The 4th Column is known to be able to fight good battles, has fought many hard battles and big battles, and on several occasions, when the enemy is well-equipped and has more numbers than his own side, he has flexibly applied tactics, dared to fight and dared to fight, inflicted heavy damage on the enemy, played a prestige, and formed a great psychological deterrent to the enemy.
The 4th Column has made many achievements in the northeast battlefield, attacking like a sword, directly inserting the enemy's heart, punctuality is like a mountain, it is difficult to shake, and it is called "the hard bone of the Eighth Route Army" by the enemy. Their first battle in the northeast was the victory of the Defense of Benxi, which not only effectively killed and wounded the enemy, but also preserved the strength of the troops and frustrated the enemy's plan.
Xiong Shihui attacked Benxi in two ways, and the 4th column divided its troops to annihilate the headquarters of one of its divisions
At the beginning of 1946, after the Kuomintang occupied Fushun, Yingkou and other places, it was overwhelmed and threatened that "the Communist Party is no more than that" and wanted to further extend the battlefield and expand the results of the battle. On April 5, Xiong Shihui, director of the Kuomintang Northeast Battalion, and others arrived in Shenyang and held a military conference, believing that in Benxi, the Platon Army had focused on defense, that the area could be attacked and retreated, that it was a great threat to Shenyang, and that the strategic position was extremely important and must be in their own hands.
Therefore, they began to dispatch troops and prepare to attack Benxi. According to their deliberations, the Kuomintang did not concentrate its forces and rush straight to benxi, but attacked Benxi in two ways. Zhao Gongwu, commander of the Kuomintang 52nd Army, commanded the 25th Division from Fushun, and the 14th Division of the New 6th Army departed from Liaoyang. They are equipped with more people, and they want to attack from two sides, giving the PLA greater defensive pressure, in order to seek the opportunity to eliminate.
Although this arrangement has certain advantages, there are also many disadvantages, and the combat effectiveness of the troops will also be divided into two lines of troops. The commanders and fighters of the 4th Column were all tempered after countless battles, and at a glance they could see the weaknesses of Xiong Shihui's two large armies.
After receiving the enemy's situation, the 4th Column immediately held an operational meeting, and the meeting decided to block the enemy on both sides and encircle and annihilate the enemy on both sides. After comprehensive consideration, they decided to block the attack of the 14th Division and encircle and annihilate the 25th Division. Considering that it was the enemy who wanted to encircle and annihilate one division, the 4th Column decided to send only a small number of troops to block the commander of the 14th Division, and quickly completed the encirclement and annihilation of the 25th Division with the main force of the 4th Column.
The enemy did not expect that the 4th Column would be so arranged, and was soon surrounded by the 4th Column, and the 25th Division called for reinforcements from the 14th Division, how did it know that the fighters of the 4th Column were fighting tenaciously, and although there were few people, they nailed the 14th Division to the front of the blocking position, making it difficult to reinforce the 25th Division. In this way, the main force of the 4th Column swept away the fallen leaves in the autumn wind, completely encircling and annihilating the division headquarters and a regiment.
If you don't fight, you're already, a dozen are amazing. A division headquarters was destroyed in one battle, and the 4th Column's fierceness brought a huge shock to the Kuomintang, and Xiong Shihui was even more annoyed, and the attack he personally commanded was so easily defused by the 4th Column, and his own troops suffered such heavy losses.
Du Yuming was full of confidence and attacked Benxi again, and the 4th Column killed the enemy in large numbers and then whisked away
At this time, the Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek's beloved general Du Yuming arrived in Shenyang, and he was quite dissatisfied with Xiong Shihui's behavior, and he felt that Xiong Shihui still had great problems in command, and although the fighting continued, he had never eliminated the main force of the People's Liberation Army, and it was difficult to affect the overall situation.
After he arrived, he began to study how to eliminate the main force of the People's Liberation Army step by step and fight a decisive battle with the communist army. Du Yuming's military command prestige in the Kuomintang army was very high, and although he was appointed as Xiong Shihui's deputy, the real power of the Kuomintang army in the northeast was in his hands. After a few days of research, he decided to attack Benxi first and Siping later. After discussing this idea with Zhao Gongwu, commander of the 52nd Army, and Liao Yaoxiang, commander of the New 6th Army, he directly issued an order.
Xiong Shihui learned of Du Yuming's arrangement after Du Yuming gave the order, and he was very worried about his arrangement, fearing that Du Yuming would repeat the same mistakes, which would greatly affect the morale of the troops and cause problems in Shenyang's defense.
The reason why Xiong Shihui was so worried was because in the order issued by Du Yuming, the New 6th Army was gathered in the Liaoyang area to guard Benxi and prepare to encircle and attack Benxi; the 2nd Division of the 52nd Army was ready to attack Benxi after handing over the defense of Fushun. Although it is different from his previous command, it also has many similarities.
In the face of Xiong Shihui's worries, Du Yuming was full of confidence, patted his chest and said, "Don't be afraid, everything is wrapped up in me." Seeing Du Yuming say this, Xiong Shihui was not good at saying anything for a while, and could only agree.
Du Yuming saw Xiong Shihui's hesitant look, afraid that he would finally change his mind and did not want to fight this battle, so he went to the front line headquarters and personally sat in command, for this reason, the attack on the Siping side also stopped, in order to confuse the People's Liberation Army, he had people claim that he personally went to Siping to supervise the battle, so he stopped the attack.
On April 29, Du Yuming commanded the Kuomintang army to launch an attack on Benxi, at this time, the pressure of the 4th Column was even greater, and the main force of the 3rd Column, which had previously served as the defense task of Benxi with the 4th Column, was ordered to go north, and the defense of Benxi fell on the main force of the 4th Column. The soldiers of the 4th Column were never afraid of many enemies, and in the face of the Kuomintang's attacks, they carried forward the spirit of tenacious fighting, fought desperately, repelled the enemy's attacks again and again, and guarded Benxi City.
"Once bitten by a snake for ten years, I was afraid of the well rope." Xiong Shihui heard that the main force of Shou Benxi was the 4th Column of the People's Liberation Army, and du Yuming's attack on the opposite side was still desperately resisting, he was frightened by the momentum of the People's Liberation Army, and often worried that the People's Liberation Army still had a back move, and then gave him a surprise.
Therefore, when he received information that enemy guerrillas had appeared around Shenyang City, he was very flustered, afraid that the People's Liberation Army's mind was not on Du Yuming, but on taking Shenyang. He hurriedly called Du Yuming, stressing the importance of Shenyang, intending to make Du Yuming stop attacking and return to Shenyang, where he had already sent two armies to attack Siping, and now he had sent so many troops to fight Benxi, and if he encountered any more defeat, it would be difficult for Shenyang to defend.
Du Yuming did not think so, thinking that the People's Liberation Army was bluffing, insisting on attacking Benxi, and asking Xiong Shihui to pay more attention to the outside of Shenyang, without making a fuss.
After several conversations, combined with the latest intelligence, Xiong Shihui no longer said anything, but only told Du Yuming not to fall for the PLA's plan and to be careful.
Du Yuming ignored the Plakmen and continued to command the attacking troops to launch continuous attacks, but for several days in a row, there was no progress at all, and the 4 columns still occupied various important positions and showed no signs of defeat.
Just when the attack was at a loss, Du Yuming's troops had problems. On May 2, Liao Yaoxiang, commander of the New 6th Army, called Du Xingming from the Benxi front: "Hu Jiaqiu, commander of the 88th Division, disobeyed his command and left his troops alone. "
Du Yuming immediately ordered the 52nd Army to attack and advance quickly, avoiding the PLA from discovering the 88th Division. Soon, Hu Jiazhuan approached Du Yuming for comment, saying that Liao Yaoxiang's command was unfair and that any task was assigned to the 88th Division. Du Yuming was so angry that his lungs were about to explode, and there were contradictions in the battlefield that he waited until the battle was over, leaving the next division alone, and the impact on the situation between the enemy and us was too heavy.
Disposing of Hu Jiazhuo, Du Yuming sent his close associate Han Zengdong as the commander of the 88th Division to organize the attack. Unfortunately, after such a twist and turn, the 88th Division could not organize a decent attack, but the 4th Column found their weakness and attacked them fiercely.
After a fierce battle, the 4 columns annihilated countless enemies, and although they had losses, they were within a controllable range, and the losses of the Kuomintang army were much smaller than those of the Kuomintang army. 4 Zhong fought very cleverly, and after gaining a lot of bargains on the battlefield, he did not love war, "brushed his clothes and went", leaving an empty city for Du Yuming, who was proud of his soldiers and strong horses.
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