Chapter 56 Restrain Xuzhou to aid the enemy and destroy Huang Baitao's corps[1]

(October 14, 1948) Rao Sutan[2], and reported to the Central Plains Bureau: Wenzi, Wenhai, and Yuanwu three electrics [3] are all known. (1) The shortcoming of your Wenzidian deployment is that you place reinforcements on the front, not on the side.If you agree with our Zhendian [4] opinion, you can correct this shortcoming.The specific deployment should be to use a strong column to attack and occupy the canal [5] station, annihilate the defending enemy, and control the area around the area; use three columns to capture and control Erzhuang and the area south of it, and one to go directly to the railway; Han [6] (after succeeding, leave a column in Lin and Han, press Jiawang directly, and move to Taierzhuang and its west area with a column).The above-mentioned six columns can be composed of three columns, eight columns, ten columns, thirteen columns, and Bo column (you Wenzidian did not mention Bo column, for some reason) and two columns from Weiji[7] to Lubei[8] One column is drawn from the two columns.Make sure that Qiu and Li [9] feel threatened to aid the enemy, do not expel our flank troops, do not capture Taierzhuang, that is, they will not be able to cross the canal to the east for reinforcements, and make Xuzhou city feel threatened, so they have to stay with Li's Eighth Army to garrison.

(2) Wei Ji led a column to go south (don't go to Binhai to mend cotton clothes, you should mend cotton clothes on the spot, that is, go straight down to Suining from near the canal station), and stay in the 11th column in the south of the road, not in the east of Suqian, But to be located in the Suining area, control the Xu-Su highway, and threaten Xuzhou from the south, making Qiu and Li Yuan feel that if Wei Ji is not expelled, they will not be able to go to Sui and Su Dongyuan. The role of Li's Ninth Army did not dare to leave the line. (3) Use the Nine and Guangxi verticals to go out to the southwestern part of Shandong and join the local corps, located in Fengxian County, west of Yutai, north of Yucheng, and south of Chengwu[11], and threaten Xuzhou from the northwest, so that Sun Yuanliang's troops[12] You can only deal with our Ninth and Guangxi verticals, but you cannot go to Xuzhou to take over the defense of the Eighth Army of the Li Department.

(4) My Liu Deng[13] main force, the first, third, fourth, and ninth verticals, started to attack Zhengzhou in a few days. After winning, I sent a part to the east, threatening Kaifeng, and attracted all of Liu Ruming[14] and Sun Yuanliang's part to go west. (5) The above deployments are all for the purpose of restraining the various ministries in Xuzhou from aiding the enemy, so that the first impression is that our army seems to intend to capture Xuzhou, but it cannot be definitively concluded that our army is not capturing Xuzhou, but annihilating the Huang Corps.When our army was in a hurry to attack and wipe out the Yellow Army and decided to reinforce it, we found that it would be difficult to send reinforcements if the threat from the north and the south was not eliminated. This gave our army the necessary time to wipe out the Yellow Army.As for the composition of the enemy's reinforcements, probably only the divisions of the Qiu Corps can be used.It seemed difficult for Li Bingtuan to leave Xu and Beng, because Liu Zhi [15] not only had to deal with our army's threat to Xu and Beng, but also had to guard against the possible mutiny of Feng Zhian and Sun Liangcheng [16].Sun Yuanliang's department may stay on the Bianxu line.

(6) Use the six columns of 1st, 4th, 6th, 7th, 11th, and Luzhong, plus the special column, to annihilate the three divisions of the Yellow Army. This is the central goal of the whole campaign. (7) Except for the Nine and Guangxi verticals that should go straight out of Feng, Yu, and Yucheng areas from Yan and Ji[17], all other ministries, as a first step, should all go to Linyi, Liangqiu, Baiyan[18], Zou The deployment position of the county line should be rested for a few days, and it should not be uneven; the second step is to advance from the line at the same time according to the prescribed tasks.Therefore, you should not only wait for the cotton clothes and cotton to be completely distributed, but also wait for the replenishment of troops from the attacking ministries and the march from near Jinan to the line of Linyi and Zouxian. Therefore, the date of the southward dispatch of the whole army from the Linzhou line should be postponed. It is suitable between November 5th and 10th.

(8) Prepare for logistical work (food, ammunition, etc.) and political work, and strive to be relatively complete and thoughtful. (9) You should reconsider the telegram regarding the above opinions. Military Commission cold ugly Printed from originals kept at the Central Archives. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Refers to the Seventh Corps of the Kuomintang Army under the command of Huang Baitao. [2] Rao Sutan refers to Rao Shushi, Su Yu, and Tan Zhenlin, who were political commissars of the East China Military Region, acting commander, acting political commissar and deputy political commissar of the East China Field Army respectively.

[3] Refers to the three telegrams sent by Rao Shushi, Su Yu, and Tan Zhenlin to the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China on October 12, 1948, at Haishi, and at noon on the 13th.Wen Zidian said: According to the current situation of the enemy Huang Baitao's corps, it is convenient for us to divide and annihilate them all.Therefore, it was decided: (1) Use eight verticals and three verticals to attack and occupy the east station of the canal, annihilate the defending enemy, control the canal, Pixian, and Guanhu areas, and block the enemy who is aiding east along the railway.The Ninth, Tenth, and Thirteenth Columns located in the southwest and southeast of Lanling as the general reserve team threatened the canal, making the Xu enemy hesitant to come to the east. (2) Subei Corps (Second Column, Twelfth Column) first entered the Binhai area, replenished cotton clothes, and went south at the same time as the battle started, entering the south of Xin'an Town, Wuhuading and Xiao (Cui) Dianzi in the northeast of Suqian area, and use a part to control Suqian to attack Suining, prevent the enemy from coming to the east, and prepare to cooperate with the main force in the north of the road in due course (after most of the Huang Corps has been wiped out) to wipe out the enemy coming from Xuzhou to the east along the Longhai Road, or take advantage of the victory The southward attack on the two Huaihe Rivers (Huaiyin and Huai'an) must depend on the situation of enemy aid after the annihilation of the Huang Corps. (3) Use Lu Zong to cut off the enemies surrounding Tancheng, attack and wipe them out at will.Five columns of 1, 4, 6, 7, and 11 and the special column Japanese howitzer regiment (with ten tanks to attack if necessary) are responsible for dividing the main force of encircling and annihilating the Yellow Army in the Xin'an Town, Wayao, and Honghuabu areas. (4) Guangzong took over the defense of Lubei and took on the task of coercing and monitoring the enemy in Lincheng and Hanzhuang sections. (5) If there is no major change in the situation, it is planned to launch a battle around the 25th of this month.The Wenhai telegram proposed: (1) According to the distribution of cotton coats and cotton to the troops, it is suggested that the battle be postponed to the 28th. (2) In order to prevent the enemy's Sun Yuanliang and Liu Ruming corps from invading the Wenshang and Jining areas from the southwestern Shandong area to the north, disrupting and threatening our newly liberated Jinan, and affecting the frontline operations, it is planned to place nine columns in the Jining, Yanzhou, and Wenshang areas for battle The reserve team rested and was on standby, and cooperated with the Hebei-Shandong-Yuan Independent Brigade to monitor and grasp the situation in Feng County and Shangqiu in Southwest Shandong; other columns remained unchanged.Yuanwu telegram said: After receiving the telegram from the Military Commission Youzhen (October 11th), we feel that the deployment of the Military Commission has the following advantages: (1) Our military force regulations are fully deployed to avoid crowding, which poses a great threat to the enemy in Xuzhou and increases the number of enemies. Concern, reduce my pressure on the enemy to fight and block. (2) Facilitate food supply and rear transportation.

[4] Refers to the telegram that Mao Zedong drafted on October 11, 1948 for the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China regarding the Huaihai Campaign to the East China Field Army and reported to the East China Bureau and the Central Plains Bureau.The telegram stated: (1) The focus of the first phase of the Huaihai Campaign was to concentrate forces to wipe out Huang Baitao's corps and complete a breakthrough in the middle.To achieve this goal, two columns should be used to annihilate one division of the enemy, that is, six to seven columns should be used to divide and annihilate the three divisions of the Huang Corps, and half of the troops should be used to hold back the Qiu and Li Corps and wipe out one of them. department.The first phase of the campaign strives to end within two to three weeks. (2) The second stage of the campaign is to attack and annihilate the enemies in the areas of Haichow, Sinpo, Lianyungang, and Guanyun with about five columns of troops.This stage also strives to be completed within two to three weeks. (3) In the third stage, it is conceivable to fight on the two Huaihe Rivers.It also takes two to three weeks.This telegram has been included in the fourth volume of "Selected Works of Mao Zedong", entitled "Operation Policy on the Huaihai Campaign".

[5] Canal, the name of the town, in Pixian County, Jiangsu Province. [6] Lin refers to Lincheng, which is now Xuecheng, Zaozhuang City, Shandong.Han, referring to Hanzhuang, the name of the town, is located in the southeast of Weishan County, Shandong. [7] Wei Ji refers to Wei Guoqing and Ji Luo (Ji Pengfei), who were respectively the commander and deputy political commissar of the Subei Corps of the East China Field Army at that time. [8] Refers to the north of the Xuzhou-Haizhou section of the Longhai Railway Line. [9] Qiu, refers to Qiu Qingquan, who had succeeded Du Yuming as the commander of the Second Corps of the Kuomintang Army at that time.Li, referring to Li Mi, was the commander of the Thirteenth Corps of the Kuomintang Army and the commander of the Eighth Army at that time.

[10] Mussel, refers to Bengbu, Anhui. [11] Chengwu, now Shandong Chengwu. [12] Refers to the Sixteenth Corps of the Kuomintang Army under the command of Sun Yuanliang. [13] Liu Deng refers to Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, who were the commander and political commissar of the Central Plains Field Army respectively at that time. [14] Liu Ruming (1895-1975), a native of Xian County, Hebei.At that time, he was the commander of the Fourth Appeasement Zone of the Kuomintang Army.The Fourth Appeasement Zone was renamed the Eighth Corps during the Huaihai Campaign. [15] Liu Zhi (1892-1971), a native of Ji'an, Jiangxi.At that time, he was the commander-in-chief of the Xuzhou "bandit suppression" headquarters of the Kuomintang army.

[16] Feng Zhi'an (1896-1954), a native of Gucheng, Hebei, was the commander of the Third Appeasement Zone of the Kuomintang Army at that time.Sun Liangcheng (1893-1951), a native of Jinghai, Tianjin, was the deputy commander of the First Appeasement District of the Kuomintang Army and the commander of the 107th Army. Jiangsu Suining led the army headquarters and a division, a total of 5,800 people to surrender. [17] Yan and Ji refer to Yanzhou and Jining in Shandong. [18] Baiyan, the name of the old county, was revoked in 1953 and placed under the jurisdiction of Tengxian, Zouxian, Pingyi and other counties in Shandong.