Chapter 63 The task of annihilating the enemy in the first and second battles of the Huaihai Campaign[1]

(November 7, 1948) Su Chen, Zhang Zhongliu, and Chen Deng[2], East China Bureau and Wang Tan[3]: (1) Fully agree with the attack deployment described in Yuxudian [4], and I hope you will resolutely implement it.Unless there is a particularly major change, don't change the plan. The more determined you are, the more victorious you will be.Under this policy, it is up to you to act decisively and do not ask for instructions on everything, but report the battle situation and opinions every day, every two days, or every three days. (2) The first battle is estimated to take about ten days, and strive to wipe out Huang Baitao's [5] ten divisions (including the 44th Army), Li Mi's [6] one to two divisions, and Feng Zhi'an's [7] four divisions ( Including those who might be insurgents), Liu Ruming[8] six divisions (including those who might be insurgents), the total of the above is 21 to 22 divisions.If this task can be achieved, the whole situation will change, and you and Chen Deng may push towards the Xu-Beng line. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek may withdraw his troops in Xuzhou and its vicinity to the south of Bengbu.If the enemy does not withdraw, we can fight the second battle, annihilate Huang Wei and Sun Yuanliang[9], and completely isolate the Xuzhou enemy.

(3) For the purpose of continuous combat and annihilating a large number of enemies, you should imitate the method of the Jinan Campaign and replenish our combat units as they fight, so that the troops can always maintain sufficient soldiers and strong morale. This point is even more important. as important.For this reason, the rear supplementary training corps should be moved to a position close to the battlefield, so that the trained recruits and prisoners can quickly replenish the troops, and at the same time, the prisoners captured in this battle can be quickly trained and replenished.

Military Commission twenty o'clock on the seventh Printed from originals kept at the Central Archives. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This is a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China to Su Yu, Acting Commander and Acting Political Commissar of the East China Field Army, Chen Shiju, Chief of Staff, Zhang Zhen, Deputy Chief of Staff, Zhong Qiguang, Deputy Director of the Political Department, and Liu Ruilong, Commander of Logistics. [2] Chen Deng, referring to Chen Yi and Deng Xiaoping, who were respectively the first deputy commander and political commissar of the Central Plains Field Army at that time.

[3] Wang Tan refers to Wang Jianan and Tan Zhenlin, who were respectively the deputy commander and political commissar of the Shandong Corps of the East China Field Army at that time. [4] Refers to the telegram sent by Su Yu, Chen Shiju, Zhang Zhen and others to the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China at Xushi on November 6, 1948.The telegram said: "The Huaihai Campaign will still be carried out according to the established policy. In order to expel and solve the small number of stubborn soil along the east coast of the Yi River, so as to cover the construction of bridges and the main force to advance, tonight we will use Lu Zong to encircle and annihilate Tancheng and Hong Jiu, the king of Dabu. The rebels; the sixth column encircled and wiped out the enemies along Matou and the north and south along the river; the seventh column encircled and wiped out the enemies of Yi County and Zaozhuang; the tenth column surrounded Lincheng and forced the independent brigade (adapted from the natives) to revolt."The Three Columns, Guangzong and the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Independent Brigade advanced to the Fengxian and Dangshan lines in order to clear the enemy's periphery.Tomorrow night, we will approach the enemy and block the news. On the evening of the 8th, we will complete the division and encirclement, and launch the attack.The telegram also stated: "The Huaihai Division has been ordered to send troops to approach Xinpu and Haizhou to ascertain the situation. If the enemy has indeed retreated, it will be arranged to take over the city, maintain order and discipline, grasp the policy, and control Lianyungang, and deploy alerts to the sea. In addition Use one part to cooperate with the Binhai local armed forces and one part of the Subei Corps to strictly prevent the enemy's 44th Army from advancing westward, so that it cannot quickly join forces with the Huang Corps to fight."

[5] Huang Baitao was the commander of the Seventh Corps of the Kuomintang Army at that time. [6] Li Mi, then commander of the Thirteenth Corps of the Kuomintang Army. [7] Feng Zhi'an, then commander of the third appeasement zone of the Kuomintang army. [8] Liu Ruming, then commander of the Fourth Appeasement Zone of the Kuomintang Army. [9] Huang Wei (1904-1989), a native of Guixi, Jiangxi.At that time, he was the commander of the 12th Corps of the Kuomintang Army.Sun Yuanliang, born in 1904 in Huayang, Sichuan (now part of Chengdu), was the commander of the Sixteenth Corps of the Kuomintang Army at that time.