1947年8月25日下午2时,刘伯承、邓小平率晋冀鲁豫野战军司令部和中原局机关,抵达预先指定的集结地点——息县彭店乡,与先期到达这里的开路先锋六纵十八旅会合。8月26日深夜,在尾追敌军临近的紧急情况下,刘伯承、邓小平在息县大埠口小王湾召开作战会议,部署抢渡淮河。会后,刘伯承亲自到淮河探察汛期水势,做出部队徒涉淮河的决定,在当地留下“将军试水”的美名。 At 2:00 pm on August 25, 1947, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping headed the headquarters of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army and the Central Plains Bureau to a pre-designated gathering place of Pengdian Township, Xixian County. With the pioneering six vertical ten Eight brigades together. At the late night of August 26, in an emergency under the catching-up of enemy forces, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping held a fighting meeting in Xiao Wangwan, Dabukou, Xixi County, and deployed for the purpose of stealing the Huaihe River. After the meeting, Liu Bocheng personally went to the Huaihe River to explore the water potential during the flood season and made a decision that the troops only involved in the Huaihe River and left the name of “general test water” here.