Chapter 75 Chapter 9 The Battle of Subei: A Turning Point in the East China Theater

In October 1946, the Kuomintang army occupied Zhangjiakou, the capital of the North China Liberated Area. Chiang Kai-shek was overjoyed. In order to cooperate with the National Assembly, he adopted a cunning two-faced strategy: on the one hand, he cast a smoke screen of peace and issued the so-called third armistice order: "Since November Starting at 12:00 noon on the 11th, all armies across the country will stop fighting and keep their original defenses to show the government's peace and forbearance." Literature Publishing House, 1979 edition, page 754. This hypocritical truce order was rejected by the Chinese Communist Party. On November 10, 1946, Liao Chengzhi, spokesman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, issued a statement stating: "If Chiang wants to prove his sincerity for peace, then he It should be: first, order to stop the so-called National Congress organized by one party, and second, restore the first truce position in January.”), trying to shift the responsibility for undermining the CPPCC resolution to the CCP; on the other hand, secretly ordered The Xuzhou Appeasement Office formulated a combat plan to "end the Northern Jiangsu War" in an attempt to wipe out or expel the main force of the New Fourth Army from northern Jiangsu.

The gist of the KMT's Xuzhou Appeasement Administration's combat plan is to gather 11 reorganized divisions (among which 3 reorganized divisions were transferred from the rear, and 1 was transferred from the Hebei-Shandong-Henan battlefield) to form 4 corps, which were divided into northern Jiangsu and southern Shandong liberated areas. attack.With the purpose of quickly defeating the main force of "Chen Yi's Ministry in the south of Longdong, and then chasing and annihilating its remnants in southern Shandong, the Sui Department of Xuzhou decided to first capture Funing, Dongxin'an Town (now Guannan County), Lianshui, Shuyang, and Xin'an Town (today's Xinyi City), Lanling Town, Fushankou, and Xiangcheng are all key points to facilitate the subsequent suppression" (Edited by Xie Shengyi and others: "Appeasement Documentary", 1947 edition, pp. 66-70).The focus of this plan is in the direction of Suqian, and the specific deployment is as follows:

The Yanfu Corps consists of 4 reorganized divisions-the 4 reorganized divisions are: Reorganized 83rd Division, Commander Li Tianxia, ​​​​under jurisdiction of the 19th and 63rd Brigade; Reorganized 44th Division, Division Commander Wang Zejun, under the jurisdiction of the 150th and 162nd Brigade ; Reorganized 25th Division, Commander Huang Botao, Jurisdiction of the 108th Brigade and 148th Brigade; Reorganization of the 65th Division, Division Commander Li Zhen, Jurisdiction of the 154th Brigade, 160th Brigade ——Composition, assembled in Dongtai and Xinghua areas to attack Yancheng and Funing, and then to East Xin'an Town, pointing directly at Longhai Road.Commander Ou Zhen, under the command of Li Mo'an, director of the 1st appeasement area.

The Huailian Corps consists of 2 reorganized divisions-the 2 reorganized divisions are: Reorganized 28th Division, Commander Li Liangrong, under the jurisdiction of the 52nd Brigade, 182nd Brigade, and the 1st Engineer Regiment; Reorganized 74th Division, Division Commander Zhang Lingfu, under the jurisdiction of the 51st Brigade, 57th Brigade, 58th Brigade, 1st Battalion of the 15th Engineer Regiment attached to the 171st Division of the 7th Army (not reorganized)-and an engineer regiment, assembled in the Huaiyin area and attacked in the direction of Lianshui.The commander is Li Yannian, deputy director of Xuzhou Sui Department.

The Suxin Corps consists of 2 reorganized divisions-the 2 reorganized divisions are: Reorganized 11th Division, Division Commander Hu Lian, governs the 11th Brigade, 18th Brigade, and 118th Brigade, with the 13th Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 15th Engineer Regiment ( Owing to 2 battalions); reorganized the 69th Division, the division commander Dai Zhiqi, under the jurisdiction of the 60th Brigade, the 41st Brigade, the 3rd Brigade, and the 92nd Brigade, with the 5th Engineer Regiment—and 1 Heavy Artillery Regiment and 1 Engineer Regiment Formed, assembled in the Suqian area, and attacked in the direction of Shuyang and Xin'an Town.The commander is Hu Lian, under the command of Wu Qiwei, deputy director of Xuzhou Sui Department.

The Yilin Corps consists of 2 reorganized divisions—the 2 reorganized divisions are: Reorganized 77th Division, division commander Wang Changhai, administers the 37th Brigade, 132nd Brigade, and the 13th Heavy Mortar Regiment; Reorganized 26th Division, division commander Ma Liwu, under the jurisdiction of the 44th Brigade, the 169th Brigade, with the 1st Fast Column, the 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment (less than 2 Battalions) and the 20th Engineer Regiment-and 1 Fast Column, 2 Heavy Artillery Regiments and 1 Engineer Regiment, assembled Attack in the direction of Linyi in Yixian County (now Yicheng) and Taierzhuang area.The commander is Feng Zhi'an, deputy director of Xuzhou Sui Department.

The total strength of the Four Routes reached 11 reorganized divisions, 26 infantry brigades and 9 special corps, under the unified command of Xue Yue, director of Xuzhou Sui Department, in an attempt to cut off the East China Liberated Area, annihilate or expel the main force of the New Fourth Army from northern Jiangsu, and thus end the Soviet Union. Civil War.