Chapter 378 4. Chen Geng's three-way deployment

On September 13, according to the deployment of the Siye headquarters, the Battle of Hengbao started. The 13th Corps of the West Route Army successively liberated Yuanling, Luxi, Xupu, Chenxi, Huaihua and other places, breaking through the enemy's "Hunan-Guangdong Joint Defense Line" In the northern section, the 12th Corps of the Central Route Army tightly held the main force of the Bai Chongxi Group. At the same time, the 13th, 14th, and 15th armies of the 4th Corps of the Eastern Route Army, the 43rd and 44th armies of the 15th Corps, and the Liangguang column also arrived at the assembly points one after another.Therefore, on September 28, Ye Jianying and Chen Geng jointly signed the "Guangzhou Peripheral Combat Order", and decided to divide the 220,000 soldiers of the East Route Army into the right, left, and south routes to carry out the task of liberating Guangdong.The right army is composed of 3 armies of the 4th Corps with a total of 120,000 people; the left army is composed of 2 armies of the 15th Corps with a total of 80,000 people; 20,000 people.The order states:

First, with the 4th Corps as the right-hand army, starting from September 30th, it set off from Guidong, Shangyou, Nanxiong, and Shixing areas successively, and wiped out the enemies of Rucheng, Lechang, and Renhua along the way.If the enemy guards the Qujiang, Yingde, and Wengyuan areas, except that the main force of the 14th Army will go straight to Sanshui along the west bank of the Beijiang River through the Yingde and Qingyuan areas and cut off the enemy's westward retreat in Guangzhou. Attack and annihilate the enemies in Qujiang from three sides, west and south, and then quickly go south to cooperate with the 15th Corps (missing 48th Army) to annihilate the enemies in the Ying and Weng areas, and then go straight to Guangzhou.If the enemy does not defend the Qu, Ying, and Weng areas, they will quickly cooperate with the 15th Corps and advance to the lines of Sanshui, Gaotangwei, and Guilong City on October 20 to form a siege to the northwest of Guangzhou.

Second, with the 15th Corps as the left army, it set off from Nankang and Xinfeng areas on October 1, and entered the area east of Wengyuan on October 8, leaving the north-south line of Yingde according to the situation.If the British and German enemies stick to it, they will cooperate with the right army to annihilate them.If the enemy retreats to the south, we will cooperate with the right-hand army to quickly move south, and on October 30, they will enter the line of Longyan Cave and Chebei, forming an encirclement of the northeast and east of Guangzhou. Third, the South Route Army is composed of the Guangdong-Guangzhou Column, the Guangdong-Jiangxi-Xiang Column, and the Guangdong-Central Column, under the unified command of Zeng, Lei, and Lin (Ping).The Guangdong-Guangzhou column set off from Heping area on October 10, the Guangdong-Jiangxi-Xiang column set off from Longchuan and the Guangdong-Central column set off from Gaoming area, and advanced to Dongguan on October 20, breaking through the line between Shunde and Foshan, and cutting off the road for the enemy to retreat southward in Guangzhou. , Waiting for the main force to wipe it out.

On the 29th, Chen Geng, Guo Tianmin, and Liu Zhijian reported the deployment of the attack on Guangzhou to the Central Military Commission and the heads of Siye and Erye. On October 1, the Military Commission approved the deployment plan.After the order to attack Guangzhou was issued to the troops, it happened that the CPPCC meeting was closed and the Central People's Government was established. This good news greatly encouraged all commanders and fighters.Commander Chen Geng made a powerful oath at the senior cadre meeting celebrating the founding of the People's Republic of China: "We must fulfill all the tasks assigned to us by the Central People's Government 100 percent." , We must use the victory of the battle as a gift for the birth of the People's Republic of China. (Written by Mu Xin: "The Southern Line Tour", Life·Reading·New Knowledge Sanlian Publishing, November 1953 edition, p. 81, p. 117)