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The Battle of Menglianggu, which broke out in May 1947, was a large-scale annihilation war that affected the direction of the Shandong War. In this battle, more than 30,000 people of the reorganized Seventy-fourth Division led by Zhang Lingfu were annihilated by our East China Field Army, which dealt a heavy blow to the enemy and also gave him a great shock. In fact, from the perspective of the overall battlefield situation, in the process of encircling and annihilating Zhang Lingfu's reorganized Seventy-fourth Division, the East China Field Army was able to successfully encircle the enemy until it was annihilated thanks to the advance deployment of a column, which arrived in time.
So, which column did the East China Field Army deploy in advance? Before the outbreak of the Battle of Menglianggu, the East China Field Army took the initiative to attack and made many contacts and battles with the enemy, but from the perspective of the number of annihilated enemies, it did not achieve the combat goal of annihilating a large number of enemies. Therefore, under such circumstances, in order to lure the enemy to go deeper, the East China Field Army decided to move the main force eastward, giving the illusion that the enemy and our army had retreated, and at the same time sent three columns to the south to intersperse the enemy's rear to conceal the standby and cooperate with the main force.
At that time, the three columns that were ordered to go south were the second column, the sixth column and the seventh column, the second column and the seventh column were secretly assembled in the Juxian area, and the sixth column was secretly assembled in the Tongshi area. Later, in the Battle of Menglianggu, the East China Field Army pressed forward from the east, west, and north to Zhang Lingfu's reorganized Seventy-fourth Division step by step, and the enemy had to retreat in the Menglianggu area. But at this time, the enemy still had the opportunity and conditions to retreat all the way south to Duozhuang (this was the original garrison of Zhang Lingfu's reorganized Seventy-fourth Division).
In this way, the Sixth Column, hidden in the Copperstone area, had the opportunity to appear on the scene. At that time, the East China Field Army ordered the Sixth Column to move quickly north, and while capturing Duozhuang, it formed a siege of Zhang Lingfu's reorganized Seventy-fourth Division from the south. The commander of the sixth column was Wang Bicheng, who was brave and good at fighting, and was nicknamed "Wang Tiger". The Sixth Column had previously fought against Zhang Lingfu's reorganized Seventy-fourth Division in the Second Battle of Lianshui and suffered losses, so all the soldiers of the Sixth Column had been looking for the reorganized Seventy-fourth Division to avenge Lianshui. In particular, commander Wang Bicheng, when he was ordered to go south to intersperse, he made a request to the chief, and in the future, he would reorganize the Seventy-fourth Division, and he must not forget my sixth column.
After receiving the order to go north, Wang Bicheng immediately led the Sixth Column all the way to capture Duozhuang after a battle, completely cutting off the retreat of Zhang Lingfu's reorganized Seventy-fourth Division. When Zhang Lingfu learned the news that Duozhuang had been captured, he had no choice but to stick to the commanding heights of Meng Lianggu and carry out the so-called "central blossoming" plan. Later, in the battle to encircle and annihilate the reorganized Seventy-fourth Division, Wang Bicheng's sixth column fought a bloody battle, took the lead in attacking Meng Lianggu, and made the first contribution to annihilating the reorganized Seventy-fourth Division in a short period of time, which can also be regarded as revenge for the previous defeat in World War II.
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