Chapter 110 2. Mao Zedong called Huaye many times

Knowing that Chen Cheng was about to launch a new offensive, and based on the situation in the East China Theater, Mao Zedong called Huaye many times: "You should aim to wipe out 6 to 8 brigades of Ouzhen" (January 17th), "if You feel that we need to concentrate more troops to fight Ouzhen, so can the 492 Divisions leave a division and return to Luzhong after defeating Ouzhen? It doesn’t matter even if Tai’an falls.” Outside Zaozhuang, the main force immediately prepared to attack Ouzhen, with the goal of annihilating the 8 brigades of the Oubu, and the preparations were completed within a week" (January 18th), "From the day after Zaozhuang was conquered, the whole army will be trained for 2 weeks Concentrate all forces to wipe out Ou Zhen" (January 21).

Following Mao Zedong's telegram, Chief Huaye stepped up to rest and reorganize the troops, adjusted deployment, actively organized and prepared for the campaign, and drew up a combat plan to attack and wipe out the enemies of the Ouzhen Group, and issued a combat order. Just as our army was preparing to attack the enemy, the enemy along the line went to war first on January 31.In order to prevent them from being annihilated by us, the enemy adopted the tactics of "concentrating their forces, fighting steadily, advancing in unison, and avoiding prominence". . After Mao Zedong learned of the situation on the battlefield, he immediately telegraphed: "Our military policy seems to be appropriate to lure the enemy to go deep. Not only does it not attack the Longhai Road first, but it is also worth considering whether to fight when the enemy reaches the Tan and Ma areas" (January 31 Electricity).

At this time, Wang Yaowu, the commander of the enemy's second Sui District, and Li Xianzhou, the deputy commander, rushed from Jinan to Boshan. On February 1, they convened a meeting of senior officers and ordered their vanguard troops to fight. Mao Zedong immediately sent a telegram to Chen Yi: "Luring the enemy to go deep. I will not fight if the enemy does not move, and I will not fight unless the enemy enters a place that is beneficial to us and not conducive to the enemy. I will completely take the initiative" (February 3). On February 4, the enemy's leading troops arrived in Laiwu. Faced with this situation, Chen Yi had presided over many studies and formulated a plan to lure and annihilate the enemy's aggressive advances on the southern front all the way near Linyi, but the enemy's advance always kept pace. However, Huaye could not realize the planned campaign plan.

At this moment, Chen Yi received another telegram from Mao Zedong: "The current strategy of the enemy is to lure me to attack as soon as possible, to wrestle and consume me, and then firmly occupy Linyi. You must not be fooled, and you must wait for the enemy to enter the area between Tancheng and Linyi." (relatively close to Linyi), and then it is the best policy to fight the first battle" (February 4th).