It is most appropriate to describe Chiang Kai-shek at this moment in one sentence, that is, those who collect debts are not so anxious.
Shortly after the end of the Lunan Campaign, Chiang Kai-shek began a new "battle" plan, and the gunfire in the East China battlefield had only stopped for two days before it began to continue endlessly.
However, at this moment, Huaye was not as good as before, and after the end of the Battle of Lunan, the two major field armies of Central China and Yamano were finally formally merged and reorganized, and the organization and number were unified.
It can be said that the one who smiles the most brightly is Su Yu.
Su Yu
In the previous battles such as Suzhong and Subei, Su Yu often felt nervous, naturally because of the lack of strength, and now, Su Yu can finally straighten his waist and clean up the other side.
So how exactly did the Battle of Laiwu after Lunan proceed?
How did several tough Kuomintang generals behave?
Today's Brief History Archive will talk to you about the detailed Battle of Laiwu.
Su Yu's vision is really long-term
After twists and turns, Yamano and Central China finally merged together and became the famous tiger Huaye on the battlefield of East China.
After the merger, Chen Yi first found Su Yu to talk, Chen Yi said:
"As always, military matters are mainly up to you, and I will give you a question."
Su Yu, Chen Yi
After Su Yu heard this, he also said excitedly:
"I'm still trying to be your assistant, as I used to do."
Since he was in charge of the campaign command of the whole army, Su Yu immediately began to ponder how to deal with Chiang Kai-shek's plan to attack, and under some planning, Su Yu decided on two things:
First, improve the combat capability of the large corps of huaye's whole army;
Second, set up a special forces column.
I have to say that from the second point of view, Su Yu's vision is really long-term.
First of all, Su Yu held a special meeting for this purpose, emphasizing that cadres at all levels organized and studied the strategy and tactics of large corps operations, and also increased the number of infantry columns to about 20,000 people, and each regiment also changed from more than 1,000 people to more than 2,000 people.
Chen Yi, Su Yu and everyone took a group photo
Then there is the second one, in fact, Su Yu has already planned this.
In the Battle of Huangqiao and the Battle of Caodian in 1940, Su Yu used the captured 3 mountain cannons to create the first artillery company of the 1st Division of the New Fourth Army.
Not long ago, in the Battle of Lunan, Su Yu captured a batch of tanks and artillery, which made Su Yu completely determine the birth of the special forces column.
During the reorganization, Su Yu formed a special forces column with the captured artillery weapons of Ma Liwu, plus the original cavalry regiment and field artillery regiment in central China, and in order to solve the problem of artillery shells, Su Yu also sent people to Dalian to make artillery shells, which was later Dalian Jianxin Company.
In order to highlight the construction of the special forces column, Su Yu called the commander Chen Ruiting for a conversation, and Su Yu said:
"This is the same as in combat, we must concentrate our forces and firepower in the main direction of the assault in order to win, that is to say, in the four branches of your special forces column, mounted, artillery, armor, and engineering, we must give prominence to artillery construction."
Chen Ruiting
After speaking, Su Yu also instructed Chen Ruiting to focus on the construction of the American howitzer regiment.
Sure enough, Hua Ye's American howitzer regiment was soon formed, and later went to the battlefield to make a remarkable move, becoming the source of the Kuomintang's nightmare.
Chen Cheng healed the scar and forgot about the pain
On this side, Su Yu was adjusting Huaye to an offensive mode, and Chiang Kai-shek on the other side was not willing to show weakness.
Chiang Kai-shek ordered the gathering of about 310,000 people from 15 integrated divisions to the East China Battlefield, and as many as 11 integrated divisions were used in the assault group alone, and these also included ace units such as the 11th Reorganized Division and the 74th Reorganized Division.
It seems that Chiang Kai-shek is ready to strike a blow to further solve the East China issue.
Chiang Kai-shek centered on Linyi, where Huaye's main force was located, divided the East China Battlefield into two fronts, the north and south.
Chiang Kai-shek
The Southern Front Assault Group was composed of 8 reorganized divisions led by Ou Zhen, and the Northern Front Auxiliary Group was composed of 3 armies commanded by Li Xianzhou under Wang Yaowu, attacking south from the Jiaoji Line.
In addition, Chiang Kai-shek also transferred Wang Jingjiu's clique, which was chased by Liu Bocheng on the battlefield of Jinji-Hebei Luyu, to the southwestern Region of Lu.
This point does not seem to have much to do with the East China Battlefield, but it has to be said that Chiang Kai-shek laid out a good layout:
First, it can cut off the connection between Hua Ye and Liu Bocheng's Jinji Luyu Field Army;
Second, they can go to the Linyi area anytime and anywhere to participate in the battle.
It can be seen that Chiang Kai-shek has put some thought into it this time, and some new tactics and tactics are still refreshing.
In order to ensure the victory of this decisive battle, Chiang Kai-shek specially sent Chen Cheng, chief of staff, to Xuzhou to sit in xuzhou and command together with Xue Yue of the Xuzhou Appeasement Office.
Temporary
After Chen Cheng came to Xuzhou, he had long forgotten All about Su Zhong's injuries, and he couldn't help but feel sad for Li Mo'an, who carried the black cauldron for Chen Cheng.
After seeing Xue Yue, Chen Cheng said "with great vigor":
"The future of the party-state and the success or failure of the crackdown on bandits depend on this, and only success is allowed, not failure."
Xue Yue agreed on his lips, and in his heart he had already begun to feel a little afraid of Su Yu, after all, LuNan's great defeat was still close at hand.
The next day, Chen Cheng and Xue Yue began to urge all the people and horses to start attacking, causing Chen Yi and Su Yu to hastily end the reorganization, but the special forces column was still formed, which made Su Yu feel a little comforted.
At the beginning of the new campaign, Chairman Mao issued this task:
About 10 enemy brigades were annihilated in 1 and a half months to 2 months.
Chairman Mao
Although the task was somewhat heavy and could be said to be the first in the national theater, Su Yu and Chen Yi were still full of confidence.
As the saying goes: Han Xin points soldiers, the more the merrier.
At this moment, after the reorganization of Huaye, Su Yu had more than 270,000 troops in his hands, and after consulting with Chen Yi, Su Yu decided to concentrate the strength of Huaye's 50 regiments to break Chiang Kai-shek's offensive.
After some planning, Su Yu decided to send He Yixiang with 3 columns to fight head-on first, and then lured the nationalist troops on both sides to advance and stand out, and when they reached Linyi, Su Yu directly annihilated each one.
However, Xue Yue learned to be smart this time, perhaps it was also caused by too much loss on Su Yu.
This time, Xue Yue was not confused by Su Yu and had been following Chiang Kai-shek's rules and regulations
"Steady and steady, go hand in hand"
Tactics march.
Xue Yue
This made Su Yu a little surprised.
I have to say that Xue Yue is much smarter, but he can't stand others who don't understand it!
Just when Su Yu was a little confused, Li Xianzhou, who originally belonged to the auxiliary group, began to rush all the way, making rapid progress, and completely anti-auxiliary.
Why is the Word? It turned out that Li Xianzhou wanted to fight for himself fiercely!
Li Xianzhou was a graduate of huangpu phase I, but he had long been under the hands of Wang Yaowu, a graduate of Huangpu Phase III, and this time it was finally Li Xianzhou's turn to play, Li Xianzhou wanted to make a contribution too much, and he had not been hit by Su Yu, which was considered to be a "stunned head".
So Li Xianzhou had been rushing forward, and he had not been hit by HuaYe along the way, which made Li Xianzhou complacent and occupied Laiwu on February 4.
This was something That Su Yu didn't expect!
Su Yu's five immortal tactics
Li Xianzhou's actions surprised Su Yu a little, and Chairman Mao specially gave Su Yu comfort for this reason.
On the day of Li Xianzhou's occupation of Laiwu, Chairman Mao telephoned and said:
"The deeper the enemy advances, the better it is, and the sooner I fight, the better, as long as you do not seek urgent results and are ready to abandon Linyi when necessary, then I will be able to win this time."
It was Chairman Mao's renunciation of Linyi that allowed Su Yu to completely bring the situation into life.
In the war room, Su Yu paced back and forth thinking about the next steps, and after repeated thinking, Su Yu made the following conjecture:
The first is the south, and the Ou Zhen group in the south is superior in terms of troop strength, and it is also more cautious and not easy to break.
Then in the north, compared with the Li Xianzhou group in the north, the 3 armies are a little more shabby, plus there are the central army and the Gui army in the 3 armies, and there are more contradictions, which are suitable as offensive points.
With these two ideas, Su Yu's thoughts instantly surged, and Chairman Mao could abandon Linyi when necessary, which made Su Yu have a bold idea.
Su Yu speculated that Chiang Kai-shek must have thought that our army would definitely hold the important city of Linyi, and if Hua Ye suddenly abandoned Linyi and turned to the main force and went north, he would not only avoid fighting with the Ou Zhen Corps, but also hit Li Xianzhou in the north and directly break Chiang Kai-shek's plan to attack from the north and south.
Ou Zhen
In addition to this benefit, Su Yu also thought that if the north could succeed, then Huaye would be able to enter the Jiaoji Line to open up the connection between Luzhong, Jiaodong, and Bohai, so that Huaye could develop into the Central Plains.
I have to say that Su Yu's heart is like a nine-curve, and he thinks too carefully.
Of course, in addition to the benefits, Su Yu also thought of the worst result, that is, if he gave up Linyi and did not bite Li Xianzhou, what should he do?
And see how Su Yu deals next!
After deciding to abandon Linyi and move north, Su Yu and Chen Yi reported the battle plan to Chairman Mao, who quickly sent a telegram expressing his complete agreement.
In order to complete the goal, Su Yu made a five-point immortal plan:
First, Su Yu ordered Wei Guoqing to take 2 columns to defeat Hao Pengju, who was not firm in his position and then defected after surrendering, creating a trend of HuaYe going south to fight hard;
Second, huaye's main force, in coordination with local armed forces, built a third-line position in and around Linyi, posing a decisive battle with the enemy;
Third, after a brief confrontation in Linyi, he immediately abandoned Linyi, giving Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Cheng, Xue Yue and others the illusion that Huaye was powerless to fight and was tired;
Fourth, after abandoning Linyi, the main force went north in hiding, leaving two columns disguised as Huaye's entire army, and under the leadership of Chen Shiyu, fought in Linyi and Ou Zhen, creating the illusion that the main force was still in Linyi;
Fifth, the local armed forces were organized to enter the Yanzhou area and erect pontoon bridges on the canal, causing the main force of Huaye to withdraw from the westward crossing canal.
I have to say that now it seems that it will still be amazed by Su Yuzhi's tactics!
In fact, the first four were already detailed enough, but Su Yu made another step to cross the canal to the west, so that Chiang Kai-shek mistakenly thought that he was going to meet Liu Bocheng, and he did not expect su Yu to go north.
Liu Bocheng
Amazing tactics, enough to go down in history!
There was only one Wang Yaowu left to be sober
On February 9, 1947, Su Yu detected Li Xianzhou's latest progress:
The 46th Army of the forward army had already occupied Xintai, while Li Xianzhou led the 15th Division, the 93rd Division and the 36th Division of the 12rd Army in the center, located in the Yanzhuang area not far from Xintai, and the 111th and 112th Divisions of the main force of the 12th Army were rearguards in Laiwu and the town of Tusikou north of the city.
Of the three armies, the 46th Army was of the Gui clan, the 12th Army was of the Northeast Army, and only the 73rd Army was Wang Yaowu's concubine, that is, the Central Army.
It is not difficult to see that there are many contradictions!
So Su Yu decided to take advantage of these contradictions and began to break them one by one.
The first on the right is Su Yu
On February 15, Su Yu ordered the troops fighting in Linyi to withdraw from Linyi, and at the same time issued a combat order to encircle and annihilate Li Xianzhou, first the 73rd Army, then the 12th Army, and finally the 46th Army.
After careful consideration, Su Yu made the following encirclement and annihilation deployment:
First, Ye Fei's 1st Column and Wang Bicheng's 6th Column served as the Left Route Army, attacking and annihilating the enemies of Laiwu and Kouzhen;
Second, Tao Yong's 4th Column and Cheng Jun's 7th Column served as the Middle Route Army and attacked and annihilated The Enemy of Yan zhuang;
Third, Wang Jian'an's 8th Column and Xu Shiyou's 9th Column served as the Right Route Army, attacking and annihilating the enemy of Hezhuang and blocking the 77th Division;
Fourth, the 10th column of the Song Dynasty seized Jinyang Pass and blocked the possibility of Li Xianzhou fleeing north;
Fifth, wei Guoqing's 2nd column, which was serving as a blockade in Linyi, left a division to immediately move north to block the 46th Army's westward passage in the areas north and west of Xintai and Mengyin.
As soon as Wei Guoqing left, Linyi was directly "sent" to the Kuomintang, which made Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Cheng, who had conquered the famous city, excited, vigorously touted it as the greatest victory since the beginning of the war, and bluntly said that Hua Ye was powerless to fight and could only meet Liu Deng.
Chiang Kai-shek said with satisfaction:
"After the Nationalist army overcame Linyi, the military on both sides of the Longhai Road can be temporarily ended, and the problems in the future are north of the Yellow River."
Chiang Kai-shek's self-confidence made Chen Cheng think that he had finally come out of the anger he had received in the Soviet Union, and he gleefully telegraphed Wang Yaowu to quickly focus on the Yellow River and strike Huaye again in the area south of the Yellow River.
Everyone was drunk and I woke up alone, and this sentence was not wrong with Wang Yaowu!
Ou Zhen on the southern front occupied Linyi so easily, and Wang Yaowu also learned that Huaye was also moving north, which made Wang Yaowu very uneasy.
So Wang Yaowu guessed that Hua Ye might want to besiege Li Xianzhou, so Wang Yaowu hurriedly ordered Li Xianzhou to withdraw from Laiwu and other places, and at the same time called Chen Cheng, asking Chen Cheng to order permission for mobile operations.
Wang Yaowu
However, Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Cheng did not believe that Hua Ye was going north to encircle and annihilate Li Xianzhou, and they always disagreed with Wang Yaowu's request, and threatened Wang Yaowu not to retreat without authorization.
In view of this situation, Su Yu once said in his later years that in the Battle of Laiwu, Lao Wang was a little smarter.
So it seems, it is a fact!
In desperation, Wang Yaowu could only order the 46th Army to retake Xintai, and the 73rd Army headquarters returned to Yanzhuang, and Su Yu, who had long thought that Wang Yaowu would retract, began to fight with him.
Li Xianzhou was thrown into the rock
After returning, Wang Yaowu completely understood Hua Ye's intentions, exactly as he thought.
So Wang Yaowu ordered the 46th Army and the 73rd Army to retreat north, causing the officers of the 46th Army and the 73rd Army to cry bitterly, run back, and run back.
Su Yu naturally could not just watch the prey running, so Su Yu ordered a battle on February 20.
The first was to annihilate the 77th Division in the Boshan area, and then attack the main forces of Laiwu, Yanzhuang and Li Xianzhou, for this plan, Su Yu had bluntly said that even if Li Xianzhou found out, it would be too late to adjust.
The 77th Division was successfully annihilated, and Su Yu's Huaye troops also successfully surrounded Li Xianzhou's clique, which made Li Xianzhou very frightened and began to ask Wang Yaowu for help.
Li Xianzhou
Su Yu was not in a hurry, because Wang Yaowu and Li Xianzhou would have two steps to go:
First, stick to Laiwu;
Second, the breakthrough of the king will be the mouth town in the direction of the 6th column.
Su Yu guessed that Wang Yaowu would definitely choose to break through.
Sure enough, all of Wang Yaowu's operations were calculated by Su Yu!
Wang Yaowu decided that instead of sitting still, Wang Yaowu would draw a salary from the bottom of the pot, and perhaps break through towards Kouzhen, and there would be a glimmer of life, and then Wang Yaowu reported the plan to Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Kai-shek lost a big face!
After learning that he had been deceived, Chiang Kai-shek was embarrassed to call Wang Yaowu a brother and a brother, and then wrote back to praise Wang Yaowu's plan, and bluntly said that he must have ordered Wang Shuming, commander of the air force, to send air force cover.
Wang Shuming
After receiving the order, Wang Yaowu gave the order to Li Xianzhou, who decided to begin the northward retreat on February 23.
Unhurried, Su Yu adopted the tactics of opening the net, ordering the frontal blockade troops north of the city to shrink back slightly, so that Li Xianzhou could go generously.
Li Xianzhou was already exhausted and could not distinguish between true and false, so he hurriedly withdrew from Laiwu, and when Li Xianzhou entered Su Yu's ambush position, Su Yu adopted the tactic of encircling on all sides.
So not long after leaving the city, Li Xianzhou, who thought he had escaped to heaven, was instantly beheaded by Su Yu's orders, and Li Xianzhou's clique was beaten everywhere and cried bitterly.
This is not to mention, the national army has always been a downfall stone again.
The new 36th Division, which had been fighting Wang Bicheng at Kouzhen, suddenly withdrew, not only did not receive Li Xianzhou at all, but also completely slipped away.
Wang Bicheng
Chiang Kai-shek did not lie, Wang Shuming really brought a plane to help the battle, but the Two Sides were fighting together, which made Wang Shuming unable to attack at all.
In just about 5 hours, the nationalist troops who broke through the siege were completely wiped out, Li Xianzhou was also captured, and the Battle of Laiwu ended.
In this campaign, Su Yu destroyed more than 56,000 of Chiang Kai-shek's men and successfully completed the task entrusted by Chairman Mao to annihilate 10 enemy brigades in 1 and a half months.
After the victory at the Battle of Laiwu, Su Yu marched on the Jiaoji Line as originally envisaged.
In just a few days, Su Yu controlled 250 kilometers of jiaoji line, took 13 county seats and dozens of important towns, and Luzhong, Bohai, Jiaodong, and Binhai were also connected, and Su Yu once again won a big victory.
Chen Yi
The battlefield in East China surprised Chairman Mao again and again, and Chairman Mao excitedly sent congratulatory telegrams to Chen Yi and Su Yu, rewarding all the soldiers in Huaye.
Chen Yi also did not hesitate to praise Su Yu, bluntly praising:
"It proves that the campaign command of General Su Yu, the deputy commander of our army, has consistently maintained his record of constant victory, and the more strange he is, the better he fights."
On the other hand, the Kuomintang on the other side turned from great joy in taking Linyi to great compassion, and it was depressed.
Chen Cheng's blind self-confidence and Li Xianzhou's dereliction of duty were naturally the targets of Chiang Kai-shek, but Chiang Kai-shek's wild spray did not relieve his anger.
After teaching these two men, Chiang Kai-shek also criticized Wang Yaowu, and even Xue Yue, who had no sense of existence in this battle, was mentioned by Chiang Kai-shek and said that he was Jiang Langcai.
Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Yaowu
Subsequently, Chiang Kai-shek abolished the two appeasement offices in Xuzhou and Zhengzhou and formed a "Xuzhou Headquarters of the Army General Headquarters", leaving Gu Zhutong to sit in Xuzhou under unified command.
As for Xue Yue, he was dismissed in disguise by Chiang Kai-shek's micro-manipulation.
In response to this change, Su Yu seemed a little happy.
It is not difficult to understand that Xue Yue is still astute and decisive in using troops, and can fight with Su Yu, while Gu Zhutong has always been a defeated general under his command, and is undoubtedly a mediocre talent, so wouldn't Su Yu's opponent be easier to deal with?
Gu Zhutong
It seems that next, Su Yu's pressure can become less!
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