In January 1947, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized his heavy troops to launch a war that tried to eliminate the main force of Huaye, which we called the "Battle of Lunan". In preparing for this battle, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized nearly 240,000 troops, and it can be said that the strength of the army is very strong. Moreover, the Kuomintang, represented by Chiang Kai-shek, also sent Chen Cheng, chief of the general staff, to the front line to supervise and show the importance it attached to this battle.
In this battle, Chiang Kai-shek also made strict arrangements for these 240,000 troops, dividing these 240,000 troops into three ways and attacking Linyi from two directions. Chen Cheng, chief of the general staff, was worried that these 240,000 troops would be broken through by our army one by one, and at the same time, in order to concentrate the troops and not disperse the troops. Therefore, he strictly ordered all armies not to fight alone, but to maintain close contact with all armies and advance together.
Chen Cheng, chief of the general staff, ordered Wang Yaowu to send three armies
Chen Cheng, chief of the general staff, was really a very thoughtful person, and in order for the army to be able to attack smoothly, he tried to attack our army from north to south, so he ordered Wang Yaowu to cooperate with him and ordered Wang Yaowu's military region to send troops to participate in the battle.
For Wang Yaowu, who was already insufficient in strength, Chen Cheng, chief of the general staff, was very reluctant to carry out this order, and if he took away the strength of his three armies at this time, then the strength of his army would be even weaker. If Hua Ye's main army wanted to attack Wang Yaowu's army at this time, he would not have enough troops to deal with it.
In the face of Wang Yaowu's worries, Chen Cheng showed extreme self-confidence, believing that he would definitely win the "Battle of Lunan", that is to say, he would eliminate the main force of Huaye in this battle. Chen Cheng, who was so confident, insisted on asking Wang Yaowu to send three armies, and in desperation, Wang Yaowu cooperated with Chen Cheng to send his own three armies.
Second, the main force of Huaye secretly went north
The strength of the enemy's army led by Chen Cheng was indeed very strong, they had an absolute superiority in strength, and their army was very concentrated and not dispersed. In the course of this battle, Huaye's main army tried many times to mobilize the enemy's army, but without success. There seems to be no more fighters on this front in the south.
So Su Yu, the leader of our army, turned to the southward front, and the enemy troops led by Li Xianzhou in the south could be said to be very dispersed, and his platoon was arranged like a long snake, and the troops were not concentrated. So our army seized such an opportunity to confuse Chen Cheng, and then led our huaye main army to secretly go north to break through the enemy's army.
In mid-February, after a fierce battle, the Nationalist forces on the southern front successfully occupied the area of Linyi. In order to occupy a place in the Kuomintang, Ou Zhen, the commander-in-chief of the heavy weapon, wanted to ask for credit, so he reported to the Kuomintang an extremely exaggerated number of "annihilated enemies", which also led to Chen Cheng making a wrong judgment later.
Third, the enemy army has gradually entered the trap of our army
Since Chen Cheng heard this very exaggerated number of "annihilating enemies", he thought it was real, so he thought that the strength of huaye's main army was already very weak and could not fight anymore. This judgment led Chen Cheng to issue an order requiring the troops led by Li Xianzhou to accelerate their southward advance and besiege Huaye's army, and the enemy forces that accelerated their southward advance were gradually entering the trap of our army.
Step by step, the main force of Huaye surrounded the enemy army, and after the enemy led by Li Xianzhou was surrounded by our army, Li Xianzhou issued an order to break through immediately. Li Xianzhou thought of a very feasible plan, that is, to take out the strength of 4 divisions, concentrate their forces, advance together, and concentrate firepower to break through. If the enemy army breaks through immediately at this time, it is likely that the breakthrough will be successful.
However, the commander Han Liancheng was unwilling to break through immediately and refused Li Xianzhou's order to break through immediately, because he believed that he could not concentrate the strength of 2 divisions in such an urgent time, and it would take time. Therefore, the immediate breakthrough was not realized, and after a one-day delay, it was this angelic army of 60,000 that was completely destroyed.
Summary: The orders issued by the superiors were ignored, and the deliberate delay caused the total annihilation of 60,000 troops in the final day, which completely cut off the enemy's rear road. The 60,000 troops led by Li Xianzhou were completely annihilated by our army in just one day, which made Wang Yaowu feel very sad and indignant, because these 60,000 troops were under his command. In fact, Han Liancheng deliberately ignored the orders issued by Li Xianzhou and deliberately delayed time to buy time for our army, because he was a secret party member of our party.