Chapter 142 2. The Huaye troops are training

In view of the special and important status of the Shandong battlefield, the Central Military Commission is very concerned.After the victory of the Laiwu Battle, the Central Military Commission instructed the East China Field Army on March 6, 1947, to take a one-month rest in March, and put forward clear requirements for the current combat tasks and matters to be paid attention to. Annihilation of the enemy is the standard. No matter where, as long as a large number of enemies can be wiped out, it is a threat to the enemy and cooperation with friendly forces, regardless of the distance." "In the next 10 months, our East China Army will wipe out the The enemy has 4 to 5 brigades, and the casualties are 6,000 to 7,000. A total of 40 to 50 brigades have to be wiped out, and the casualties are as many as 60,000 to 70,000. You must proceed from the thinking of long-term combat, and Only by enabling the majority of cadres to establish this kind of thinking and save manpower and material resources anytime and anywhere can they defeat Chiang Kai-shek and solve China's historical tasks." It is in my best interest to let it advance to the front line of Tai'an." He also emphasized: "Make sure that the next battle will often focus on 60 regiments." ("Mao Zedong Military Collection" Vol. 4, No. 1 ~2 pages)

According to the instructions of the Military Commission, after the Battle of Laiwu, the main force of the East China Field Army gathered in the western section of Jiaoji Road centered on Zibo for a one-month rest and training.The main tasks carried out during this period are: The leading organs of the field army convened senior cadre meetings and professional meetings of staff, politics, and logistics to learn from the instructions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on February 1 "Meeting the New Upsurge of the Chinese Revolution" and the instructions of the Central Military Commission, so as to improve the confidence in defeating the enemy, strengthen the overall concept and Maintain the consciousness of centralization and unity, on this basis, sum up experience and clarify tasks.Chen Yi pointed out emphatically at the meeting: "The scale of war is getting bigger and bigger, military technical conditions are becoming more and more important, and weapons and equipment are changing with each passing day. We must learn to use new weapons and learn new methods of combat. Politics and military affairs cannot be neglected. ", "We must seize every minute and every second, study hard and practice hard. We must practice both our thinking and our skills, and we must improve both."

On March 2, the Political Department of the Field Army issued the "Instructions on the Main Points of the Current Political Work Training".The entire army is required to: strengthen the concept of the masses, strictly enforce the discipline of the masses, and correct wrong behaviors such as "greatly lowering the discipline of the masses, casually burning firewood and eating common people's food, beating and scolding local cadres and civilian husbands"; "The policy of caring for the people's property and trophies, opposing any waste and destruction, pointing out that "destroying and wasting a bullet, a grain of food, and all trophies is a crime against the self-defense war and the Chinese people"; firmly supports the party and the government , thoroughly implement policies and decrees, and oppose undesirable phenomena such as "arrogance, superciliousness, self-righteousness", "heroes of war", and "first guns"; conscientiously implement the policy of "teaching war with war", sum up combat experience, and continue to fight Mobilization and military training will ensure greater and more beautiful victories in future operations.

According to the decision of the Front Committee of the East China Field Army, units above the field corps began to establish party committees to strengthen collective leadership.Each column hastened to complete the reorganization task, and supplemented the combat troops with tens of thousands of Kuomintang soldiers captured in the Laiwu Battle. All units should strengthen education on the situation and tasks to raise awareness of the long-term and arduous nature of the war; rectify discipline and strengthen internal and external unity; combine and summarize the experience of the Laiwu Campaign to carry out extensive tactical and technical training, especially the study of mobile warfare tactics, attacking and blasting techniques, and coordinated actions of corps and air defenses.The companies have vigorously carried out the activities of using the "three keys" of political work (suffering education, solidarity and mutual assistance movement, and meritorious service movement), and their political awareness and fighting will have been further improved.

Party and government agencies at all levels in the Shandong Liberated Area have also further improved their organization, mobilized the masses to increase production and save money, and fully supported the front line.