Chapter 303 2. Fu Zuoyi's "Long Snake Formation"

Fu Zuoyi, the word Yisheng.Shanxi Linyi people.Graduated from Baoding Military Academy.He was originally a subordinate of Yan Xishan. In 1930, he participated in Yan and Feng's war against Jiang and served as the commander-in-chief of the Jinpu line. After 1931, he served as the commander of the 35th Army and the chairman of the Suiyuan Provincial Government.He once led his troops to participate in the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War and Suiyuan Anti-Japanese War.During the Anti-Japanese War, he successively served as commander-in-chief of the 7th Army, deputy commander-in-chief and commander-in-chief of the 8th and 12th theaters, and chairman of the Suiyuan and Chahar provincial governments.During the War of Liberation, he served as the commander of the "Suppression General" in North China. At the end of January 1949, he accepted the conditions proposed by the CCP for the peaceful liberation of Peiping, led an uprising, and made important contributions to the peaceful liberation of Peiping and Suiyuan.

In the late autumn of 1948, there were still more than 600,000 troops under the command of Fu Zuoyi.His main force consists of 4 corps, 12 armies, and 52 divisions, deployed in Luan County on the Beining line in the east, and Chaigoubao on the Pingsui line in the west, in a narrow strip of more than 1,200 miles. Tanggu and Tangshan are the key points, forming a long snake array. The first defense area is the Zhangjiakou defense area on the west wing, including 1 corps, 2 armies, 7 divisions and 2 cavalry brigades of the Fu family.The defense area is centered on Zhangjiakou, including Huailai, Xuanhua, Zhangbei, Chongli, Wanquan, Chaigoubao, Huaian and other towns.The commander of this defense area, the commander of the 11th Corps, is named Sun Lanfeng, who is Fu Zuoyi's confidant.Sun led the Corps and Yuan Qingrong's 3 divisions of the 105th Army and security forces to station in Zhangjiakou.The military headquarters of the 104th Army of the Fu Department and its three divisions were stationed in Huailai.Three divisions of the 35th Army, the main force of Fu's trump card, were led by army commander Guo Jingyun as a mobile force, traveling between Beiping and Zhangjiakou, and stationed in Fengtai, Beiping, as Fu's escort.The headquarters of the Fu Department is directly under the 271st Division of the 101st Army, stationed in Xuanhua.Fu's 5th and 11th Cavalry Brigades were stationed in Zuowei, Chaigoubao, Huai'an and other towns.

The second defense area is the Beiping defense area where the headquarters is located, including Fu Zuoyi's North China "bandit suppression" headquarters, Li Wen's 4th Corps and Shi Jue's 9th Corps.There are 5 armies, 14 divisions and 1 cavalry division, with 250,000 horses.The defense zone centered on Beiping, including Huairou, Miyun, Pinggu, Changping, Shunyi, Nankou, Liangxiang, Zhuoxian, Badaling, Mentougou, Fangshan, Tongxian, Gu'an and other towns on the periphery of Beiping.Fu Zuoyi's headquarters is in Zhongnanhai, Beiping.The 35th Army of Fu Department Guo Jingyun was originally organized as the 11th Corps in Zhangjiakou, but the army was a mobile force stationed in Fengtai, and traveled between Beiping and Zhangjiakou.The 4th Cavalry Division of the Fu Department and the New 31st Army were stationed in the suburbs of Beiping City.Li Shilin's 101st Army and 3 divisions decided to abandon Baoding and move to Liangxiang and Zhuoxian areas.Shi Jue's 13th Army and its 4 divisions decided to abandon Chengde and moved to Tongxian, Huairou, and Miyun areas. Yuan Pu's 16th Army and its 3 divisions were stationed in Nankou, Badaling, and Changping areas.

The third defense area is the Jintang defense area on the east wing, including the 17th Corps of Hou Jingru of the Jiang family, with a total of 5 armies and 16 divisions.The defense area is centered on Tianjin and Tanggu, including Tangshan, Lutai, Hangu, Langfang, Yangcun, Yangliuqing, Baodi and other towns.Hou Jingru, commander of the 17th Corps and commander of the Jingu Defense Zone, led the Corps and Duan's 87th Army and other departments to station in the Tanggu area.Chen Changjie, Deputy Commander of Jingu Defense and Commander of Tianjin Garrison, led 5 divisions directly under the headquarters, Lin Weichou's 62nd Army, Liu Yunhan's 86th Army and other units stationed in Tianjin and its surrounding suburbs.Huang Xiang's 92nd Army Headquarters and Zheng Tingfeng's 94th Army Headquarters and their 6 divisions were stationed in Langfang, Yangcun, Yangliuqing, Baodi and other towns in Tianjin.

In the specific deployment of troops, Fu Zuoyi took great pains.He deliberately placed Jiang's troops on the Beining line and Fu's troops on the Pingsui line. Once the main force of the Northeast People's Liberation Army entered the pass, the Jiang's troops would bear the brunt, and the Fu's troops could flee to Suiyuan under unfavorable circumstances.It can be seen from this point that whether the enemy is sticking to Pingjin or retreating from Pingjin, Chiang Kai-shek, Fu Zuoyi, and the U.S. imperialists are all in the same bed, with different dreams and ghosts.Chiang Kai-shek not only wanted Fu Zuoyi to stick to North China and delay the PLA's southward movement, but also wanted to withdraw all North China troops to the south to consolidate the defense of the south of the Yangtze River. Fleeing to Suiyuan to the west, and fleeing to the south when they had to, but put on a steadfast posture, hoping to gain US aid and expand their strength; the US imperialists saw that Chiang Kai-shek's situation was gone, and took part of the aid to Chiang Kai-shek and directly supplied it to the Fu troops. , so that Fu Zuoyi sticks to Pingjin and safeguards the interests of US imperialism.