Chapter 135 Chapter 15 Crusade against Pang Bingxun and Sun Dianying: An Annihilating Strike Against the Puppet Army

In the south of the Taihang Mountains, the area centered on Lingchuan and Linxian was once the defense area of ​​the 24th Army of the Kuomintang Army. In late April 1943, the 24th Army of the Kuomintang Army was attacked by the 1st and 12th Army of the Japanese North China Front Army. It was compiled as the pseudo-temporary 24th Group Army, and deployed at various key points and areas on both sides of the Ping-Han Railway between Xinxiang and Anyang. The Eighth Route Army Headquarters and the 129th Division have been paying close attention to the dramatic changes in the situation in Tai (Xingshan) South.

On April 25, the 129th Division issued an instruction to deploy and organize the Southern Aid guerrilla detachment and the local work group accompanying the army to go south, looking for opportunities to carry out mass work and attack the Japanese army.After that, it sent another main force to the north of Henan, and another main force to the south of Lingchuan. On July 10, more than 8,000 people, totaling more than 8,000 people from the Du Shu Department of the 27th Army of the puppet army entrenched in the east of Pinghan Road and the puppet independent 1st and 2nd brigades in Junxian and Huaxian areas, sent to the Eighth Route Army Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region Wei (River) Invasion in the southern region.At the same time, the 5th Army, 7th Army, and Taihang Security Force of the Puppet Army, which were entrenched west of Pinghan Road, also set out from Huixian, Linqi, and Shuiye under the leadership of Liu Yueting, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy. , invaded and occupied Lin County and the surrounding areas.

In this regard, the 129th Division decided to take the initiative to attack and launch a counterattack south of Lin County to thwart the arrogance of the Puppet 24th Army. Matian Eighth Route Army Headquarters.After Zuo Quan's death, the positions of Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters were readjusted, and the position of Chief of Staff has been assumed by Teng Daiyuan. On this day, Teng Daiyuan received a report from the 129th Division: All preparations are complete and the Lin (County) South Campaign will be launched soon. After receiving this report, Teng Daiyuan hurriedly consulted with Peng Dehuai.

Peng Dehuai looked at the battle plan of the 129th Division and said: "I think it's okay. Pang Bingxun, Du Shu, and Liu Yueting, we have been watching them for a long time. Now our main force is relatively concentrated, the difficult period is basically over, and the morale of the soldiers is also high. We should take the initiative to fight a few battles. Strengthen our army." Teng Daiyuan agreed, and added: "We will strive for a big victory in this battle. The most important thing is the first battle! The first active counterattack must set a good start for the troops in other regions and set an example. Therefore, we should be cautious in fighting Some."

Peng Dehuai nodded and said: "Now that Pang Bingxun has the support of the Japanese army, that's why he dared to be so rampant. We can attack in two places. When we launch an attack in Lin County, let the Hebei-Shandong-Yuan Military Region also launch an attack south of the Weihe River. The enemy can't do both." "That's good. I'm going to draft a combat order and try to issue it as soon as possible." Teng Daiyuan said. After receiving instructions from the Eighth Route Army headquarters, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping quickly held a deployment meeting for the Linnan Campaign.

Liu Bocheng got straight to the point: "This time we will have one main force each from the Taihang Military Region, the Southern Hebei Military Region, the garrison brigade of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and 15 regiments of the local armed forces, as well as the 6th Branch of the Anti-Japanese University and other troops to jointly carry out this campaign. important battle." "Linnan is the focus of our attack. At the same time, the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region will also launch the Weinan Campaign south of the Wei River to cooperate with our attack on Linnan." Deng Xiaoping added.

"The division has decided," Liu Bocheng said, and Li Da, the division chief of staff, will be the front-line commander of the Linnan campaign.To use superior forces, first divide and encircle and annihilate the former enemy headquarters in Liuyueting, Linxian County, and the puppet troops in the surrounding Sangyuan, Lingyang in the north and south, Xiacheng in the east and west, and Qushan, and the 4th Niu Ruiting, the main force of the 5th Puppet Army. Division headquarters and its 10 regiments to shock the overall situation.Then, the camera developed to the south of Linxian County, expanded the results of the battle, and wiped out the puppet troops in Dongyao, Hejian, Linqi and Pingluo.For the Japanese strongholds, they were besieged with a small number of troops to cut off their connection with the puppet troops.For the Japanese troops that may send aid, they should be suppressed and delayed by means of blocking and flanking, and eliminated under favorable conditions.For this reason, the troops participating in the war were divided into two corps, the East and the West.The Western Corps consists of the 2nd, 3rd, 20th, 32nd, 32nd Guard and 769th regiments, as well as two attached engineering platoons, commanded by Huang Xinyou, commander of the 3rd military division of the Taihang Military Region, and He Zhucheng, political commissar.Its task is: take Linxian County, the mulberry gardens in the northwest of the city, and the large and small vegetable gardens in the northeast of the city as the first attack targets, and eliminate the puppet troops in the above-mentioned areas with swift action; Besiege with a small number of troops and cut off its connection with the puppet army. If the enemy sends aid, it will be attacked and wiped out at random.After the first step is completed, quickly expand the results to the south.

The Eastern Corps is composed of the 1st regiment, 10th regiment, 13th regiment, 34th regiment, 2nd garrison regiment and 711th regiment, with an additional engineer platoon attached, with Xu Shenji, the principal of the 6th Branch of the Anti-Japanese University as the commander, and the commander of the 7th Army Division of the Taihang Military Region All members are designated as deputy commanders.Its task is to quickly destroy the above-mentioned enemies with Lingyang, Jiangli, Xiacheng and Qushan in the north and south as the first attack target.Use the 2nd Guard Regiment to monitor the Puppet Independent Brigade of Yaocun and Hejia, and extend part of the 13th Regiment to the vicinity of Hengshui on the road between Linxian and Anyang to block the Japanese and puppet troops who may be aided by Shuiya and Anyang, and guarantee In order to protect the safety of combat troops in and around Linxian County, the regiment mainly attacked and wiped out the puppet army in Linxian County.After the Eastern Corps completed the above tasks, the main force quickly advanced towards Dongyao and Hejian in the south of Lin County to expand the results of the battle.Then, use one part to go north to wipe out Yaocun and the Yang Zhenlan Independent Brigade of the He Family Puppet Army.

While pointing on the map, Liu Bocheng continued: "In addition, Li Jingliang, chief of staff of the 5th Army Division of the Taihang Military Region, and Li Shaoqing, chief of staff of the Pinghan Volunteer Army, commanded a part of the troops to move toward Shuiye and Guantai to block the enemies who might be sent by Anyang. ; The 1st and 4th Battalions of the 6th Branch of the Anti-Japanese University formed the Linnan Guerrilla Detachment to harass the enemy in Dongyao, Linqi, and Yuankang areas; At the same time, the Japanese and puppet troops on the Ping-Han line and the Bai-Jin line, especially the troops belonging to the 24th Group Army of the puppet army on the Ping-Han line, launched a powerful attack to cooperate with the Linnan campaign."

After the order was issued, all the troops took action one after another. Yang Dezhi, commander of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, assigned the task of launching the Weinan Campaign and cooperating with the Linnan Operation to the 4th Army Division.Zhao Chengjin, commander of the military division, and Zhang Guohua, political commissar, immediately deployed tasks.It was decided to use the 16th Regiment, 21st Regiment, the newly-organized 4th Route, the Weihe Detachment, a part of the Cavalry Regiment, and the two county brigades of Hua County and Weinan County, with a strength of about 4,000 people, to adopt the method of concentrating superior forces and annihilating each of them. Eat the enemy bite by bite.