Chapter 307 6. It is necessary to separate the two enemies and prevent the 35th Army from fleeing eastward

On December 11, according to the situation at the time, Mao Zedong issued the "Battle Policy on the Battle of Pingjin", which pointed out that "the order of attack in this battle is approximately: the first Tanglu District, the second Xinbao, the third Tangshan District, The fourth districts are Tianjin and Zhangjiakou, and finally the Beiping district." On the same day, in order to strengthen the leadership of the troops participating in the Battle of Pingjin, the Central Military Commission sent an order: "Our troops in the Northeast are entering the pass one after another, and the battle to attack Ping, Tianjin, Zhang, and Tang enemies has begun. This is a huge battle. Not only The field armies in the two regions should be under the unified command of Lin, Luo, Liu, and Tan, and the 7th Column in Central Hebei and the local corps should also be under unified command. I hope that the North China Military Region will immediately order the 7th Column and the Central Jizhong Military Region to connect with Lin, Luo, Liu, and Tan through the radio , report the situation to Lin, Luo, Liu, and Tan, and accept the task. The Jizhong Military Region should also send personnel to contact Lin and Luo in Jixian County. Inform Lin and Luo of the cadre allocation in Tianjin and Tianjin, as well as the management of Pingding and Tianjin's various policies, and at the same time strengthen the radio communication, so that Lin and Luo know all the important matters prepared by North China."

According to the operational guidelines of the Pingjin Campaign, Yang Chengwu and Li Jingquan's 3rd Corps took the initiative to withdraw from the encirclement and return to Sui, so as not to make Fu Zuoyi feel too nervous, and then quickly surrounded Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua, inducing Fu Zuoyi to send troops to the west to cover Lin Biao's main force to secretly enter the pass. On November 25, the 3rd Corps led by Yang Chengwu and others entered the area near Zhangjiakou with 3 armies, forming a situation of encircling the enemies of Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua. Mao Zedong's move was very effective. Fu Zuoyi was really anxious and immediately Order the 35th Army stationed near Beiping and the 104th Army stationed in Huailai to reinforce Zhangjiakou by train and car respectively, so that they can keep the escape route to Suiyuan when the situation is unfavorable.

In this way, most of Fu Zuoyi's direct troops, totaling 100,000 people, have been clamped by our army on the Pingsui line, realizing the first step of the plan to capture Fu's family and drag Jiang's family to cover the entry of the Northeast Field Army. On December 5, the 11th Column of the Advance Corps of the Northeast Field Army assembled in the Yanqing area. The vanguard captured Miyun in one fell swoop and wiped out the 155th Division of the 13th Army.Fu Zuoyi mistakenly thought that the People's Liberation Army was going to attack Beiping and was shocked.So he flew to Zhangjiakou and deployed the 35th Army to withdraw to Beiping.

On the 6th, the enemies of Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua, in order to open up the connection between Zhang and Xuan, launched an attack on the PLA positions from east to west.Prior to this, Mao Zedong had instructed the North China 3rd Corps several times that it must strengthen its forces to cut off the connection between the two enemies of Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua, and prevent the enemies from joining or fleeing.However, the troops defending here had simple fortifications, lack of depth, and insufficient vigilance, so they were easily broken through by the enemy. "Block! The 35th Army must be blocked from fleeing east; hold it! The 35th Army must be held near Zhangjiakou." One telegram after another sent from Xibaipo flew to the Pingsui front line with the commander's anxiety and hope.

On December 6, when the 35th Army crossed Shalingzi and continued to approach Xinbaoan, an urgent telegram drafted by Mao Zedong was sent to Yang Chengwu and Li Tianhuan and then forwarded to Yang Dezhi, Luo Ruiqing, and Geng Biao of the 2nd North China Corps. Cheng Zihua, Huang Zhiyong, Lin Biao, Luo Ronghuan, and Liu Yalou, the advance troops of the Northeast Field Army entering the customs.The telegram is as follows: "We have sent you telegrams many times, be sure to firmly separate Zhang and Xuan, so that the enemies of the two places cannot meet together. If the 1 vertical is not enough, the 2 vertical should be added. Why do you ignore it? You must understand , as long as the 4 divisions of the Xuanhua enemy cannot meet in Zhangjiakou, the enemy in Zhangjiakou will not flee westward. If you allow the Xuanhua enemy to meet up in Zhangjiakou, not only will Zhangjiakou gather the enemy's 9 infantry divisions and 3 cavalry brigades, and then it will be difficult to destroy them. There is a danger of concentrating and fleeing westward at any time. Just look at the enemy's efforts to open up the connection between Zhang and Xuan, and you can see that the enemy is not good at isolating the two places, and this isolation is extremely beneficial to us. Because we can annihilate the four divisions of Xuanhua first , and then annihilate the 5 infantry divisions and 3 cavalry brigades in Zhangjiakou. Therefore, you must resolutely implement our previous telegrams. The 1st column will ensure the positions in Shalingzi and Balizhuang. , Luo, and Geng will adjust their deployment after they arrive (it must be approved by us first), and there must be no mistakes."

Yang Chengwu, the commander of the 3rd Corps, and Li Tianhuan, the deputy political commissar, took responsibility and made a review to the Central Military Commission. full responsibility.All troops should repair fortifications, adjust deployment, and intensify the encirclement. After criticism and education, the 1st Column of the 3rd North China Corps will make amends and show their might.They immediately occupied the villages around Shalingzi and the Miaoguishan position, cutting off the passage between Zhang and Xuan.There were 2 divisions defending the enemy in Xuanhua, one division abandoned the city and fled into Zhangjiakou, the other division was completely wiped out by 1 vertical, and the division commander was captured alive. On December 7, Xuanhua declared its liberation, and immediately completed the encirclement of 1 corps and 7 divisions (brigades) defending Zhangjiakou.

On December 9, the advance corps of the Northeast Field Army led by Cheng Zihua and Huang Zhiyong arrived at the Pingsui line and immediately launched an attack between Huailai and Nankou. On the night of the 9th, the 4th Northeast Army surrounded the headquarters of the 16th Army of the 35th Army of the Western Aid, all of its 109th Division and a part of the 22nd Division. The lines of Zhuang, Chadao, and Qinglong Bridge cut off the retreat of the 104th Army. The 104th Army was attacked from the east and the west and could not protect itself, so it had to abandon the 35th Army and flee eastward. On the afternoon of the 10th, the enemy's 250th Division, 269th Division, and a part of the 22nd Division of the 16th Army attempted to return to Beiping along the Shafeng Line built during the Japanese and Puppet Period through Shibajia and Hengling Pass, and were surrounded by the 4th and 11th Verticals in the Northeast. It was wiped out on the 11th in the Hengling Pass area.

So far, the People's Liberation Army has wiped out 2 enemy armies and 5 divisions on the Pingzhang line, surrounded the enemy's 35th army, the 11th Corps, and the 105th army in Xinbaoan and Zhangjiakou respectively, and mobilized the enemy's 92nd army in Jintang. The 1st, 94th, and 62nd armies entered the Beiping area, which not only disrupted Fu Zuoyi's entire defensive deployment, but also held back Fu Zuoyi's group, preventing him from making quick decisions about fleeing south or west. The enemies in Tianjin, Beiping, and Tanggu have won time.