On the outskirts of Linyi City, the Ninth Column of the East China Field Army was struggling to block the enemy's attack on Linyi, and Xu Shiyou personally came to the front line to command, and he ordered: "Ou Zhen this old boy! He wanted to enter Linyi first and ask me whether Xu Shiyou's Nine Vertical Answers were true! ”
Under the command of Chen Cheng, chief of the Kuomintang general staff, hundreds of planes were also dispatched to indiscriminately bomb the positions of our army on the outskirts of Linyi.
A group photo of Chen Yi and Su Yu, two old comrades-in-arms
"What happened to linyi?" The current situation is not good! Chen Yi came to the headquarters of the East China Field Army and said this to Su Yu very anxiously.
"Commander Chen! In my opinion, it is very difficult for our army to defend Linyi, and even if it does hold it in the end, our army will pay a great price! Su Yu replied to Chen Yi's words in a very calm tone.
Chen Yi nodded and said, "Yes! I'm here for this, and I also feel that it's not worth the loss to keep Linyi, and we have to change! ”
Su Yu slapped his palm on the map in front of him, and then Su Yu said loudly: "If you can't hold Linyi, then we don't have to keep it, let Xu Shiyou and Wang Jian'an retreat directly!" ”
Chen Yi was shocked to hear Su Yu's words, and he said, "Su Yu! What are you talking about? It is not okay to rush out of Linyi! It will have a fatal impact on the war situation in Shandong! ”
Su Yu raised his head and smiled vigorously at Chen Yi, chen Yi reacted to this, he also smiled and said, "Su Yu! Good boy! You must have a good idea in mind! You're still making fun of me! ”
Su Yu smiled and nodded, "Commander Chen! I have a bold idea, but it's a risky idea, and I don't know if I should talk about it! ”
Chen Yi waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about it first!" Before I came, I also thought of a countermeasure, how about we write our own ideas on paper! ”
Then Chen Yi and Su Yu each took the piece of paper written by the other party, and Chen Yi's paper read: "Southern Expedition and Northern War!" Su Yu's paper read: "Give up the south to take the north!" ”
After the two of them read it, they laughed in unison, and Su Yu said, "Commander Chen! The two of us are a little bit the same as the heroes! ”
However, Su Yu quickly put away his smile and said very seriously, "Commander Chen! My improvised change of tactics was risky! I was ready to abandon Linyi and order all the main forces to march covertly to the northern front and directly attack Li Xianzhou's corps in Laiwu! ”
Chen Yi smiled and said, "Old man! You are assured to do it boldly, and there is something I bear with you! ”
With the support of Chen Yi's words, Su Yu no longer had any worries, and he quickly formulated a detailed battle plan, in my opinion, Su Yu's battle plan can only be thought out by genius.
First of all, to explain the background of this great war, in January 1947, the Kuomintang reactionaries pressed the border and attacked the main force of the East China Field Army in Shandong, and the main target selected by the enemy was Linyi, which was the capital of our army in the Shandong Liberated Area at that time, and the enemy wanted to force the East China Field Army to fight them under unfavorable circumstances by attacking Linyi.
Su Yu's initial battle plan was to hold on to Linyi, and the various units went roundabout and interspersed in search of fighters to surround and annihilate a certain unit of the enemy, but Chen Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the enemy in this big war, learned from the lessons of the past, and he divided the total strength of 53 brigades into two group armies, and 24 brigades on the northern front formed a "southward marching corps.", with Li Xianzhou, deputy commander of the Shandong Theater, attacking Linyi from Laiwu to the south, and 29 brigades on the southern front forming a "north-advancing corps" and attacking Linyi directly to the north, forming a north-south attack on the main force of our army.
Scenes of Su Yu directing battles on the battlefield
This was not the point, Chen Cheng was frightened by Su Yu's roundabout interspersed tactics in previous battles, and he ordered that there should be no gap between the various troops, and they would advance in unison, marching in unison, and jointly launching an attack on Linyi.
Chen Cheng's arrangement had no tactics to speak of, but it did make it difficult for Su Yu to find an opportunity, and Linyi suffered a very fierce attack from the enemy, so Su Yu immediately changed the battle plan according to the enemy's situation.
Chen Yi knew Su Yu very well, in the previous battles, as long as Su Yu changed his tactics, our army would immediately win the victory with the momentum of destruction and decay, and this time Chen Yi firmly believed that it was the same as usual.
Su Yu quickly came up with his new battle plan, Chen Yi clapped his hands after reading it, and I briefly summarized the battle plan of the "Su God of War":
Resolutely abandoning Linyi, Xu Shiyou's Ninth Column left only a small number of troops to continue to attract the enemy's attack, and after three days, this part of the troops was withdrawn from Linyi in an orderly manner, so as to continue to drag down the enemy's southern front corps' attack on Linyi.
All the main columns detoured through Yimeng Mountain to move closer to the enemy's northern front corps, camped during the day, marched quickly at night, and locked the target of the attack as the li xianzhou corps on the northern front, and the attack site was Laiwu.
After the enemy troops entered Linyi, they arranged for a small unit to carry more than a dozen high-power radios to the river crossing west of Linyi, and pretended to cross the river, creating the illusion that the main force of our army was preparing to advance westward and enter northern China to confuse the enemy, thus covering the real combat purpose of the main force of our army.
I have simply summarized the main contents of Su Yu's new battle plan, and there are many important details in it, some of which will be continued later.
After Chen Yi read this new battle plan, Su Yu still expressed his worries: "The most crucial point of my battle plan is whether we can confuse the enemy's southern front group so that they will not support Li Xianzhou's northern front group army; if our strategic intentions are recognized by Chen Cheng, he will definitely lead his troops north to join Li Xianzhou, so that we will be attacked on our stomachs and backs, and it will be difficult to break through from Mount Yimeng!" ”
Chen Yi nodded and said, "What you said makes a lot of sense!" But don't go into the tiger's den to get the tiger! I think we can be bold! In addition, I am not worried that Chen Cheng can see through our plans, but Wang Yaowu is a person, and we must be vigilant against him! ”
Su Yu fell into deep thought, and he immediately said: "When we pretend to cross the big river on the west side of Linyi, we can deliberately leave a large number of pots and pans to confuse the enemy to pursue our army to the west!" ”
Chen Yi laughed and said, "What a battle of Maling!" Su Yu, you are imitating Sun Zhen! ”
Two thousand years ago, in the famous Battle of Maling, Sun Zhi used this method to attract Pang Juan's army to pursue, and now Su Yu used this method of warfare again, and the actual results achieved in the end were no worse than Sun Zhen's great battle.
Su Yu's new battle plan was soon handed down to the commanders of the main columns, and Xu Shiyou immediately carried out the order, and one of his chiefs of staff said: "Commander Xu! Did we withdraw from Linyi like this? Suddenly leading the troops to the north, this method is very wrong! ”
Xu Shiyou said loudly, "What do you boy know!" This is definitely a good move for Commander Su Yu, we just have to execute it! ”
All the main columns of the East China Field Army acted according to the plan, concealed their tracks, and marched from all directions to Yimeng Mountain.
"General Manager Chen! Su Yu couldn't resist and began to withdraw from Linyi City! Tang Enbo hurried to Chen Cheng to report on the latest situation of the Battle of Linyi.
Chen Cheng's eyes widened and he said, "Is this true or false?" ”
Tang Enbo continued: "Our army found that Su Yu's Ninth Column was rapidly retreating, and their positions in front of Linyi were also tightening step by step, and it was obvious that Su Yu's troops could no longer withstand the attack of our army! ”
Chen Cheng immediately became excited, and he said loudly: "Order Hu Lian and Huang Baitao to storm Linyi with all their troops and completely crush them!" ”
Chen Yi's words were right; Chen Cheng could not understand Su Yu's plan, and the main force of our army quietly withdrew from Linyi that night, took a detour, avoided the main force of the Ou Zhen clique, and quickly advanced towards Mount Yimeng.
A painting depicting scenes of intense battles at the Battle of Laiwu
This time using soldiers can be said to be the most adventurous time in Su Yu's life, but Su Yu's adventure is fully prepared and completely blindfolds the enemy's eyes.
At this time, a telegram was placed on the desk of Wang Yaowu, commander of the Kuomintang Shandong Theater, which was sent by Chen Cheng, which read: "The Ou Zhen Corps on the southern front is about to break through Linyi, and I have specially informed!" ”
After reading it, Wang Yaowu muttered, "So fast! How is that possible? ”
At this time, Wang Yaowu's aide-de-camp walked in anxiously and said, "Commander Wang! Our army has just found traces of communist troops in Yimeng Mountain! ”
Wang Yaowu said in surprise, "What? How is that possible? Did Su Yu grow wings, weren't they in a bloody battle between Linyi and Ou Zhen? ”
Wang Yaowu's eyebrows tightened, and after thinking about it for a long time, he suddenly said, "Not good! Su Yu's main force must have gone north, and their target was Li Xianzhou's army! Call me General Chen Cheng! ”
Wang Yaowu told Chen Cheng his thoughts, and Chen Cheng laughed and said, "Wang Yaowu! Are you dreaming? Our army is about to attack Linyi, what nonsense are you talking about! ”
Chen Cheng hung up Wang Yaowu's phone angrily, and Wang Yaowu was convinced that his idea was right, so he immediately called Li Xianzhou and ordered Li Xianzhou to retreat immediately, Li Xianzhou was originally Wang Yaowu's subordinate, and he obediently retreated his troops.
At this time, Chen Cheng was angry when he learned of this situation, and he ordered Li Xianzhou to continue to march south, and Li Xianzhou did not dare to offend at both ends, so he had to order the troops to advance again, and this retreat and advance successfully bought more time for Su Yu's troops.
Wang Yaowu had no choice but to report his ideas directly to Chiang Kai-shek, who again called chen cheng, who was completely opposite to Wang Yaowu's, and Chen Cheng firmly believed that Su Yu's main force was in the rear of Linyi, and the two people said different things, which made Chiang Kai-shek also hesitate and make a choice.
At this time, the small unit arranged by Su Yu came into play, and after our army completely withdrew from Linyi, this small unit immediately marched westward, pretending to cross the river, and used more than a dozen high-power radio stations to constantly send out false news that the main force of our army was crossing the river to the west, leaving countless pots and stoves along the way, and this trick completely confused Chen Cheng.
Chen Cheng was sure that Su Yu's main force was crossing the river in the west and preparing to enter the North China Plain, and Chen Cheng shouted to Tang Enbo: "Great! Su Yu was crushed by us, and ordered the troops to immediately pursue to the west, so that Li Xianzhou's brother Laiwu set out to destroy them by the Dadu River. ”
When Chen Cheng issued this military order, it showed that he had completely entered the trap set by Su Yu, and Wang Yaowu had become an ant on the hot pot at this time, and he called Chiang Kai-shek one by one, but Chiang Kai-shek had been hesitating.
Chen Cheng reported all his discoveries and judgments to Chiang Kai-shek, and Chen Cheng said: "We have successfully taken Linyi, and Su Yu's main force is heading west!" ”
Chiang Kai-shek was convinced of Chen Cheng's words, and at this time Wang Yaowu decided to cut first and then play, and he ordered Li Xianzhou to retreat quickly again, not to cross Laiwu, Li Xianzhou said: "But General Chen Cheng ordered us... ”
Before he could finish speaking, Wang Yaowu became angry, and Wang Yaowu said loudly, "You are my subordinate, and your troops are also mine. ”
Schematic diagram of our army's strategy for launching the Battle of Laiwu
Li Xianzhou had no choice, he ordered the whole army to retreat, at this time the various columns of our army had reached various designated positions on the outskirts of Laiwu, Xu Shiyou found that Li Xianzhou's troops were retreating under his own eyes, he was in a hurry, he immediately called Su Yu and said: "Let's attack immediately!" If it is too late, Li Xianzhou will withdraw! ”
Su Yu said calmly, "There is no order from me!" None of you can move! Otherwise don't blame me for punishing you!" ”
Xu Shiyou was depressed, and he turned to call Chen Yi and asked for an immediate attack, chen Yi said loudly: "Xu monk! Didn't you hear Commander Su Yu's words? How many times have I said that Su Yu's order is my command, what do you want to do! Want to fight on the battlefield? Something went wrong, and I was the first to pick you up! ”
Chen Yi's words made Xu Shiyou settle down, Chen Yi zhen Huaye, this sentence is indeed not wrong.
Su Yu smiled and Said to Chen Yi, "Commander Chen! feel relieved! I guarantee that Li Xianzhou's troops will come back! Chen Cheng had already completely calculated, and he would not let Li Xianzhou retreat! ”
Su Yu's prediction was indeed very correct, and in the end Chiang Kai-shek chose to listen to Chen Cheng's words, and Chiang Kai-shek personally ordered Li Xianzhou's troops to immediately go south and join the Ou Zhen Corps.
Chen Cheng said, "If I can't move you Wang Yaowu, can't the chairman of the committee also command you?" ”
After receiving Chiang Kai-shek's military order, Wang Yaowu sat down on his chair and shook his head repeatedly; Li Xianzhou did indeed return this time, leading his troops to the vicinity of Laiwu, and the time was ripe.
The first to bear the brunt of this was Li Xianzhou's 73rd and 77th Divisions; Wang Jian'an's Eighth Column and Xu Shiyou's Ninth Column of our army had long been ambushed on the only road that the enemy's two divisions had to pass; when the enemy's two divisions had all entered our army's ambush circle, the Eighth Column and the Ninth Column attacked at the same time, and after more than ten rounds of salvos, the enemy's two divisions were in a great state of chaos, and our soldiers charged down from a high place, dividing the enemy's two divisions into four sections, breaking each one, and after only a few hours, they completely annihilated the enemy's two divisions.
At this time, Li Xianzhou realized that Wang Yaowu's words were right, he ordered the troops to quickly break through, the formation of our army appeared in a pocket shape, at this time Wei Guoqing's second column had also arrived, Su Yu immediately changed tactics again, he ordered Tao Yong's four columns to give way to the Zhangjiawa area, let Li Xianzhou's main force pass, and then let Wei Guoqing's second column put down to block Li Xianzhou in the south of Mengyin, Tao Yong's four columns were fighting back, and this change made the original encirclement further shrink.
So that's why Su Yu is recognized as the most capable fighter general!
As a result, Li Xianzhou's wings were difficult to fly, and at this time, Wang Bicheng's six columns attacked from Li Xianzhou's two wings in two ways, and under heavy encirclement, Li Xianzhou could only sigh in despair.
After the victory at the Battle of Laiwu, our army captured photographs of enemy supplies
In the early stages, these columns attacked and fought fiercely, and Li Xianzhou's troops rushed into a big mess, but Li Xianzhou's troops were numerous, and our army had not yet fully grasped the initiative at this time, so Su Yu immediately ordered Ye Fei's first column and Chengjun's seventh column to continue to divide Li Xianzhou's troops, and our army completely tightened Li Xianzhou's corps into a narrow encirclement and broke through each one.
The great battle lasted for three days, and during these three days Chen Cheng was still proud of linyi to the west, and he did not even know anything about such a big thing happening on the northern battlefield, because Su Yu had already cut off Li Xianzhou's special line of communication with Wang Yaowu and Chen Cheng before the war began.
After three days of bloody fighting between our army and the enemy, we completely annihilated Li Xianzhou's main force, and the number of annihilated enemies reached 56,000, and this battle was a complete victory, and our army also successfully captured Li Xianzhou himself alive.
It was not until after the end of this great battle that Chen Cheng received the news of Li Xianzhou's defeat, and one after another the reports of defeat reached Chen Cheng's command post, Chen Cheng was so angry that he fainted and fell to the ground at once, and after everyone woke him up, his first words were: "It is really difficult to guess Su Yu's use of soldiers!" With this person present, it will be difficult for our army to win in Shandong! ”
Chen Cheng's words were correct, and the subsequent Shandong battlefields, from the Battle of Lunan and the Battle of Menglianggu. From the Battle of Eastern Henan to the final Battle of Jinan, Su Yu won successive victories with the momentum of sweeping Through Liuhe, until the foundation for the Battle of Huaihai was laid.
Wang Yaowu was much more alert than Chen Cheng, and he sent reinforcements very early, but Su Yu had already let Song Shilun's ten columns wait for him halfway, and none of Wang Yaowu's reinforcements could pass under a fierce battle.
After the battle, Wang Yaowu sighed: "Even if I knew that Su Yu's main force had come to the northern front, there was nothing I could do, this person was good at winning by surprise, and it was expected that before the matter was done, my reinforcements had not yet been sent out, he had already set up a blocking position on my inevitable road, such an opponent was too terrible!" ”
Wang Yaowu's subordinate said, "The commander doesn't have to feel guilty! This battle was entirely Chen Cheng's responsibility, and he didn't listen to your advice, which caused Li Xianzhou's entire army to be destroyed! ”
Wang Yaowu shook his head and continued, "Chen Cheng's guilt is certainly very large! However, I watched Su Yu use troops, this person has many tactical changes, is good at grasping the fighter, and his way of using troops is really unpredictable! ”
A sculpture commemorating the victory at the Battle of Laiwu in the later century
Unpredictable! Wang Yaowu's evaluation of Su Yu is very appropriate, Su Yu's use of troops is indeed unpredictable, as soon as the battle situation changes, Su Yu will change tactics and correspond to it, and the reaction is so rapid that it is rare in ancient and modern times!
After Su Yu annihilated Li Xianzhou's corps, he quickly launched an attack on the counties and towns around Laiwu, and within five days, there were thirteen counties in Lianke County, and our army was connected in various liberated areas in Shandong.
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