Chapter 260 12. The "Housekeeping Capital" of Chiang Kai-shek's total annihilation in the Battle of Western Liaoning

Western Liaoning includes the counties west of Shenyang and the north and south areas of Jinzhou.There are Liaohe River, Juliu River, Liuhe River, Raoyang River, Shahe River, Daling River and Nuerhe River among them. They run from north to south, and flow in various directions. The rivers are silted and difficult to ford.Between Heishan and Goubangzi, there are mountains and hills running from northeast to southwest.The two railways of Beining and Da (Hushan) Zheng (Jiatun) pass through the narrow and long hills here.Heishan Mountain and Dahu Mountain are located at the junction of the two lines, facing Yiwulu Mountains with an elevation of more than 1,000 meters in the north, and a 50-kilometer swamp in the south. They are like two iron gates, which are like two iron gates.The Northeast Field Army and the Liao Yaoxiang Corps first launched a fierce battle in this area.

Liao Yaoxiang's 9th Corps is Chiang Kai-shek's housekeeping capital.Among them are the five main forces of the Kuomintang army, the new first army and the new sixth army are all American equipment.In order to preserve this main force, Chiang Kai-shek wanted them to withdraw from the Northeast and prepare to transfer to North China or the Central Plains battlefield, but failed. On October 21, Liao Yaoxiang commanded two divisions of the 71st Army, 1 division of the New 1st Army, 1 division of the New 6th Army, and 5 divisions of the 3rd Brigade of the reorganized 207th Division. go south. On the 23rd, with the support of more than 200 heavy artillery, armored troops, and dozens of aircraft, they launched a fierce attack on the 25-kilometer frontal arc of the Heishan and Dahu Mountains in an attempt to seize the about 9-kilometer southward passage between Heishan and Dahu Mountain.

The 10th Column of the Northeast Field Army, the 3rd Division of the 1st Column, and the 1st Cavalry Division, which had entered the position on standby in early October, fought tenaciously with the determination to survive and die with the position, fighting for every inch of land.The 28th Division of the 10th Column fought fiercely in the positions of Gaojiatun, 101 Highland, 92 Highland and Shitou Mountain to the east of Montenegro.On Height 101, the division fought hand-to-hand with the enemy and fought with bayonets repeatedly, finally repelling the fierce attack of the 207th Division of the Kuomintang, which was called the "Party Army" by the enemy, and the new army, the main trump card.

The unit that stood firm on Height 92 fought bloody battles with the enemy, and all sacrificed in the end.On the south side of Dahu Mountain, the 22nd Division of the 8th Column and other troops who arrived earlier also stubbornly resisted the enemy's attack.The Kuomintang army repeatedly carried out group attacks with the strength of the whole regiment and battalion, but failed. After 5 days of fierce fighting, the field army finally held the positions of Heishan and Dahushan and prevented Liao Yaoxiang's corps from advancing.The victory of the Black Mountain blocking battle won precious time for the main force of the field army to return to the division to encircle and wipe out the Liao Yaoxiang Corps.

The Liao Corps' offensive was frustrated for several days, and the main force of the Northeast Field Army had returned to the area near Heishan, which made Liao Yaoxiang shake his confidence in capturing Heishan and Dahushan.At the same time, the two divisions of the 52nd Army of the Kuomintang Army, which had withdrawn from Liaoyang and Anshan to the south, seized Yingkou on the 24th, and the follow-up troops also occupied Anshan and Liaoyang, opening up the passage from Shenyang to Yingkou.Under such circumstances, Liao Yaoxiang decided to abandon his plan to attack frontally along the Beining line, and retreated to Yingkou from the area east of Heishan and Dahushan, crossing the Liaohe River via Tai'an. On October 25th, in addition to the New 6th Army, the 3rd Brigade of the 207th Division and the 71st Army continuing to attack Montenegro as a cover, the Liao Yaoxiang Corps also used its 49th Army, the 14th Division of the 3rd Army, and the cavalry units of the New 6th Army as the cover. First, quickly retreat in the direction of Yingkou through the east of Dahu Mountain.

In order to smash the attempt of the Liao Yaoxiang Corps to flee south to Yingkou, the Northeast Field Army immediately ordered the 7th, 8th, and 9th Columns to detour from the right wing to the side of the Liao Yaoxiang Corps, and then carry out a pincer attack with the 5th and 6th Columns from the left flank.Order the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 10th columns to attack from the front, adopt the means of encircling and dividing at the same time, and seek to wipe out the enemy.Order the 2nd Independent Division to advance rapidly to the area north of Tai'an and cut off the enemy's retreat.When the 49th Army of the Kuomintang entered the Weijia shack and Liujianfang in the northwest of Tai'an, they were suddenly intercepted by the 23rd Division of the 8th Column and the 2nd Independent Division ordered to march north from Panshan. After the encounter, the two sides fought fiercely. Fighting from morning to dusk, although the Liao Corps attacked many times, they were all repelled by the field army.Subsequently, the field army's right-hand army inserted in time between Dahushan and Tai'an, blocking the north-south passage of the Liao Yaoxiang Corps. Under the resolute attack of the Field Army, the Liao Corps had to stop advancing.

Liao Yaoxiang's southward retreat was blocked. He estimated that the road to Yingkou had been cut off, so he changed his plan and urgently ordered all the troops to retreat in the direction of Shenyang.At this time, Wei Lihuang, who had always advocated sticking to Shenyang, tried his best to organize and cooperate, and ordered the New 1st Army, which stayed on the east bank of the Liaohe River, to temporarily form the 513th Division to occupy the Tai'an and Kalima lines, collect ships, and ordered engineers to build bridges on the Liaohe River to meet them. .But it was too late.The 6th Column entered the area of ​​the Lijia Shack and Yaojia Shack on the Beining Line on the night of the 25th; the 5th Column entered the line of the Erdaojingzi and the Zhengjia Shack in the early morning of the 26th, cutting off the retreat route of the Liao Corps to Xinmin and Shenyang .

At dawn on the 26th, the Northeast Field Army launched a large-scale encirclement and annihilation campaign against the Liao Corps.According to the predetermined plan, all the troops took advantage of the enemy's chaos to carry out a centripetal assault in an area of ​​about 120 square kilometers east of Heishan, northeast of Dahu Mountain, west of Raoyang River, south of Wuliangdian, and north of Wei's shack .The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 10th columns, the 17th division of the 6th column, and the main force of the artillery column attacked from east to west from the front of Montenegro; the 7th, 8th, and 9th columns assaulted from south to north from the south of Dahu Mountain; The 6th column crossed the Beining line, and assaulted from the east to the west of the Yanghe River from Erdaojingzi.

Each column carried forward a high degree of mobile combat spirit and fighting enthusiasm, not afraid of fatigue, not afraid of casualties, boldly inserted between the various units of the Liao Yaoxiang Corps, and disrupted the enemy's deployment.That night, the 7th Division of the 3rd Column captured the Hu's shack and destroyed the command post of the Liao Corps in the scuffle.Then, the command organizations of the enemy's armies and divisions were also destroyed one after another.Liao Yaoxiang and other commanders could not control the troops, so they had to rush west and east among the routs.

The field army took the opportunity to penetrate the enemy's depth bravely and carry out division encirclement and suppression. For a while, on the battlefield in western Liaoning, spectacular and touching scenes of annihilating the enemy appeared everywhere.Each column actively seeks out the enemy and fights, and the majority of commanders and fighters display a heroic, decisive and flexible fighting style.Wherever there is gunfire, they will chase, and wherever there are enemies, they will attack, scrambling to catch prisoners.Facing the powerful offensive of the Northeast Field Army, the Kuomintang army was unable to organize resistance and surrendered one after another.

At dawn on the 28th, the Battle of Western Liaoning ended successfully. In just two days, the Northeast Field Army wiped out 5 armies, 12 divisions (brigades) and special forces units of the Liao Yaoxiang Corps. The new 1st army and the new 6th army that are the main force.Liao Yaoxiang, commander of the 9th Corps of the Kuomintang Army, Li Tao, commander of the New 6th Army, Xiang Fengwu, commander of the 71st Army, Zheng Tingji, commander of the 49th Army, Wen Xiaoshan, deputy commander of the New 1st Army, and other senior generals were captured.Thus achieved a decisive victory in the Liaoshen Campaign.So far, the second phase of the Liaoshen Campaign ended. On the same day, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Mao Zedong congratulated Lin Biao and others on the great victory in western Liaoning, praising this victory for its great contribution to the national war situation.Shangwang inspires the whole army to make persistent efforts to fight for the complete annihilation of the Northeast Kuomintang Army and the liberation of Shenyang!