Chapter 377 3. The Ganzhou meeting discussed the battle plan for the liberation of Guangdong

From August to early September, the 4th and 15th Corps, which were preparing to participate in the Guangdong operation, took a summer break for more than a month like other Corps in the Four Fields. Combat tactical training and other work, and extensively carried out political mobilization for marching into Guangdong, respect for local party committees, guerrillas, and compliance with urban policies and other educational activities.After this rest and reorganization, the troops completed a series of major changes in ideology, organization, tactics and technology after the northern troops first arrived in the south, creating favorable conditions for going south to Guangdong to chase and wipe out the remnants of the enemy.

During this period, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China further improved the strategic deployment of liberating Guangdong and Guangxi. On August 1, 1949, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China approved the establishment of a new South China branch, appointing Ye Jianying as the first secretary and Zhang Yunyi as the second secretary.The South China Branch is under the leadership of the Central China Bureau and is responsible for the liberation of Guangdong and the management of Guangdong and Guangxi. On August 9, Ye Jianying left Beiping and went south, passing through Wuhan, Jiujiang, Nanchang and other places, and arrived in Ganzhou, Jiangxi on September 3.According to Mao Zedong's instructions, Ye Jianying will hold an important meeting here to "discuss the overall situation".

On September 7, Ye Jianying held a combat meeting in Ganzhou, and jointly formulated a combat plan for the liberation of Guangdong with the heads of the Chen and Deng corps. Previously, Ye Jianying served as the Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army and the mayor of Beiping. He is a native of Guangdong and has experience in taking over Beiping City. This is an important reason why the central government sent him to work in Guangdong. At the meeting, Ye Jianying conveyed the instructions of the Central Committee and the combat plan discussed with Lin Biao in Wuhan. After careful study, he and Chen Geng jointly called the Central Military Commission, Lin Biao and Deng Zihui on the 8th:

Battle plan: 1. If the enemy defends the Qujiang and Yingde lines and resists stubbornly, the 4th Corps will divide one part from the west of the railway to the enemy's left side; the main force will advance along the Yuehan Road and the east and west sides. The 15th Corps moved from Sannan to Yingde or to the north to cut off the enemy's return route, seeking to annihilate 4 enemy armies.Use the Guangdong-Guangzhou column to detour south through Huiyang and occupy Huizhou in camera.When necessary, strengthen it with an army. 2. If the enemy concentrates the main force to retreat to Guangzhou and Humen, we will use the 4th Corps to go south along Yuehan Road to the north and west of Guangzhou. , Humen, and join forces to annihilate the enemy in Guangzhou.The troops of the South China Branch are still monitoring and suppressing the Chaoshan enemy.

3. The two arterial highways from Ganzhou via Qujiang, Wengyuan, and Conghua to Guangzhou, and from Nankang via Longnan, Heping, and Heyuan to Guangzhou, should be repaired by the engineering units of the 4th and 15th Corps to facilitate transportation.