Chapter 70 6. Nie Rongzhen determined the operational deployment

In accordance with the instructions of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, the head of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region is determined to defend Zhangjiakou.Based on the current enemy situation, they judged that the main attack direction of the Kuomintang army would be the Kangzhuang and Huailai areas on the eastern section of the Pingsui Railway on the east line. The army joined forces in the Chaigoubao area, and estimated that the Kuomintang army on the western front would not easily advance eastward before the Kuomintang army on the eastern front captured Huailai.

Therefore, I am determined to deploy the main force on the eastern front in the Huailai and Yanqing areas, which are the main defensive directions; It also formed the frontline headquarters of the field army, with Xiao Ke, the deputy commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, as the commander, and Luo Ruiqing, the deputy political commissar of the military region, as the political commissar. The specific deployment is: use the 1st regiment of the 5th Brigade of the 2nd Column between Chadao and Kangzhuang, and adopt a defensive movement to consume and delay the Kuomintang army. The main force of the 5th Brigade and the 12th Regiment of the 4th Brigade are controlled in the Huailai area, resolutely resisting The attack of the Kuomintang army; use the independent 5th brigade to conduct mobile defense in the Huanghuacheng and Jiuduhe areas in the southeast of Yanqing to prevent the Kuomintang army from attacking from the flank; use the entire 1st column and the 4th brigade of the 2nd column (owing to the 12th regiment) , The 17th Brigade of the 3rd Column controls the Songzha Temple, Jinggou, Daizhuang, Zhenbiancheng, and Hengling areas south of Huailai.

If the main force of the Kuomintang army attacks from the front, the above-mentioned troops will attack from south to north; Zhen and Yanggao areas, ready to attack the Kuomintang army attacking from west to east at any time; the 6th Army Division of the Hebei-Chahar Military Region is operating west of Xinghe, monitoring Fu Zuoyi's possible attack from Xinghe to Zhangjiakou; the 7th Army of the Hebei-Chahar Military Region The divisional force is located in Zhangbei to serve as a security mission. In order to cooperate with Zhangjiakou's frontal operations, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region decided that Yang Chengwu, the commander of the 3rd Column, and Wang Ping, the political commissar of the Jijin Military Region, would command the 8th Brigade of the 3rd Column and the 5 independent brigades of the Jijin, Jicha, and Jizhong Military Regions. Initiated the Ping-Han (Northern Section) campaign to strike the back of the Kuomintang army.At the same time, the main force of the Hebei-Reliao Military Region was ordered to attack Rexi to contain the 13th Army, and a part of it attacked Beining Road to disrupt traffic and cooperate with the main force.