Chapter 390 6. Hu Zongnan Group has become a turtle in an urn

Following Liu Deng's decision to initiate the Chengdu campaign and the order was issued, various armies of the People's Liberation Army converged mightily towards the Chengdu Basin.The prelude to the Battle of Chengdu kicked off. While the 3rd and 5th Corps of the Second Field were advancing towards Chengdu, the 18th Corps and the 7th Army of the People's Liberation Army in the north completed the task of restraining Hu Zongnan in the Qinling area. , forming a north-south pincer attack on the army.Right: the 62nd Army (commander Liu Zhong, political commissar Lu Ruilin), captured Wudu, and the 119th Army of the Kuomintang Army declared an uprising on the 11th.Immediately, the 62nd Army followed the route of Deng Ai, the Wei general of the Three Kingdoms, to enter Sichuan and destroy Shu, entered Sichuan, rushed to Biri, crossed the Bailong River, crossed Motianling, liberated Qingchuan on the 18th, approached Jiangyou, and entered the Western Sichuan Plain.Left: The 61st Army (commander Wei Jie, political commissar Xu Zirong), climbed over Tianchizi, the main peak of Daba Mountain, advanced at a speed of 50 kilometers a day, fought while chasing, and liberated Bazhong.Middle Road: The 60th Army (Army Commander Zhang Zuliang, Political Commissar Yuan Ziqin) and a part of the 7th Army (Army Commander Peng Shaohui, Political Commissar Luo Guibo) pursued along the Sichuan-Shanxi Highway, passed through the pass, and approached Mianyang.

By the 21st, the three armies of the 18th Corps had wiped out Hu Zong's 17th Army, 76th Army, New 5th Army, and New 7th Army in northern Sichuan, forcing Sun Yuanliang's 127th Army to surrender.So far, the rest of the Hu Zongnan Group and other hundreds of thousands of enemy troops in Sichuan have been surrounded by the North and South People's Liberation Army in the Chengdu area, and they have become a turtle in a urn. After our various armies completed the siege of Hu Zongnan's bandits, on the 21st, Chiefs Liu and Deng issued important instructions to the 3rd and 5th Corps:

1. Our 12th Army has occupied Qionglai. So far, the escape route of the Hu bandits to Kang and Yunnan has been cut off, and they are bound to rely on the surrounding areas of Chengdu to fight trapped beasts.Our army's pursuit phase has ended, and the current enemy cannot be wiped out by one or two charges, and we must strictly guard against underestimating the enemy.We must be very cautious when we know that the enemy still has the power to counterattack and the possibility of partial attacks.Then each army should adjust the situation on the spot, master the troops, restore physical strength, mobilize firepower, boost morale, and disintegrate the enemy army.It is necessary to especially strengthen the precise technical reconnaissance of the enemy and put forward your operational opinions.In the future, we will still use the method of attacking the weak points first, and concentrating our strength to cut apart the enemy, eating bit by bit.Never engage in unprepared and unsure battles. The 11th Army attacked Xinjin (the enemy has 4 armies, 1, 27, 36, and 65), and since they are not very sure, they should stop attacking to avoid damaging the vitality of the troops.

2. In order to closely coordinate the various armies, it was decided that Comrades Yang Yong and Du Yide would command the 3rd and 5th corps, a total of 5 armies. It is hoped that Yang (Yong) and Pan (Yan) will lead the corps command organization to join Du Yide, and Convene the chiefs of the various armies for a meeting, propose a combat plan, and report to us for approval and implementation.