Chapter 337 5. The battle went smoothly

On July 10, the Battle of Fumei started.In order to confuse the enemy and cover the main movement, the 19th Corps entered Qianxian County, northwest of Xi'an, and the highland north of Liquan to build fortifications on the 10th, and approached the "Er Ma" troops with one part, forming an attack on the "Er Ma" troops. The situation makes it dare not act rashly.The 61st Army guarding Xi'an launched offensive operations against the enemy in the Ziwu Town area south of Xi'an, making it impossible for Hu Zongnan to determine the general combat intention of the First Field Army.The main force of the field army began to attack at dawn on the 11th, like a huge iron tongs, inserting both sides of the Weihe River into the Fumei area.

The 2nd Corps detoured westward from the Yueqishui River in the assembly area, and detoured to the enemy's side.The 4th Army, which was responsible for interspersed combat missions, advanced in a concealed manner, advancing more than 140 miles a day and night, and occupied Luoju Town and Meixian Station at dawn on the 12th, cutting off the enemy's escape route to the west.Peng Dehuai was very happy when he learned that the 4th Army moved quickly and completed the planned plan excellently. He immediately sent a message of encouragement, and ordered the whole army to quickly encircle and annihilate the enemy.

The First Field Army launched an attack on the enemy with thunderous momentum, which caught Hu Zongnan's group off guard. The battle developed extremely smoothly and rapidly. In just over a day, the 18th Corps, the 65th and 38th Army of the Hu Division, and the 119th Army of the Northwest Military and Political Commissioner's Office were surrounded by Fufeng, North, and West from the east, north, and west. Mei County area. On the 12th, the 65th and 38th armies of the Hu Department gathered all their strength to break through the encirclement of Luoju Town in an attempt to withdraw to Baoji.Sticking to Luoju Town is the decisive part of the First Field Army's annihilation of Hu Zongnan's main force, and for Hu Zongnan, whether he can capture Luoju Town is the key to his life and death.A fierce battle unfolded in the area of ​​Luoju Town.Hu Jun attacked more than 10 times in an attempt to break through.The 4th Army of the 2nd Corps of the First Field Army launched a tenacious blocking battle in Luoju Town.Inspired by the slogans of "not losing an inch of ground" and "blocking the enemy is victory", the commanders and fighters fought repeatedly with the enemy and stood still.

At the same time, the 3rd and 6th Corps of the 2nd Corps of the First Field Army attacked the enemy's right and back in the Luoju area, and the 7th Corps attached to the 18th Corps attacked from east to west, gradually tightening the encirclement.Under the attack of the 2nd Corps and the 18th Corps, by noon on the 12th, most of the three enemy armies were compressed on the Weihe River beach west of Wujing, south of Gaowang Temple, and east of Luoju Town.At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the field army launched a general offensive, and at about 8 o'clock, except for a part of Hu Zong's south crossing the Weihe River to escape, most of them were wiped out.

After the 1st Corps completely wiped out the 24th Division of the 90th Army, it captured the area west of Mei County and captured all the more than 8,000 enemies who swam across the Wei River. At midnight on the 12th, the 2nd and 18th Corps successfully joined forces in the Luoju and Wujing areas.Then the corps took advantage of the victory and marched westward, until the 14th they successively occupied Caijiapo, Qishan, Fengxiang, Baoji and Yimen towns.