Han Liancheng, commander of the 46th Army, Li Xianzhou's main general. According to the "Modern History of China", this person once performed a clever plan to destroy Li Xianzhou's 60,000 troops. What's going on? Don't worry, and listen to the editor I will come slowly. According to historical records, it was the spring of 1947, when Chiang Kai-shek jumped off the wall and launched the Battle of Lunan. Before the battle began, Chiang Kai-shek personally summoned Chen Cheng, chief of staff, and said that this battle has a bearing on the fate of the party and the state, and you must personally go to the front to command and never take it lightly.
Chen Cheng naturally did not dare to be idle, gathered 240,000 troops, and killed Linyi in three ways. To be on the safe side, he called Wang Yaowu again and asked him to send three armies to encircle the rear road of our army. Although Wang Yaowu was unwilling to do so, he was a little embarrassed when he thought of Chiang Kai-shek's old face. So he handed over Li Xianzhou's 12th, 46th, and 73rd armies and let Chen Cheng command him freely. According to historical records, Li Xianzhou spread out three armies from south to north and placed a one-word long snake array. And this gives our army an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Our army first exchanged fire with Chen Cheng's troops several times, then pretended to be invincible and voluntarily withdrew from Linyi. Chen Cheng was overjoyed and immediately asked Chiang Kai-shek for credit, saying that the main force of our army had been eliminated and victory was just around the corner. Chiang Kai-shek was also very excited, and immediately urged Li Xianzhou to speed up his southward advance and strive to completely annihilate the "remnants" of our army within a week. According to historical records, by the end of February, Li Xianzhou's two armies had entered Laiwu first, and the remaining 12 armies were stationed at Tusikou.
Seeing that the time was ripe, our army sent 3 columns to besiege Li Xianzhou in Laiwu City. Guys, the climax is coming! Li Xianzhou believed that the encirclement circle of our army had not yet been formed, and if we could attack a little with heavy troops at this time, we would certainly be able to break through, and then join the 12th Army located at Tusikou and retreat to Jinan together. Objectively speaking, Li Xianzhou's judgment of the situation was correct, and his plan was feasible.
However, when he ordered the 46th Army to send 2 divisions as the vanguard to break through, he was rejected by the commander Han Liancheng. His reasoning was that the 46th Army had just experienced a major battle, suffered heavy losses, and needed to replenish food, grass, ammunition and soldiers, and this would take at least a day. Moreover, Han Liancheng also deliberately stressed that his troops were all semi-American weapons and equipment, and they were the main force, and they should not rush into battle without being ready.
Li Xianzhou knew that Han Liancheng was right, the 46th Army was extremely strong in combat effectiveness and was the main force in the main force, and whether the breakthrough could be successful or not depended entirely on the 46th Army! So, he agreed, postponing the breakout by one day! But in fact, Han Liancheng was an excellent underground party member, and he immediately got in touch with our army and put Li Xianzhou's plan and plan out. Our army took advantage of this precious day to take down the spit in one fell swoop and cut off Li Xianzhou's retreat. 60,000 Kuomintang troops were eventually annihilated!