Chapter 115 7. Deployment to encircle and wipe out the Li Xianzhou Group

The Front Committee of the East China Field Army, after receiving the report that the reorganized 46th Division reoccupied Xintai on the 17th, believed that the conditions for annihilating the Li Xianzhou Group were ripe, so on February 18th it issued the Zhanzi No. 4 Order to encircle and wipe out the Li Xianzhou Group: First, the situation (omitted) Second, based on the above situation, it is decided to stick to the established policy and concentrate all efforts to wipe out the enemy on the northern front first, and then either take advantage of the victory to expand the results, or go south to gather and wipe out the enemy who is aided by the north in Linyi, depending on the situation at the time.The first step of this campaign is to completely annihilate the 73rd Army and the Nianli Xianzhou headquarters, and the second step is to deal with the 46th Army (reorganization of the old designation of the 46th Army) that extended into Xintai.

Third, the specific deployment and tasks of each department are as follows: With the strength of all 11 regiments of the 1st vertical (owing to the independent division), the 8th, and 9th verticals, they were responsible for the task of annihilating the Nianli headquarters in Laiwu, the 73rd Army, the 15th Division, and the 77th Division. They were unified under the command of Xu Shiyou and Wang Jian'an .The battle demarcation line: the 1st column is responsible for the attack on the stubborn outlying strongholds in the area west of the road line (excluding the line) from the silk spinning mouth through Laiwu to Yanzhuang; Attack; after the peripheral stubborn enemies are eliminated, they will attack Laiwu City from east to west and from west to east with all their strength.

At the beginning of the battle of the 6th column, a stronger division took a shortcut and went straight to Hezhuang to occupy it, and selected fortifications to guard against the enemies of Boshan, and was responsible for blocking the stubborn 12th and 8th armies that Boshan might come to aid.The remaining troops of the column (5 regiments) quickly wiped out the headquarters of the 36th Division and a regiment at the silk-spinning mouth and occupied it. Move eastward to the Hezhuang area, preparing to attack the enemies that Boshan may come to aid. The 10th Vertical Division and the Independent Division (13th Brigade) were unified under the command of Song Shilun and Xiao Wangdong. At the beginning of the battle, the first task was to seize Jinyang Pass.After succeeding, select the key points to build fortifications to guard against the north; the rest of the main force will be responsible for annihilating a regiment belonging to the 36th Division of the Nianxin in Shangzhuang, and taking advantage of the victory to continue to solve the enemy in Beilingzi, so as to cope with our 6th vertical attack on the silk-spinning mouth .

The 4th column annihilated the 193rd division of the enemy in Yanzhuang with all its strength and occupied it. At the beginning of the battle, the 7th Column, in addition to a powerful force occupying Hulu Mountain in Yanzhuang and other advantageous positions to clamp down on the northern aid of the 46th Army, its main force gathered in the southeast area of ​​Shuangquan Mountain as the general reserve team, ready to go north to participate in the eradication campaign when necessary The enemy came to aid from the mountains, and after the 2nd column arrived, its task of restraining the 46th Army was taken over by the 2nd column.

The 2nd Column rushed to the northwest and northeast of Mengyinzhai on the evening of the 20th, controlled the north of Mengyinzhai with one division, and took over the task of the 7th Column to restrain the 46th Army. The column headquarters led a division to the northwest of Mengyinzhai In the area, control Jiulong Mountain with one part, and the main force will gather in the area west of Jiulong Mountain to effectively reconnaissance and guard against the 46th Army.If the 46th Army did not flee, the column should prepare to cooperate with friendly forces to destroy it in the second step.

4. Combat Demarcation Line The south of Lucheng, Dongpanlong, and Beimaozhuang (inclusive) lines belong to the middle road, and the north belongs to the right road.The north of Beishizihe and Xujiayu (inclusive) lines belong to the left road, and the south of it belongs to the middle road. 5. For the above-mentioned deployments, each vertical team will move on the evening of the 19th, gather in covert areas 30 miles away from the enemy, block news from stubborn areas, and make all preparations for attacks.But it should not be too prominent, so as not to reveal your intentions.It was decided to launch a battle at 10 pm on the 20th (哿).The progress of the movement and the dynamics of the confrontational enemy should be reported to the headquarters on a daily basis.

6. The command post of the headquarters moved to the vicinity of the railway car when the battle started, and maintained wired telephone contact with the center and right sides. When the battle started on the left side, it communicated with the radio station. For. After the order was issued, the headquarters took into account the need to strengthen the reinforcement force, so it ordered the 6th column to attack the silk-spinning mouth with all its strength, and cooperated with the 10th column to attack the enemy who might come to aid from open water; the 9th column was transferred to control the south of Boshan, and fully deal with the possible natural disasters. Boshan came to aid the enemy.Just as the Li Xianzhou Group was mobilizing back and forth in the Laiwu and Xintai areas, the East China Field Army had completed the campaign and encircled the Li Xianzhou Group.

On February 19, Wang Yaowu discovered that the main force of the People's Liberation Army was moving northward, especially when he discovered that there were troops gathering in the west and east of Laiwu. In addition, several captured Kuomintang soldiers fled back to report, which further clarified the intention of the People's Liberation Army to attack Xintai and Laiwu.So he made a decisive decision and adjusted the deployment again: "On the 19th, the situation became more and more tense. In order to worry about the over-dispersion of troops and the bandits' plans to defeat each other, they dealt with it arbitrarily, and ordered the entire 46th Division to quickly assemble Yanzhuang and occupy Louli, Longshan and other areas. Line, the 73rd Army occupied Laiwu City and the mountains to the south, and prepared to fight", "In view of the critical situation in front of the headquarters, in order to facilitate the combat command and control, the 112th Army (owed to the new 36th Division) was transferred to Zhangdian and Mingshui The front line was responsible for the railway defense, and the 12th Division of the 96th Army was pushed to Wenzu Town, and the new 36th Division was coordinated to maintain the supply line from Mingshui to the silk-spinning mouth, and the 77th division returned from Zhangdian to the silk-spinning mouth via Boshan.” (Wang Yaowu: "Detailed Report on the Battle of Linyi")

The East China Field Army Headquarters, in response to changes in the enemy's situation, also adjusted its deployment accordingly: the 4th Column and the 8th Column and a Division cooperated with the 1st Column to attack and annihilate the 73rd Army in the Laiwu area; The Ninth Column ambushed and wiped out the 77th Division that went south and returned to the reconciliation, and the tasks of other troops remained unchanged.