of Shanghai and annihilated more than 100,000 enemies.

Nie Fengzhi likes to smoke and is very addicted. When he was commanding operations on the Korean battlefield, he would smoke four boxes of Zhonghua a day. The comrades around him joked with General Nie Fengzhi: "Old Nie! Of all the people who smoke, you are the most economical with matches. One match a day is enough!"

Nie Fengzhi laughed loudly when he heard this. What this meant was that Nie Fengzhi smoked, except for the first A cigarette is lit with a match, and the subsequent cigarettes are lit by the butt of the cigarette that was paid for, which means that Nie Fengzhi smokes one cigarette after another.

This habit was developed by General Nie Fengzhi through many years of combat experience. He must do this every time he thinks about command issues, and it has become one of his characteristics over time.

In 1973, General Nie Fengzhi was seriously ill and fell into a coma. Doctors at the hospital struggled to save him, but his heartbeat stopped several times during the process. In the end, General Nie Fengzhi survived with his strong willpower.

The first thing Nie Fengzhi said when he woke up was to ask: "Doctor! Can I smoke?" The doctor couldn't laugh or cry and said decisively: "Of course not!"

In 1985, General Nie Fengzhi came out of the army. He served as the commander of the Nanjing Military Region, but his physical condition was not very good at this time. He had to go to the military hospital for intravenous drip every day. Once, because the doctor was too busy, it was late to give him water. When the water was halfway through, Nie Fengzhi suddenly... Standing up, he pulled out the needle himself.

The doctor asked what was going on, and Nie Fengzhi said: "I have to go to work, and I will be late if I stay late!"

The doctor smiled and said: "You are the commander of the military region. What's the point of being a few minutes late?"

Nie Fengzhi said seriously: "It doesn't matter if I'm a minute late, the commander can be late, but what about the others?"

In 1992, General Nie Fengzhi was seriously ill and was sent to the hospital for rescue. The doctors tried all their methods but could not save him. General Nie Fengzhi passed away. Before he died, he still held a cigarette in his hand. The smoke had burned out. This meant that General Nie Fengzhi was dying. Before that, I smoked the last cigarette of my life.