Chapter 306 5. Deployment of hostile armies

The entry of the Northeast Field Army, together with the more than 400,000 North China Field Army, has formed an absolute advantage over the more than 500,000 people of the Fu Zuoyi Group scattered in Ping, Tianjin, and Zhangzhou. The Central Military Commission ordered the Northeast Field Army to strategically encircle and divide the Fu Zuoyi Group before it entered the customs, cut off its southward retreat and westward retreat, and turned the enemy from a "bird of fright" into a "bird in a cage". To achieve the purpose of suppressing and annihilating North China on the spot.

After Fu Zuoyi learned the news that the Northeast People's Liberation Army had entered the customs on a large scale, he felt that the communication between Pingjing and Tianjin was in danger of being cut off, so he once again reduced his troops, adjusted his deployment, implemented divisional defense, and strengthened the defense forces of Beiping, Tianjin and Tanggu. The specific deployment yes: With Li Wen, the commander of the 4th Corps and the commander of the Beiping Defense Zone, abandon Nankou, Changping, Tongxian, and Wanping, and concentrate our forces to defend Beiping; Hou Jingru, the commander of the 17th Corps and the commander of the Jintang Defense Zone, abandoned Tangshan, Lutai, and Hangu, and withdrew the 86th and 87th Army to Tianjin and Tanggu respectively, and ordered the 62nd Army to return to Tianjin from Beiping to concentrate its forces Defend Tianjin and Tanggu.

The troops deployed in various places are as follows: Beiping area: The North China "Suppression General" headquarters is directly under the 31st, 35th, 101st, and 104th armies; the 16th army of the 4th corps; the 13th army of the 9th corps.In addition, there is a new 4th Cavalry Division and a supply zone headquarters.Zhangjiakou area: the 105th Army of the 11th Corps and the reorganized 5th Cavalry Brigade and the 11th Cavalry Brigade.Jintang area: the 62nd, 92nd, and 86th Army of the 17th Corps, the 94th Army of the 4th Corps, the 87th Army of the North China "Suppression General", and the 326th, 333rd and 184th Divisions directly under the Tianjin Garrison Command.

How did the Central Military Commission conduct combat deployment after the Northeast Field Army entered the customs? On November 26, when the main force of the Northeast Field Army entered the customs, the Central Military Commission called the leaders of the Northeast Field Army about the combat plan after the entry of the Northeast Field Army, pointing out: "When your army enters the customs, the enemy's situation will definitely change. The deployment of the combat plan must be decided in a timely manner. Therefore, I hope that you will finish dealing with the rear affairs within a few days. Before the main force reaches Jidong, you will drive past the troops and go to Jidong first. This point is very important. important."

"As of now, the enemies of Ping, Tianjin, Zhang, and Tang are still sticking to their plans and have no plans to retreat. However, it is difficult to determine what will happen in the next few weeks." "Therefore, the first combat mission of the main force of the Northeast Field Army should not be Tangshan, but Langfang and other places on the Pingjin line. There are two divisions of the 94th Army in this place, and it is estimated that the number of troops may increase. You must first annihilate this enemy, and you must prepare Annihilate any enemies that may reinforce Beiping. Because the main forces of Fu and Jiang are in the area centered on Beiping, they are distributed along the lines of Zhuozhou, Beiping, Tongzhou, Miyun, and Zhangjiakou. You must prepare reinforcements with one or most of these enemy forces Only by fighting and annihilating them can the task of cutting off the connection between Ping and Tianjin be achieved. At the same time, you should surround the enemy in Tangshan with necessary forces so that they cannot escape."

"After the completion of the two tasks of cutting off Ping, Tianjin and encircling Tangshan, the second combat mission is to annihilate the 3 divisions of the 62nd Army and the independent 95th Division between Tianjin and Tangshan." "The third task is to wipe out the enemies of Tangshan. Tangshan is the source of coal in Pingjin. If you go to encircle Tangshan before cutting Pingjin and Tianjin, there is a danger of mobilizing the Beiping enemy to fight in Tianjin and Tangshan or run away by sea. Cheng and Huang are currently Don't encircle Tangshan. If the Yang-Li corps surrounded the enemies of Zhang and Xuan, and the Huailai and Beiping enemies sent reinforcements to Zhang and Xuan, the Cheng-Huang corps would move westward from Jixian and Yang Luogeng's corps would move westward to cut off Ping and Zhang from the vicinity of Zhuoxian. , and work together to wipe out the enemies of the Pingzhang Line."

"The fourth combat mission is to capture Tianjin and annihilate the 92nd Army and other departments." "The fifth combat mission is to wipe out the enemies around Peiping." "The last is to capture Peiping." After the main force of the Northeast Field Army entered the pass, the situation on the Pingjin battlefield was as follows: the 2nd and 3rd Corps of the North China Military Region and the Advance Corps of the Northeast Field Army had divided and surrounded the main force of the Fu faction in the Fu Zuoyi Group on the Pingzhang Line. Jiang's troops in the Tang and Tang areas implemented a split package.