Now it is popular to say that Huang Kecheng was opposed to the Battle of Caodian, and Chen Yi and Liu Shaoqi apologized to Huang Kecheng for this and so on. Looking at the Huang Kecheng Chronology and Chen Yi's Chronology, the editor found that at the beginning Chen Yi advocated making peace with Han Deloitte, and the central authorities agreed with Chen Yi's method, while Huang Kecheng and Liu Shaoqi advocated fighting Han Deloitte, chen Yisuyu raised objections, and after that Liu Shaoqi Huang Kecheng still wanted to fight Han Deloitte. As a result, after the fight, it was impossible to fight, and Huang Kecheng proposed the special long method of warfare: fortress to fortress, gradually advancing.........
Huang Kecheng Chronology:
On October 20, Mao Zedong, Zhu De, and Wang Jiaxiang called Liu Shaoqi: "We must keep Xinghua and Han Deloitte have articles to do, otherwise our Chongqing office is in danger of being attacked." Our army should stop and negotiate east of Dazoozhuang, north of Sheyang, and south of the Bengyan River. Quickly tell Huang, Chen, to the point. Recently, the Kuomintang has been very sinister to me. ”
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On November 4, Liu Shaoqi and Huang Kecheng telephoned Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Wang Jiaxiang, and Chen Yi to report on the location of the Fifth Column and put forward a proposal to attack Han Deloitte. The telegram said: At present, seven regiments of the five columns are stationed in Yancheng, Funing, and Plaidui, one regiment is in Suqian, and one regiment is in northeast Anhui. From Huai'an to Baoying, east of the line, there are Han Deloitte garrisons and fortifications in the areas of Cheqiao Jiangjing and Fenggu Village, and there are strong fortifications; south of Huai'an, across the canal to eastern Anhui, han must be destroyed first. My opinion is to quickly eliminate Han Deloitte, unify northern Jiangsu and eastern Anhui into my hands, and then carry out all the main forces to reinforce eastern Anhui in the future. "Kecheng and I got up today to meet Chen Yi in Yancheng."
November 20 Telephone Liu Shaoqi, Chen Yi, Zhu De, and Wang Jiaxiang: The main force of our Fifth Column is preparing for a local battle, attacking the Fenggu Village, Cheqiao, Pingqiao, and Anfeng areas, opening up the eastern Anhui link, in an attempt to reinforce eastern Anhui. Fenggu Village and Cheqiao are now stationed in the Northeast Army of 3,000 people, their firepower is strong, their positions are strong, their combat experience is rich, and it is uncertain whether they can capture them all, even if they are captured, the casualties will be large. It is proposed not to fight, but to use small troops to clamp down on the Northeast Army and concentrate forces to eliminate Han Deloitte. On the 26th and 27th, Liu Shaoqi and Chen Yi sent a telegram to Huang Kecheng, pointing out that within the Northeast Army, especially the anti-communist tendency of Huobu, was growing, and it was difficult to cooperate with the Northeast Army if it did not crack down. On the one hand, it is necessary to use all means to contact the lower officers of the army to explain the danger of surrender, and on the other hand, it is necessary to deal a resolute blow to those who support Han Deloitte.
On November 29, under the unified command of Chen Yi, the 1st and 2nd Columns of the New Fourth Army's Northern Jiangsu Command and the 1st 5th Column of the Eighth Route Army (3 regiments of the 1st Detachment and the 6th and 7th Regiments) launched an attack on Han Deloitte's headquarters in the Caodian area in three ways. Due to unfavorable terrain, poor equipment, insufficient coordination, etc., the progress of the campaign was not smooth.
December 11 Telephone Chen Yi, Su Yu, Liu Shaoqi, Mao Zedong, Zhu De, and Wang Jiaxiang to suggest the tactics to be adopted to attack Caodian. It is pointed out that: (1) The four points of Caodian, Anfeng, Cheqiao, and Jingkou are indispensable in completing the northern Jiangsu region, and it is imperative to open up the connection between eastern Anhui and northern Anhui, and it is most advantageous to obtain it quickly. (2) In the above four points, the enemy has built a multi-layered water network, with strong firepower and strong fortifications. (3) Our army has no weapons to attack the strongholds, such as a fierce attack, the certainty of victory is not very good, and there is a possibility of incurring a large number of casualties. (iv) I propose the use of protracted tactics: construct strongholds and clear the perimeter; gradually build fortifications and dig trenches to advance; approach with small units and consume their ammunition; if you decide to attack strongly, please concentrate on mortar and small artillery bombardment. Huang's suggestion was not taken. ‘
On December 13, the general command decided to launch a general offensive against Caodian, and after more than three days of fierce fighting, although there was a breakthrough, the casualties were too large, and on the 16th it was ordered to withdraw. Cao Dian Wei Ke. The battle annihilated 8,000 enemy troops. I suffered more than 2,000 casualties, mostly backbones.
Chen Yi Chronology:
October 12, 2040
He and Su Yu decided to propose to the CPC Central Committee that there be a "temporary truce" against Han Deloitte and that they should send representatives to agree with Han on mutual peace.
On the morning of 14 October, Mao Zedong, Zhu De, and Wang Jiaxiang telephoned Chen Yi and Hu Fu, Ye Ting, Xiang Ying, and Huang Kecheng, pointing out: It is estimated that Han Deqin's relationship with Chiang Kai-shek and Gu Zhutong, as well as the commander-in-chief of the theater and the chairman of the province, is not yet suitable for the policy of complete elimination; Huang Kecheng and Luo Binghui could approach Xinghua to the south, and Chen Yi could push further west, with the aim of forcing Han to abandon the anti-communist policy, stop Li Pinxian's eastward march, preserve the united front relations between Li Mingyang, Chen Taiyun, and the gentlemen, and fall out with Jiang and Gu. If Li Pinxian resolutely attacks eastern Anhui in the future, it is not too late for us to make changes. Therefore, the New Fourth Army should continue to negotiate with the representatives of all parties, the conditions of which should include stopping Li Pinxian's attack on eastern Anhui and stopping the oppression of the entire New Fourth Army, and it would be good to convene a peace meeting between Han Deqin, Li Mingyang, Chen Taiyun and the New Fourth Army; Agreed that Chen Yi would unify the military command of northern Jiangsu, and agreed that Liu Shaoqi would go to northern Jiangsu to meet Chen Yi and arrange everything.
On October 23, he visited Korea Jun again with Guan Wenwei, Ye Fei, Hui Yuyu and Zhu Kejing. Chen Yi expressed to Han Jun his hope to reconcile the old friendship with the province and Han and restore peace, and then asked for a peace meeting between all parties to resist the enemy, and Han Xinyun and discuss specific methods.
△ Talked on the phone with Li Mingyang and Chen Taiyun again, and wrote a handwritten letter to Li, reiterating that "the initial intention of not abolishing anti-enemy cooperation" and hoping that Li Chong would mediate for the peace talks. He sent Zhu Ke as a representative to meet with Li Mingyang in Taizhou to discuss matters such as holding a peace meeting between the parties in northern Jiangsu to resist the enemy, and entrusted Li to put forward five opinions to the provincial Han: First, the provincial Han proposed to Gu Zhutong and Chiang Kai-shek to remove the encirclement of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui and northern Anhui; 2. Our army ceased to attack Xinghua; 3. The province and The Republic of Korea abandon the anti-communist policy and resist the enemy in divisions; (d) improving politics; 5. Convene a meeting on cooperation between the Parties.
On October 24, Li Mingyang waited until Hai'an to tell Chen Yi and Han Jun that after talks with Zhu Kejing, he and Zhu Kejing went together to see Han Deqin and Han said that in principle, they agreed with the 5-point opinion put forward by the New Fourth Army, demanded that the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army immediately stop military operations, and that the two sides send people to draw a buffer line. On the issue of unity and resistance against Japan, it is best to ask Han Jun to convene a meeting on behalf of the people of northern Jiangsu to decide on a solution in Taizhou. As for the issue of Leng Xin encircling and attacking the New Fourth Army in southern anhui and northern Anhui, please specify the location and unit number so that Jiang can come forward to stop it.
On November 4, Mao Zedong, Zhu De, and Wang Jiaxiang sent a telegram to Ye Ting, Xiang Ying, Liu Shaoqi, Zhang Yunyi, Chen Yi, Huang Kecheng, Peng Xuefeng, and Li Xiannian on doing a good job in winning over friendly forces, pointing out that in the armed struggle against friction, we should step up the work of winning the sympathy of friendly troops for me or strictly observing neutrality. Not only does it make a lot of sense, but it also has a lot of possibilities. "Under today's conditions in central China, on the one hand, the Kuomintang army is numerically superior to our army, and on the other hand, there are local armies and miscellaneous armies of various systems gathered there. ...... Therefore, the immediate mobilization of all possible party, government, military, and civilian forces to win over friendly forces has become one of your most central tasks today. Chen Yi has rich and valuable experience in the united front work of Liang Li and Chen Taiyun. I hope that everyone will study it in detail, carry it forward, and apply it widely."
After consulting with Huang Kecheng at the site of the Fifth Column of the Eighth Route Army in Donggou Town, Funing County, Northern Jiangsu Province, Liu Shaoqi put forward to the CPC Central Committee "our opinion" of "quickly eliminating Han Deloitte and unifying northern Jiangsu and eastern Anhui into our hands."
△ In Hai'an and Su Yu, they jointly sent a telegram to the CPC Central Committee, Liu Shaoqi, and Huang Kecheng, and raised objections to the annihilation of Han: "Although it is convenient to immediately destroy Han, I am afraid that it will be politically unfavorable to Chiang Kai-shek to give Chiang Kai-shek a large-scale anti-communist pretext."
In view of the fact that Huo Shouyi's division went south to northern Jiangsu and Mo Dehong's division marched east into the west of Jinpu Road in Huainan, he sent a telegram to the CPC Central Committee and analyzed: "If we do not quickly resolve Han Deloitte's forces, consolidate the positions in northern Jiangsu, and do not concentrate the main force to deal with the main forces of the anti-communist army, and eliminate the first and second main divisions, the situation in central China will become more dangerous and more difficult to deal with." After winning the hand, the camera attacked Xinghua and Shahe in the south, and completely solved the Korean department. ”
On November 11, Liu Shaoqi called Yan'an again, suggesting that "first eliminate Han Deloitte, consolidate northern Jiangsu, ensure the area east of Jinpu Road, and concentrate all efforts on the development of the west after the decisive battle in eastern Anhui." ”
Mao Zedong, Zhu De, and Wang Jiaxiang sent a telegram to Chen Yi, Liu Shaoqi, and Huang Kecheng, pointing out: "At present, we are immediately going to attack Han Deqin, Huo Shouyi, and He Zhuguo, and we must be extremely unfavorable politically, and we still need to be patient."
On November 20, Huang Kecheng sent a telegram to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and in view of the characteristics of the Northeast Army with good weapons and strong combat effectiveness, he put forward a proposal to "suppress the Northeast Army with a small part, eliminate Han Deloitte's department with the main force of the New Fourth Army and the Fifth Column, occupy Xinghua and the area north of the west, and completely solve the problem of northern Jiangsu."
On November 21, together with Liu Shaoqi and others, they issued a deployment to "annihilate the main force of the province and Han" to the headquarters, and decided that the central China command headquarters would "move to Yancheng to take command on the Z3rd, and the ministers should enter their respective attack preparation positions before the 26th, secretly assemble and be ready for attack." And on the 22nd, it was deployed to Yan'an.