In the autumn of 1947, when the offensive was launched, the 3rd and 4th columns under the jurisdiction of the Liaodong Military Region would usher in a new column commander. And these two new commanders are not strangers to them.
The commander of the 3rd Column was changed from Zeng Kelin to Han Xianchu, and the commander of the 4th Column was changed from Hu Qicai to Wu Kehua, and the change of the two columns would be carried out almost simultaneously.
Before being transferred to the 3rd Column, Han Xianchu served as the deputy commander of the 4th Column, and once commanded the 4th Column and the 3rd Column to fight the Battle of Sibao Linjiang.
In terms of military operations, Han Xianchu was the best of many commanders, and he repeatedly set records for annihilating the enemy in the Four Columns commanding the Battle of Anhai, the Battle of Xinkailing, the Battle of Sibao Linjiang, and the Battle of Meihekou.
Han Xianchu has been a deputy for a long time, and his military command talent has indeed been buried, and he should have a bigger stage to show.
The former commander of the 3rd Column, Zeng Kelin, fought in a proper manner and followed the steps, and the two once chose to annihilate the strong enemy in the Battle of Sibao Linjiang, or whether the weak enemy could fully explain. Han Xianchu wanted to fight the strong enemy's 89th Division, and Zeng Kelin hoped to defeat the weak enemy and expand the results. The superiors supported Han Xianchu's opinion, and the strong enemy was annihilated, and the weak enemy retreated without a fight.
When Han Xianchu took office, he and the political commissar Luo Shunchu disagreed on the enemy side. Luo Shunchu was a staff officer and his combat ability was not weak. Before Han Xianchu arrived, he made a plan for the autumn offensive, fought a tough battle nearby, and then expanded the results. After Han Xianchu had read the battle plan, he pondered the map and thought it was inappropriate.
Xi Fengcheng consisted of two battalions of enemies, and the troops went up to fight a tough battle, which was bound to cause a large number of casualties, even if the enemy army was annihilated, the results were not great, and it belonged to the battle plan of annihilating the enemy with one thousand self-inflicted losses and eight hundred.
He believed that the troops should go straight into the enemy division headquarters and make a hundred-mile attack, surprised. This allows reinforcements to be mobilized from other cities and pools to annihilate them in the movement.
His plan was so bold that few people supported him, but instead supported the political commissar Luo Shun's plan to win in a stable way. Some people believe that the 3rd Column has no fraternal troops to cooperate, and once it is discovered by the enemy during the rush, it will be in danger of total annihilation without support.
Han Xianchu was a bold and careful commander, how could he possibly put the troops in danger, and if the battle plan could be realized, he would have a corresponding countermeasure.
When the battle plan was voted on by show of hands, the two sides disagreed, and finally let the headquarters decide. Lin Biao was clear about Han Xianchu's abilities, and he supported them.
The troops began to make a long-distance attack of a hundred kilometers, and after encircling the enemy division headquarters, the enemy division commander could not believe that this was true, thought it was a dream, and asked other troops to come to reinforcements. After the rescue troops moved, the troops who were ambushed on the road were annihilated one by one. The battle was completely based on Han Xianchu's plan.
Surprise attack on Weiyuan Fort, let the 3 columns complete the task of the autumn offensive given to them by the headquarters in advance. This surprise attack war has also become a classic case of the People's Liberation Army, and has been used as a case by the military academy.
Speaking of the 4 column generals, there is some helplessness, not that the original commander cannot fight.
Hu Qicai set an example of annihilating an enemy division because of the Battle of Xinkailing, but due to illness, he could not work normally, and repeatedly went to the rear to recuperate, and the military command was handed over to Han Xianchu.
In August 1948, Han Xianchu was transferred to the 3rd Column, and no one replaced Hu Qicai. The Autumn Offensive was a major task, and the 4th Column needed a commander who could fight all the time. Therefore, Wu Kehua was transferred as commander.
Wu Kehua was originally the commander of the 4th Column, and in May 1946, after he recuperated from illness, Hu Qi served as the commander. Wu Kehua returned to take over the work, and there was nothing wrong with it, but he was wronged by Hu Qicai and was innocently demoted to deputy commander.
However, with the cooperation of the two, they jointly commanded the Tashan blockade battle. Block 11 divisions with the strength of 3 divisions, and buy time for the main force to annihilate the enemy in Jinzhou.