Chapter 158 9. March into Yanbei, decisive battle in Chanan, advance into Reliao

On May 20, the summer offensive in the Hebei-Shanxi and Hebei-Chahar districts was launched simultaneously. So far, the battle of Yanbei has begun. In accordance with the unified deployment, the main regiments and detachments of the Hebei-Shanxi Military Region attacked from the south bank of the Sangqian River, Hunyuan, and Nanshan in Yingxian County, and headed towards the northern section of Tongpu Road, between Daiyue and Huairen, and between Datong and Yanggao on Pingsui Road. From Yingxian to Hunyuan, from Hunyuan to Datong, Guangling, and Yinghuai.With the cooperation of the armed forces team and the militia, a breakthrough battle was launched.

Chen Fangren, Commander of the 5th Military Division, Ma Tianshui, Political Commissar, and Liu Su, Deputy Chief of Staff, commanded the 2nd Column to attack from the west of Guanglingnan Village to the area of ​​Shanyin City, and quickly conquered Nan'an Dawang, Dazaibao, Daguan, Laoce, etc. stronghold. The troops of the 4th Army Division first attacked Hunyuan and Ying counties, and then advanced to the enemy's weakly defended areas in Ying county and Shanyin. They successively conquered strongholds such as Dong'anyu and Huyukou, and broke through the Japanese blockade south of Ying county. .The enemy army was afraid of annihilation, and the enemies in the strongholds such as Kouqian, Shuiyu, and Daying fled one after another.

Zeng Mei, commander of the 2nd Army Division, led the 4th Regiment, a part of the 43rd Regiment, and the Fanzhi, Naodai and Wutai detachments to besiege the enemies in the Shahe, Fanzhi, Daixian, Naoxian, and Wutai areas, and then conquered Yixing, Ershilipu, Yukou and other strongholds forced the enemies near the strongholds to retreat. At the same time, in order to coordinate with the offensive operations of the northern troops, the troops on the southern Hebei-Shanxi front line carried out sortie operations.The 19th regiment of the 2nd Army Division wiped out more than 100 Japanese and puppet troops.The 3rd Army Division wiped out more than 100 Japanese and puppet troops on the road between Dingxian County and Yangqu.

By the beginning of July, the Battle of Yanbei had ended victoriously.In this campaign, the Hebei and Jin forces conquered and forced back more than 40 Japanese and puppet strongholds, wiped out nearly a thousand Japanese and puppet troops, liberated 9 counties and 783 villages and towns in Yanbei, expanded the liberated area to more than 5,000 square kilometers, and liberated 400,000 people, which is the next step The opening of the north of Pingsui Road and Suidong area created conditions. At the same time that the Hebei-Shanxi Military Region launched the Yanbei Campaign, the Hebei-Chahar Military Region decided to use the 1st, 11th, and 13th military divisions for a total of 6 military divisions in order to open up the Chanan and Chabei new areas. A regiment and some county detachments launched the Chanan Campaign.

On the night of May 12, various troops launched an attack according to the scheduled deployment. The thirteenth division took sudden action to conquer Huai'an County and 16 outlying strongholds, and then approached the outskirts of Zhangjiakou. The 1st Army Division was divided into two groups, and the main force, with the cooperation of the county detachment, conquered 3 strongholds such as Laiyuan and Maquanzi.At the same time, 16 outlying strongholds of Guangling were conquered with a force, leaving the defenders of Guangling City isolated and helpless. The 11th division troops conquered strongholds such as Chadao and Shimen, forming a threat to Zhuolu City.

On the 27th, the Battle of Chanan ended in victory. In this campaign, six or seven hundred enemies were wiped out, the two cities of Huai'an and Laiyuan were conquered and recovered, 43 enemy strongholds were conquered and forced to retreat, and they entered Xuanhua Nanguan. The Eighth Route Army of the Hebei-Chahar Military Region approached the suburbs of Zhangjiakou. The Battle of Chanan had just ended, and the Battle of Yanbei was still in progress. In order to open up the Rehe and western Liaoning areas, and then seize the advancing positions to march into the northeast, the Hebei Reliao Military Region launched the Reliao Campaign in mid-June in three divisions.

The deployment is: the west road advance detachment is composed of the 14th army sub-division and the armed forces team, and marches to the west of Rehe; the middle road advance detachment is composed of the 15th army division's main force and the martial arts team, and marches towards the west of Rehe; the east road advances The detachment was composed of the 16th divisional troops and the martial arts team, and marched towards Redong and Liaoxi. On June 27, the West Road Advancement Detachment left the Great Wall near Gubeikou. After eight days of fighting, they opened up a new area in the west of Weichang, east of Gezhen, south of Yudaokou, and north of Fengxi.

At the same time, the advancing detachment of the middle road left the customs from Xifengkou and other places. After several days of fighting, one part entered the donkey screaming area of ​​Xinglong; the other entered the east of Pingquan, south of Lingyuan and the vicinity of Chifeng. The East Road Advancing Detachment left the Great Wall from Yiyuankou and other places, and marched towards Suizhong and Chaoyang in Redong and Liaoxi. One part entered the area west of Suizhong; the other entered the area south of Yebaishou. The 3rd route of the Jire Liao Military Region advanced into Rehe and western Liaoning, causing the Japanese army to panic. In mid-July, the Japanese army mobilized a total of more than 30,000 Japanese troops along Beining Road and Jincheng Road, and attacked the advancing detachment along the Middle and East Roads from the north and the south.

By the end of July, the advancing detachments on the middle and east roads returned to the area near the Great Wall. At the same time as the Yanbei, Chanan, and Reliao battles, the Jizhong Military Region launched the Ziyahe Battle on June 7.It lasted one month, fought 123 times, conquered Xianxian County and Dacheng County, wiped out 3,000 enemy and puppet troops, 590 puppet troops surrendered, and advanced to the Bohai Sea. On July 3, the Jizhong Military Region took advantage of the victory to launch the Great Qing Hebei Campaign, wiped out 1,300 Japanese and puppet troops, captured more than 2,200 puppet troops, recovered Jiaohe County, removed more than 70 strongholds, and liberated more than 1,000 square kilometers of land and a population of 750,000. , approaching the outskirts of Pingjin.

During the entire summer offensive, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region wiped out more than 10,000 Japanese and puppet troops.By the end of July 1945, the spring and summer offensive of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region had ended successfully.