Chapter 111 3. Su Yu analyzed the enemy's situation

Mao Zedong clearly instructed Chen Yi, Su Yu, and Tan Zhenlin in the telegram: The deeper the enemy is, the better. As long as we don’t seek quick results and are prepared to abandon Linyi when necessary, I will surely win; the current enemy strategy is to lure me to attack as soon as possible and scuffle me You must not be fooled to firmly occupy Linyi after consumption. These instructions gave a lot of inspiration to the person in charge of the Huaye Front Committee. Chen Yi deeply felt the wisdom of Mao Zedong's strategic thinking of concentrating his forces to annihilate the enemy's vital forces by retreating in exchange for time. Because the enemy forced me to fight decisively in the Linyi area, I gave up when necessary. With Linyi's preparations, there is much room for maneuver in combat.

Chen Yi, who was quick in thinking, quickly put forward an important idea: Since the enemy on the southern front is heavily armed and it is difficult to find fighters, while the enemy on the northern front is alone and threatening our rear, why don't we change the original combat policy and ignore the heavy troops on the southern front? , and to go north with the main force, with an absolute superiority of troops, to annihilate the enemy on the northern front, he asked Su Yu to think deeply and carefully about this. Su Yu felt that Chen Yi's idea was very clever.He made a further comparison and analysis. First of all, he compared the different situations of the enemies on the southern and northern routes. He believed that the enemy on the southern route had more than 60 regiments, and I only had more than 60 regiments. The enemy cannot be divided and encircled; while the enemy forces on the northern front are small, their combat effectiveness is relatively weak, and there are many internal factional conflicts. If I hide the main force and go north, I can form an absolute advantage over them and wipe them out with confidence.Since the enemy believes that we must stick to Linyi, our army will suddenly go north, and it will definitely be taken by surprise.In this way, we can put the enemy's powerful corps on the southern front into useless positions, avoid unfavorable decisive battles, and wipe out a large part of the enemy on the northern front, smashing the enemy's north-south flanking intention and removing the threat from our rear.

If the enemy on the northern front finds that my main force is going northward, they may retreat and make me miss the air, but even so, I can still take advantage of the momentum to attack Jinan, open up the three areas of Luzhong, Jiaodong, and Bohai, and then rest and reorganize the troops, wait for work, and calmly meet the southern line and the north. Enemy.Moreover, our army can also adopt various feigning measures to confuse the enemy. As long as we can win a few days, the enemy on the northern front will not escape the fate of being wiped out. Su Yu also considered a variety of unfavorable situations and handling methods, including those from the enemy and our side, as well as logistics support, and stated them to Chen Yi one by one.

Chen Yi said "right" every time he finished a question.After he had finished speaking, he happily said several "opponents" in succession. Then, Chen Yi and Su Yu discussed with Tan Zhenlin and other members of the former committee, and they all received full support. At noon on February 5, Chen Yi issued three operational plans submitted to the Central Military Commission for review: Telegram also highlighted the benefits of implementing the third option. On February 6, the battle against Hao was launched, and until the evening of the 7th, Hao's headquarters and two divisions were wiped out, and Hao Pengju was captured.

First, use the second column to attack Hao Pengju's troops in Baitabu and Fangshan Street, lure the enemy on the right to aid in the east, or wait for the enemy in the center and left to advance northward boldly, and then annihilate them all the way according to the opportunity; Second, if the enemy is still densely divided, use one part to monitor the enemy, and the main force will gather in the north of Linyi to rest and wait; Third, if the enemy still does not advance northward, they will transfer their troops to the northward, seeking to annihilate the Li Xianzhou Group. On February 6, Mao Zedong replied: "I fully agree with the third plan at 15 o'clock on the 5th. This will put me in an active position and make Chiang Kai-shek completely passive." At this time, Hua The field headquarters was stationed in Xinjizi, 45 miles southeast of Linyi, and began to move northward that night.

When I attacked Hao Pengju's troops, the enemy Ouzhen Group did not dare to reinforce and advance northward, and its left army shrank back instead. On February 8, the enemy forces on the northern front had occupied Xintai.Based on the development of the battle situation, Mao Zedong telegraphed on the 9th: "It is very good to deal with Hao Pengju's troops. But in terms of the overall strategic policy, if your policy is to deal with the south, it seems that you have fought a little earlier, and it may affect the progress of the enemy's troops. It is more cautious. After fighting Hao Pengju, you plan to hold back your troops (you must have great patience), let the enemy's troops go northward, and then annihilate them one by one. If your policy is to deal with the north first, then fighting Hao Pengju will not hinder you. You must be between the two policies Make a choice first.”