Chapter 101 5. Xue Yue adjusted the deployment of troops

Xue Yue, director of the Xuzhou Appeasement Office of the Kuomintang, believed that he had an absolute military advantage in northern Jiangsu and southern Shandong. Although an integrated division was annihilated in Subei, he still believed that this was an excellent opportunity to gather and annihilate Chen Yi, and was determined to continue to implement the original strategic intention. On December 28, Xue Yue adjusted his deployment and reorganized the original 4 corps into 5 corps: Fuhai Corps: Reorganized from the former Yanfu Corps, the commander is still Ou Zhen, and the 40th Brigade was added to the 25th Division.Attack from Funing to Haizhou.

Huailong Corps: It is composed of the 74th Division of the Reorganization and the 171st Division of the 7th Army.Commander Zhang Lingfu, under the command of Li Yannian, attacked from Lianshui to Longhai Road. Longnan Corps: Adapted from Suxin Corps, Commander Hu Lian.The 69th Division was rebuilt and reorganized, and the designations of the 41st, 60th, and 3rd Brigades were retained. The chief of staff of the Xuzhou Appeasement Office served as the division commander, and attacked from Suqian to Longhai Road. Longdong Corps: Consisting of 3 reorganized divisions (reorganized 64th division, commander Huang Guoliang, under the jurisdiction of the 131st brigade, 156th brigade, and 159th brigade. Reorganized 59th division, division commander Liu Zhensan, under the jurisdiction of the 38th brigade, 108th brigade, with heavy 1st Battalion of the 13th Mortar Regiment, 2nd Battalion of the 30th Engineer Regiment. Reorganized 70th Division, Commander Chen Yiding, Jurisdiction of the 139th Brigade and 140th Brigade), Commander Li Wentian, under the command of Feng Zhian, in Taierzhuang Attack from west to east along the Longhai Railway in the south.

Yilin Corps: consists of 3 reorganized divisions (except the reorganized 26th and reorganized 77th divisions, the new reorganized 51st division (division commander Zhou Yuying) governs the 113th and 114th brigades, and the 1st fast column governs the 80th and 80th brigades The 5th Howitzer Regiment directly under the Central Committee and 1 battalion of the 4th Regiment, the 1st Battalion of the 1st Tank Regiment, the Search Battalion, the Engineer Battalion and the Automobile Regiment), the commander was changed to Li Yutang, the commander of the 24th Army, under Feng The public security command continued to attack eastward along the Yilin Highway. (Edited by Xie Shengyi and others: "Records of Appeasement", pp. 88-93)

Xue Yue's deployment has major flaws.Feng Zhi'an was the deputy director of the Xuzhou Appeasement Office and the commander of the reorganized 33rd Army. The department was reorganized from the former Northwest Army Feng Yuxiang's department, and had always been excluded by the KMT's direct line of troops.This adjustment and deployment revoked his position as commander of the corps, leaving a title of empty command in the middle.The two reorganized divisions (59th and 77th divisions) of the department belonged to two corps. Using this method, Feng Zhian not only failed to make the officers and soldiers of the department serve, but created good conditions for the Chinese Communist Party's united front and military movement.