Chapter 279 3. Deployment of troops between the enemy and us

On August 24, Hu Zongnan went to the 5th Corps in Dali to preside over the "Feng Yuan Combat Review Conference", announcing that Zhong Song, commander of the reorganized 36th Division, would be removed from his post, Li Gui, commander of the 28th Brigade, and Dong Wenxuan, commander of the 82nd Regiment, would be dismissed. Investigated and re-adjusted the deployment of troops.Form a defense system centered on Pucheng and Dali, and concentrate mobile forces on the communication line to prevent the Northwest Field Army from going south or west. The specific deployment is: the reorganized 1st Division guards Fuping and Yaoxian; the reorganized 65th Division transferred from Luonan and Henan Lushi guards Xianyang and Xingping; ) to guard Pucheng; the 2nd Brigade was temporarily garrisoned at Tongchuan, the newly reorganized 9th Brigade was garrisoned at Sanyuan and Chunhua, the main force of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade was garrisoned at Jingyang, the 203rd Division was garrisoned at County and Liquan, and the reorganized 13th Division was garrisoned at Tongguan and Lingbao. The reorganized 27th Division is still scattered to defend Shang County and Luonan.The remnants of the 36th Division attached to the headquarters of the 5th Corps of Pei Changhui were stationed in Dali City, and the 17th and 38th Divisions were stationed in the north of Dali.

At this time, although there were 11 reorganized divisions deployed by the Hu Zongnan Group in the area east of the Luohe River and north of the Weihe River, most of them were reorganized or severely injured after being annihilated by the Northwest Field Army.In order to prevent the Northwest Field Army from going south to Tongguan or going out of Xifu again, Hu Zongnan reorganized the 17th, 38th Division and the remnants of the 36th Division in the areas east of the Luohe River, north of Dali, and south of the Dayu River, and dispersed their defenses in Pucheng, The defensive zone between Chengcheng and Dali is 20 kilometers wide from east to west and 30 kilometers long from north to south.In this defensive zone, the enemy used the masonry villages and earth enclosures from the north of Dali to Yongfeng Town to build many fortifications, turning almost every village and every house into their defense. The support points form a deep configuration, but there are large gaps between each stronghold, and there are places where breakthroughs and divisions can be made.

According to the analysis of the enemy's situation, Peng Dehuai judged that when the Northwest Field Army attacked the enemy in Dali and the area north of it, Hu Zongnan sent reinforcements, which was very likely to mobilize the main forces of the 90th and 76th Divisions stationed in Pucheng. The divisions are relatively close to each other, but the Reorganized 76th Division has been wiped out twice by the Northwest Field Army, and the Reorganized 90th Division has also been wiped out once. , but it is far away in Yaoxian County and Xingping area, and it takes three days to get there.Therefore, after repeated deliberation and research, Peng Dehuai decided to concentrate the main force of the Northwest Field Army, use sudden movements, interspersed with roundabouts, split and encircle, and wipe out the enemy's 17th and 38th Divisions in the area north of Dali by means of sudden movements, interspersed with detours, and divisions to the north of Dali. Battle in Jinzhong.

Its combat deployment is as follows: Use the 4th Column (6th Division of the Owing Cavalry) to carry out a frontal attack from north to south along the Chengcheng and Dali highways to Luohe. Use the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 6th columns to encircle and attack the enemy's right side from Heyang, Jiaodao Town, Miaoao, Daibao, and Heichi Town in the south of Chengcheng, and first split their defenses. system, and then annihilate them individually.Among them, the 6th column first surrounded and annihilated the 143rd Regiment of the 48th Brigade of the Reorganized 17th Division in Daigo Town, and then gathered near Daigo Town for camera use; the 1st column bypassed the enemy's rear between Siqian Town and Daigo Town, and first attacked the north and south Suyou, the 48th Brigade Headquarters and 142nd Regiment in the Zhangjiacheng area, and the Chengxian Security Regiment, etc., then besieged the reorganized 17th Division Division and the 12th Brigade in Weizhuang Town; the 3rd Column first besieged the 1st Brigade in Siqian Town The 144th Regiment of the 48th Brigade, and then prepare to cooperate with the 2nd Column to block and annihilate the possible reinforcements of the reorganized 38th Division; use part of the 2nd Column to annihilate the 4th Cavalry Regiment and the Security Guards in Liangyi Town and Shuangquan Town and occupy Shuangquan Town, the main force marched into Yeshan Town and its surrounding areas to gather, cut off the retreat of the defenders at Suyou Town, Daigo Town, and Siqian Town, ensured the safety of the 1st Column's side and back, and conducted armed reconnaissance to the reorganized 38th Division, and sent to Dali The reorganized 36th Division carried out guerrilla reconnaissance and was ready to annihilate the Kuomintang army reinforced from south to north at any time.

With the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Column Independent 5th Brigade, cooperate with the Huanglong Division and the local armed forces in Hancheng and Heyang to organize a southward detachment, under the command of the Dongfu Working Committee of the Communist Party of China, go out of Chaoyi and civilians, and coordinate the uprising of the local Kuomintang security forces . With the 6th Cavalry Division of the 4th Column, the 4th Garrison Brigade of the Huanglong Division, the 21st Regiment of the Guanzhong Division, and the Weibei Corps, they went to the two sides of the Xian (Yang) and Tong (Chuan) railway branch lines and Pucheng, Baishui and other places. Conduct guerrilla activities, sweep away weak strongholds, contain, disperse and confuse the Kuomintang army.

On October 5, He Long, Commander of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia-Shanxi-Sui Joint Defense Military Region, and Political Commissar Xi Zhongxun issued the "Instructions for Autumn Combat in Various Regions" to the various military divisions and brigades under their command, requiring all their units to cooperate with Northwest China from October to November. The field army launched an autumn offensive and actively wiped out the Kuomintang army in front of them.Among them, the 4th Garrison Brigade and the troops of the Huanglong, Guanzhong, and Xifu Army Divisions were directly under the command of the Field Army and cooperated in operations.