Attack the enemy's capital to fight the enemy's aid, this person ordered: detour the right wing out of the enemy's surprise! The enemy took the initiative to abandon his position
The Battle of Shangdang was the first large-scale battle of the Kuomintang after the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the opponent of the People's Liberation Army was Yan Xishan.
In order to give Yan Xishan a color, the People's Liberation Army successively conquered Huguan, Lucheng, Tunliu, and Xiangyuan, and then directly approached Changzhi, the capital of the Shangdang region at that time.
As the capital of the Shangdang region, Changzhi City had high trenches and strong fortifications, and more than 11,000 enemy guards.
Chen Geng commanded the 386th Brigade and the Fifty-seventh Regiment, and together with other fraternal troops, the regiment surrounded Changzhi.
In order to relieve the siege of Changzhi, Yan Xishan ordered Peng Yubin, deputy commander-in-chief of the Seventh Army, to lead two armies and an artillery regiment totaling 20,000 people to reinforce.
When Liu Deng learned that the enemy's reinforcements were dispatched, he ordered the siege of the city to provide reinforcements, and in addition to the deployment of some people to surround and pretend to attack Changzhi, the main force was divided into two roads, east and west, to move covertly to the north, first annihilating the enemy reinforcements, and then turning back to attack Changzhi.
After taking the order, Chen Geng's corps led the 386th Brigade to march north day and night, and the enemy Forty-seventh Division had already occupied the position of Laoye Ridge.
The Laoye Ridge occupied by the enemy consists of four mountain beams, and there is a Laoye Temple on the main peak, which is condescending and is the only dangerous terrain north of Changzhi.
After the battle was launched, the enemy took advantage of the dangerous terrain and occupied favorable terrain, and although the 386th Brigade fought all night, it failed to work.
In the face of stubborn enemies, a strong attack may not be effective, and it must be taken wisely.
After fully analyzing the enemy's situation, Chen Geng concluded that the enemy's frontal firepower was strong, the flank and rear defenses might be negligent, and if he unexpectedly attacked him and returned to the enemy's right flank, he would certainly be able to take Laoye Ridge.
The specific tactics are: touch the back of the enemy's main position, cut off the enemy's water source and rear communication, and cut off the enemy's forty-seventh division from contact with the main force.
Chu Daming, the commander of the Twenty Regiments, led a battalion from the steep trench to the enemy's rear, and when the enemy found that it was too late, he attacked several hills in succession and occupied the water source of the Northern Mountain.
The enemy troops who were firmly entrenched in the position of Laoye Ridge were isolated, the water and food were cut off, and several consecutive counterattacks were repelled by our army.
The two sides came and went, and the fierce battle was endless.
The troops attacked for two consecutive days and were very tired.
Just as the two sides were stalemate, Chen Geng personally went to the Laoye Ridge position to supervise the battle and said to the commanders and fighters: Now is the time to fight for perseverance, and whoever persists will win the victory.
Sure enough, the hungry enemy on the mountain, fearing total annihilation, voluntarily abandoned his position and fled north.
Often the final victory is a little more patience and perseverance, even if it is only an inch away, giving up a total loss!