preface
Hello everyone, the other day I introduced some historical figures and some of their related deeds, today I will challenge myself and introduce you to a show."
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I. Chiang Kai-shek – "Be steady, be steady!" "
From the very beginning, this battle was full of calculations between the Kuomintang and the Communists.
Why? Let's take a look at the specifics.
The first was the calculation of the Kuomintang army led by Chiang Kai-shek at the beginning of the battle. In mid-January 1947, the Kuomintang army formulated a battle plan called the "Battle of Lunan", which aimed to eliminate the main force of the East China Field Army and occupy all the Liberated Areas of East China.
Chiang Kai-shek personally went to Xuzhou to deploy, and his chief of staff, Chen Cheng, oversaw the battle at the front.
Before the battle began, Chiang Kai-shek repeatedly stressed that this battle must be stable! Chiang Kai-shek, who had been dealing with the Communists since the days of the Red Army, profoundly understood the combat effectiveness of this group of people, and they were not necessarily their opponents on the frontal battlefield, but the strange tactics that emerged in an endless stream of strange tactics, his own two hundred thousand people may not be able to eat and consume, and if they are not careful, they will "overturn the ship in the gutter."
Therefore, they are also fully prepared this time! Tactically, the Kuomintang army entangled the troops and marched hand in hand, setting up elite divisions in all directions to avoid sneak attacks by the PLA, and the offensive rhythm was also quite steady
"Concentrate forces, step by step as a battalion, fight steadily and steadily, and avoid adventurous advances"
Turtle shrinking tactics. Strategically, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized 23 integrated divisions and 53 brigades totaling more than 240,000 people, with Linyi and Mengyin as the goal, and with the momentum of the encirclement between the north and the south, he wanted to force the East China Field Army to carry out a frontal decisive battle and win victory with absolute superiority.
Second, encirclement and counter-encirclement
The Kuomintang army, which had made sufficient preparations, was indeed difficult to deal with, and the posture of advancing in parallel was eager for two people to integrate into one person.
Chen Yi, commander and political commissar of the East China Field Army, Su Yu, deputy commander, and Tan Zhenlin, deputy political commissar
Seeing this long-winded name, everyone who understands it understands it can be imagined that the combat effectiveness of the East China Field Army is definitely not weak, and it can even be said that it is outrageous. However, Rao was so, and in the face of the Kuomintang army's shrinkage tactics, it was also a bit impossible to start. On January 26, 1947, the East China Field Army gathered 50 regiments of troops to plan a decisive battle in Lunan, but the enemy was very stable, and after several attempts, it was found that there was no way to start, and the Central Military Commission decided to abandon the enemy troops advancing on the southern front of the Kuomintang army and instead encircle the deputy commander of the 2nd "Appeasement Zone" that the lone army was deep
Li Xianzhou commanded the 46th, 73rd, and 12th armies.
Some people are starting to faint, but don't panic, I'll talk about it more carefully, I mentioned that one earlier
The troops who "marched in tandem and fought steadily" were Ou Zhen, commander of the Reorganized 19th Army of the Kuomintang Army, who advanced from the southern front, and 8 reorganized divisions and 20 brigades under his command.
Because of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Communist Party became the biggest winner in the north, and the influence and appeal of the People's Liberation Army in the north reached a considerable height. The Kuomintang was compressed to the south, and unfortunately, the battle took place in Shandong, near the north of China. Therefore, the Kuomintang army must form a north-south encirclement of the Communist Party in the north where the influence of the forces is weak.
There is bound to be an army going deep alone.
Li Xianzhou Group Army
It was such a team that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made up its mind to annihilate him, and in order to encourage him, it would not run away in advance.
The Central Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee used the "Lunan Campaign" to send out a false message to Chiang Kai-shek's army headquarters, causing Chiang Kai-shek's army to successfully inflict heavy damage on the other side although it did not achieve the goal of annihilating the East China Field Army.
In addition, Su Yu dispatched two teams to harass and block the public to confuse the public, one was the 19th Brigade of the 7th Column of Cheng Jun of the Kuomintang 74th Division, which was blocking the northward advance, and the other was the 3 regiments of the Second Division of the Luzhong Military Region, which confused the public with various operations.
This delay was 5 days, and the time came to February 15, when the East China Field Army secretly went north for 5 days, the strategic transfer had entered the final stage, and all preparations were in place, Su Yu and Chen Yi immediately jointly ordered the troops of the Ou Zhen group in the south to withdraw from Linyi, and at the same time issued an operational preparation order to encircle and annihilate Li Xianzhou's group
Laiwu
Li Xianzhou's troops attacked and encircled the East China Field Army. Compared with the eagerness of the Kuomintang military,
Wang Yaowu, commander of the Shandong Military District
Be much calmer, he
Through intelligence, it was detected that the East China Field Army was secretly moving north
He began to worry about the safety of his subordinate Li Xianzhou, and despite the repeated orders of Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Cheng, he ordered the troops of Xintai and Yanzhuang to retreat north in the night.
The retreat of these two teams immediately attracted the attention of Su Yu and others, Su Yu who had already expected this was not surprising, the two of them fought in the air, Su Yu gambled that Wang Yaowu was aware but not quite sure, Li Xianzhou's first retreat, more temptation than escape! At this time, the various units of the East China Field Army had not yet fully arrived at the predetermined ambush circle, and rushing to attack would only hit the grass and snakes, and then ordered the units to still operate in secret to reach the predetermined location as soon as possible.
3. Annihilation
Their actions once again attracted wang Yaowu's attention, and after clarifying the situation, Wang Yaowu decisively ordered the 46th Army and the 73rd Army to retreat north at night, and the 77th Division of the 73rd Army to retreat from Zhangdian to the south via Boshan.
Can the ducks still make you fly? He did not believe in this evil. It was immediately decided to go to war on February 20, first destroying the 77th Division of the 73rd Army in Boshan and then turning around to eat Li Xianzhou's main force.
Overnight, Li Xianzhou's 77th Division was completely destroyed, and the commander of the 77th Division, Tian Junjian, was killed on the spot, and Li Xianzhou panicked and quickly wrote to his superior Wang Yaowu for help. On the other side, the victorious PLA troops immediately threw themselves into the frontal battlefield against Li Xianzhou, while the rest of the East China Field Army also completed the encirclement of Li Xianzhou's troops.
Receiving a letter from Li Xianzhou, Wang Yaowu hurriedly reported the news to Chiang Kai-shek while considering countermeasures, and for the current situation, he believed that it was definitely not a good choice to stick to the city in this situation, and only by gathering troops to break through could there be a glimmer of vitality!
Chiang Kai-shek, who had received wang yaowu's news, knew that he had made a plan, and he did not have time to be upset, so he had to follow Wang Yaowu's plan at the moment, and he contacted the air force to provide air cover for the retreating army in the north, and prayed to God that the army would return safely.
Li Xianzhou, who had received Wang Yaowu's reply, had already frightened the six gods and no master at this time, and the retreat path and the trap were not clearly distinguished, and he rushed into Su Yu's elaborate encirclement circle during the hurried retreat. When he reacted, he was already deeply trapped in it, and there was no power to return to heaven, while Su Yu calmly dispatched and completely overwhelmed Li Xianzhou's counterattack, winning the final victory of the "Battle of Laiwu" and succeeding
Capture the enemy lieutenant general Li Xianzhou alive.
summary
In this campaign, the People's Liberation Army, under the overall leadership of Su Yu and others, will annihilate the enemy with only more than 6,000 casualties. Although a great victory was fought, the civil war itself was a defeat, and whoever lost or lost it won, the war itself was a defeat, because both the victory and the defeat were their own compatriots. It can only be said that political views are different and cannot be used as a conspiracy. War is the last resort to protect peace, but he is by no means the only means, cherish the peace in front of us, and always be ready to defend peace with war, this is what we should do.
As our diplomats have made international statements — we will never take the initiative to provoke war, but we will never fear war.
I think all of us should remember that war is for the ultimate peace!