The 89 year old soldier recalls the spirit of the battle of Ji'nan in the war years.
Yao Zhijia's family is called "military family". Four of the five brothers joined the army, only one of them failed because of leg injuries. Yao, who was 18 years old, joined the army. The official uniform had not yet been sent down, and he went into battle. After the fighting in Zhaoyuan, Weixian, Tai'an and other places, the enemy forces around Jinan had been destroyed, and it would take at least a week for the Kuomintang troops in Qingdao and Xuzhou to reinforce them.
according to the deployment, the East China field army is divided into attack groups and aid groups. The attack group is divided into two parts: the East is composed of nine vertical units and the Bohai Sea column, and the west is composed of three vertical units, ten vertical units, thirteen vertical units and the central and southern Shandong formation. At that time, Yao Zhijia was a soldier of Huaye 13th Longitudinal 37th Division 110th Regiment, and his 13th Longitudinal became the general reserve of the attack group.
According to the assumption, once the campaign in Jinan begins, the 200,000 Kuomintang troops in Xuzhou will surely come to reinforce it, then surround Jinan with a small number of troops, and the rest of the forces will focus on fighting the reinforcements. Thus, it may take about 3 months to liberate Ji'nan completely. Unexpectedly, in September 16, 1948, the battle began officially, and the soldiers' bravery was beyond imagination.
at that time, several main forces attacked the inner city from different directions. Ten longitudinal along the dike mouth road, three longitudinal through one road, through three roads, Central and South Shandong Corps from four, five, 13 vertical through six, through seven. Subsequently, Yao Zhijia's thirteenth vertical push to the Yongsuimen near the Ganshiqiao, only took more than an hour to burst in, attacking the Kunshun Gate near Potu Spring. The three vertical movements also moved to Deshengmen near Simon.
at this time, the war lasted for several days. As a rule, soldiers need to add ammunition and rest for a while. But if so, it will also give the enemy a breathing space. So the bugle of attacking the inner city is blowing. The soldiers did not rush forward, but only one day to solve the battle. Yao Zhijia said that the historical position of the Jinan Campaign was so high, not only because of its strategic importance, but also because of its high spiritual significance. In those days, supplies were scarce, and the new soldiers did not even get into uniform before they entered the battle. In Laiwu, there was no rope for climbing the city wall, but a simple rope made of cloth. But on the battlefield, the soldiers are absolutely unambiguous. The company commander was badly injured at the moment of the attack on the inner city. The instructor was immediately on top of the command. The instructor was sacrificed. The platoon commander rushed forward without hesitation. The ladders used to climb the walls were always interrupted by enemy artillery. The soldiers held the legs of the ladders and used their bodies as meat shields to block the enemy's bullets. Now, our life is happy and peaceful, but the spirit of the Ji'nan campaign should be inherited and carried forward forever.