Chapter 105 9. New deployment in the second phase of the campaign

After the victory of the first phase of the Lunan Campaign, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China issued clear instructions on the next phase of combat policy. On January 5, Mao Zedong called Chen Yi and Su Yu, and told Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping: First, it is very good and comforting to completely annihilate the 26th Division. Second, the second step task is to annihilate the 2nd Division and 4th Brigade of Feng's Department. It is estimated that one part may be solved by pursuit warfare, but it may take more than a week to complete the task if all of them are solved and the fort lines of Yi, Tai, and Pi are recovered.

Third, after the above-mentioned tasks are completed, the whole army in southern Shandong should rest for two or three weeks in the areas near the Yi, Tai, and Pi lines to replenish recruits, recover from fatigue, and prepare for another battle. Fourth, at this time, Xue Yue must transfer about 10 brigades from central and northern Jiangsu and several brigades from other places (such as the 64th Division, 14th Division, etc.). It will take about three weeks to restore the Taiwan and Yi lines. Fifth, after you have wiped out the Feng tribe, occupied Tai and Yi, and rested your troops, your task is to wipe out the newly arrived enemies on the Longhai line or in the north and south areas. Fighting on this line can expand your army and fight a bigger battle of annihilation.At that time, you should concentrate about 40 regiments and make full preparations in order to wipe out five or six brigades at a time.

Sixth, so after you occupy Yi, Tai, and Pi, don't move lightly, don't go to Haizhou, don't go to fight the 74th and 11th Divisions, but rest and reorganize the troops, consolidate the victory, and attract the 74th and 11th Divisions (possibly There are also 4th Division, 44th Division, etc.) going north to the appropriate area in front of you, and then annihilating it is most beneficial. Seventh, only by attracting the enemy to the north to fight three or four large-scale annihilation battles like Sudong and Lunan can the lost ground in central and northern Jiangsu be regained.Don't try to regain lost ground prematurely before annihilating the enemy's main force. The purpose of regaining the Yi and Taiwan lines is to create a battlefield.

Eighth, after annihilating Feng's troops and occupying Yitai, for the purpose of creating a battlefield, consider annihilating the 51st Division and occupying Zaozhuang. The forward can control the Longhai line through the canal. All 9 verticals should go to the Sui, Su, Ling, and Si areas of Huaibei to resume work.Pi brigade should go to the Yanfu area and keep working. The 2nd Division, 2nd Vertical Division, and 7th Division (a total of 20 regiments) should also rest and replenish in preparation for a new major battle.Shuyang's temporary gains and losses are insignificant.In short, everything is aimed at fighting a war of annihilation, and we hope to deploy work according to this policy.

According to Mao Zedong's instructions, in order to realize the second step of the Lunan Campaign to annihilate Feng Zhi'an's Ministry, Chen Yi and Su Yu issued a pre-order to pursue Feng's Ministry on the evening of the 3rd: all the right column attacked Yi County; the first column went south to Sihu , Chahe Town, and Pi County, intercepted the reorganized 59th Division; the 1st Division of the Central China Field Army approached Taierzhuang along both sides of the Lanling and Taierzhuang highways, and seized the Wannian gate west of Taierzhuang, cutting off the retreat of the reorganized 77th Division; After the 26th Division was wiped out and reorganized on the 4th, it took immediate action that night.

However, at that time, the various troops had a poor understanding of continuous combat and taking advantage of victories to expand the results of the war, and each department was dragged down by a large number of prisoners and spoils of war, so it was slow to move.Despite strict urging, the dispatch was not started until the evening of the 5th, and the fighter plane was lost.Feng's Ministry of Zhi'an quickly withdrew to the original defense west of the canal on the 5th, but failed to cut off Feng's retreat.Taierzhuang's fortifications are solid and difficult to attack and annihilate, and the reorganized 11th Division was transferred from Suqian to the west on the 6th, and there is a possibility of northern aid.Therefore, the plan to annihilate Feng's department had to be abandoned.

Chen Yi and Su Yu, based on the current actual situation and the policy of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China to create a battlefield in southern Shandong and fight a large-scale war of annihilation, cooperated with Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping's army to go south to Longhai and threaten Xuzhou. Annihilating the Kuomintang reorganized the 51st Division and opened up the southern Shandong battlefield. The specific deployment is as follows: Use the 4th, 9th, and 8th divisions and the garrison brigade to attack and wipe out the enemies in Yi County; use the 1st Division of the Central China Field Army to attack and wipe out the enemies in Zaozhuang; the 13th Brigade attached to the 1st Column controls Nanwen Qingshan, Wangxian Mountain, and Baishan Mountain in Yixian County The positions in the area are ready to attack the enemies of Taierzhuang and Hanzhuang who are aided from the north; the 10th Division controls the Linzao line to block the enemy's aid from the east.

In order to ensure victory in the battles of Yi County and Zaozhuang, the 2nd Column and the 6th Division of the Central China Field Army were moved to Tancheng and the wharf to the north of Longhai Road, and westward to the area east of Lantai Road and west of Yihe River. The enemy's northern aid; the 7th Division blocked the southern line from Shuyang along the road and blocked the enemy's northward advance to Xin'an Town.For the convenience of command, Su Yu led the Central China Field Army Radio Station to form a temporary command post, and went to the front line of Yizao to command; Chen Yi led the Shandong Field Army Radio Station to stay near Lanling to handle the spoils and troop reorganization.