Chapter 162 4. The "June 30 Incident" occurred in China

On the night of June 30th, when our troops were bluffing and actively acting on the battlefields of northern Henan, Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu, the main force of Liu Deng's army suddenly launched a river crossing operation in the 300-mile wide section from Dong'e to Fan County.With the support of our preset troops on the south bank and the support of the local people, our 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 6th columns with a total of 120,000 troops crossed the natural danger of the Yellow River by combining smuggling and forced crossing tactics. At the same time, the five columns of the East China Field Army also launched an offensive on the line from Jinpu Road, Tai'an to Lincheng, which strongly supported their actions.The enemy never dreamed that the People's Liberation Army would pounce on the whole line (divided into 8 large sections), and the fastest crossing was completed in only 5 minutes.Such a sudden and brave action made them panic and hard to guard against, forming a situation where they were weak everywhere and were broken through everywhere, and soon the whole line collapsed.

Liu Deng's army destroyed the Yellow River defense line so quickly and comprehensively, even the enemy was baffled.In the ensuing Battle of Southwest Shandong, the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Field Army captured senior officers such as Chen Yiding, the commander of the 70th Division, Luo Zhedong, the deputy commander of the 70th Division, and Li Mingya, the deputy commander of the 55th Division. A conversation between them is a good illustration of this problem. When the ferry boat reached the middle of the river, facing the river several miles wide, Luo Zhedong was very emotional, and couldn't help asking: "The river is so wide, and there are heavy guards on the opposite side. How did the People's Liberation Army cross the river?" Li Mingya was frustrated Said: "The river defense is guarded by our 55th Division. For some reason, the People's Liberation Army crossed the river at once. We couldn't stand it even if we wanted to, so we had to run away. Alas! I was still a prisoner when I ran to Yuncheng, and I couldn't beat it." People!" Chen Yiding sighed, and interjected: "General Liu Bocheng is really a genius in the world! Some of his tactics have never been seen in military books and war strategies since ancient times!"

After the Kuomintang army's Yellow River line of defense completely collapsed, the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army marched straight in, unstoppable, and dealt a heavy blow to the enemy. Even the American imperialist Leighton Stuart exclaimed: "The June 30 Incident happened in China!" At the beginning, Chiang Kai-shek destroyed the agreement between the administrative agency of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region of the Communist Party of China and the relevant departments of the Kuomintang on the restoration of the old Yellow River road and the return of the Yellow River to its hometown, and released water at the Huayuankou on March 20, boasting that a natural danger of the Yellow River is equal to 400,000 yuan The army is enough to block Liu Bocheng on the north bank of the Yellow River.Unexpectedly, in just three months, Chiang Kai-shek's so-called 400,000 army was defeated so quickly at the feet of Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping.