In late February 1947, the East China Field Army in Shandong surrounded and annihilated Li Xianzhou Group Army in Laiwu, breaking Chen Cheng's carefully arranged plan for a north-south attack, and the Battle of Laiwu had just ended.
Chiang Kai-shek immediately flew to Jinan and scolded Wang Yaowu for dereliction of duty
。 At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek also realized that the East China Field Army entrenched in Shandong posed a very great threat to him. So he ordered the commander-in-chief of the army
Gu Zhutong sat in Xuzhou
He personally commanded 24 integrated divisions and more than 450,000 people to attack the East China Field Army.
From left to right are Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Cheng, and Wang Yaowu
Gu Zhutong commanded all the troops to assemble in the southwestern area of Lu and steadily advance from the southwest direction of our Shandong Liberated Area, Chiang Kai-shek
There are two strategic intents
One is to force the main force of the East China Field Army to fight a decisive battle with it; the other is that if Hua Ye chooses not to fight, he will force Hua Ye out of the Shandong Liberated Area, at which time Hua Ye can only cross the Yellow River north into the North China Plain.
Either way, it was not good for HuaYe
First of all, if the Kuomintang is in a heavy engagement in the southwest, once it is stuck, the enemy troops on both flanks can quickly encircle, so Chiang Kai-shek feels that if the main force of Huaye dares to take the initiative to attack,
Then he felt that annihilating Hua Ye was full of confidence.
If our army abandons the Yimeng Mountains and turns to north China
It should be a last resort
。 Because in the mountainous areas it is more conducive to the detour and interspersed operations of our army, on the contrary, the mechanized troops of the enemy army will be greatly restricted in the mountainous areas.
In the face of this grim situation, Su Yudu, who had been in the battlefield for a long time, was under unprecedented pressure, and the total number of troops that Hua Ye could use at that time was about 270,000 people, and it was obviously not advantageous for our army to face a decisive battle of a large army. Su Yu studied the operational map every day, conceived various plans, memorized some important sites, and personally surveyed the terrain of the site.
Hope to fight a beautiful round point to help
, crack the crisis.
The Kuomintang army was heavily armed and encircled
Gu Zhutong
This attack began before Xuzhou
Gu Zhutong is three orders and five shen
Emphasis on the various units
Don't venture in
, avoid being wild
Surround the point to help
This can also be regarded as the experience accumulated by the repeated defeats of the Kuomintang army. (In 1946, a single Kuomintang brigade dared to act alone in central Suzhou, and at least one division was required to act alone in the Battle of Subei, and neither division was used in the Battle of Lunan, and Hua Ye directly dared to surround and annihilate a group army during the Battle of Laiwu.) ）
For this campaign,
The Kuomintang army was full of elites
Among the five ace troops, the 5th Army of Qiu Qingquan, the 11th Division of Hu Lian's reorganization, and the 74th Division of Zhang Lingfu's reorganization were respectively organized into three offensive corps. The specific deployment is as follows:
The Kuomintang army was heavily encircled
The commander-in-chief of the First Corps was
Tombaugh
It was stationed in Linyi and its vicinity, under the jurisdiction of the reorganized 25th, 48th, 57th, 74th, and 83rd Divisions and the 7th Gui Army. Commander-in-Chief of the Second Corps
Wang Jingjiu
It was stationed in the area of Wenshang and Ningyang, and had jurisdiction over the reorganized 72nd, 75th, and 85th Divisions and the reorganized 5th Army. Commander-in-Chief of the Third Corps
Ou Zhen
It was stationed in the area of Yanzhou and Zoucheng, and under the jurisdiction of the 9th, 11th, 20th, 64th, and 84th Divisions. And beyond that
Wang Yaowu and Feng Zhi'an
The troops of the 2nd and 3rd Sui districts coordinated the attack.
The enemy wanted to open up the line of communication, and Huaye launched the Battle of Taimon
The first step in the Kuomintang army's plan was to open up
Jinpu Railway and Linyi to Yanzhou Highway
By opening up the transportation line, it can give full play to the strengths of its mechanized troops, and at the same time use the transportation line to besiege and encroach on the Liberated Areas of Shandong. The Kuomintang army began to attack in January 1947, and by early April, Wang Jingjiu's Second Corps and the Jinpu Railway were opened, and marched to Laiwu, Xintai, Mengyin and other places. The first and third corps in the south had also opened the road from Linyi to Yanzhou, during which Su Yu repeatedly searched for opportunities without success.
The Kuomintang army successfully opened the Jinpu Railway and the Linyi-Yanzhou Highway
By mid-April, the Second Corps
Reorganized 72nd Division
Advancing toward Xintai and Mengyin, this fighter was captured by our army, and Chen Yi and Su Yu immediately ordered the 1st, 3rd, 6th, and 10th columns of Huaye to besiege the reorganized 72nd Division of the Tai'an City defenders; at the same time, ordered the rest of the troops to provide reinforcements in the area of Surabaya and Pingyi.
ambush
The troops of the Third Corps of Ou Zhen may have gone north to rescue.
However, the enemy army also became cunning, and our army besieged Xintai for several days, no matter how Yang Wenquan, commander of the reorganized 72nd Division, called for help, the surrounding Kuomintang troops were
Press the soldiers and don't move
They know that this must be the usual use of our army
Surround the point to help,
Moreover, the 72nd Division was not a concubine unit, so the reorganized 72nd Division was directly abandoned by the Kuomintang, and eventually two brigades of the 72nd Division were completely annihilated, and the division commander Yang Wenquan was captured.
Surrounded and annihilated the 72nd Division, planning to encircle the point to provide reinforcements
Although the integrated 72nd Division was destroyed, it did not turn the tide of the war, our army
The plan to encircle the point of reinforcement did not succeed
The situation remains grim.
HuaYe "played with dragon lights" to mobilize the enemy army and capture the fighters
The enemy troops of the reorganized 72nd Division besieging Xintai were not deceived, and Chen Yi and Su Yu continued to order their troops to detour and attack the battlefield many times, and the enemy troops were also mobilized to run everywhere, suffering unspeakable, often before reaching their destination, and new orders came again. Of course, it is not only the soldiers of the Kuomintang army who are resentful, but also the soldiers of our army who are holding their breath.
- There has been no bitter battle in the past month
For more than ten days, it was a non-stop march on the battlefield. The soldiers even sang in passing: "Commander Chen's telegram clicks, and the footboard of the little soldier flutters."
On April 28, Su Yu found that Tang Enbo's corps was showing signs of progress, so he sent the main force south to reach taoxu town, and reorganized and annihilated Li Tianxia's unstable 83rd Division.
Li Tianxia fought against Su Yu many times
Having suffered many losses, our army had just begun to engage with the first unit of the 83rd Division, and Li Tianxia immediately ordered the troops to retreat and move closer to the nearby friendly forces. Helplessly, our army only annihilated a small group of enemy troops
Take the initiative to retreat, do not dare to pursue deeply
。
Our army is looking for opportunities to encircle and provide reinforcements in various places
On May 3, Su Yu ordered the main force to go north and sent 4 columns to re-besiege The newly occupied Xintai
Hu Lian reorganized the 11th Division,
This is Chiang Kai-shek's concubine troops, and it is impossible not to save it this time! However, although Hu Lian was surrounded, this time Wang Jingjiu's army was near it, and
Quickly move closer to Hu Lian
Our army did not have sufficient time and did not have the conditions to encircle the points for reinforcements, and could only take the initiative to retreat.
Commander Chen Yi
Hua Ye's actions are described as if they were "playing with dragon lights" with the enemy, that is, our army is like wielding a large colored ball to tease the enemy army, and the enemy troops are running back and forth in the land of Qilu like a long dragon. (Marshal Chen Yi's analogy is also quite appropriate!) ）
Pretend to be "offensive fatigue" and lure the enemy deeper!
Although in the first stage, although our army was playing with the dragon lantern with the enemy army, this was by no means a blind command.
No, the fighters are coming
！ After our army failed to make two unsuccessful encirclements and reinforcements, su Yu ordered his troops to retreat to Lunan, so that Chiang Kai-shek and Gu Zhutong mistakenly believed that our army was
"Offensive fatigue",
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek must have thought that Hua Ye's previous actions were
Headless flies — like blind bumps
He thought that Hua Ye wanted to anxiously open the breakthrough at this time.
This time Chiang Kai-shek was again confused by Su Yu, and this was exactly the psychological game between Su Yu and the enemy army, because according to the current steady advance speed of the enemy army, it was difficult for Hua Ye to find an opportunity.
If the enemy army occupies Laiwu, Xintai, Yishui and other places on the outskirts, Huaye will be quite passive
。 Therefore, Su Yu took the initiative to show weakness and pretend to be tired this time, so that the enemy army could speed up the march, so that we could fight a surprise to the enemy who had ventured in.
The Tombaugh Regiment attacked en masse
By May 10,
The First Regiment of Tombaugh did indeed make a big move
The corps was divided into two wings, the 7th Army and the reorganized 48th Division attacked Yishui, and the reorganized 25th, 74th, and 83rd Divisions advanced along the road and then advanced towards Tanbu. It was this decision,
Will bury Chiang Kai-shek's treasure 74th Division.
After receiving the information of The Breakthrough of Tang Enbo's troops, Su Yu in Huaye's headquarters knew that the real opportunity had come!
(The Battle of Menglianggu is longer, so the specific campaign analysis will be described in the next issue)
This is a link to the Subei Campaign article that Su Yu commanded before
Battle of Subei