Chapter 10 Chapter 9: All-round Attack, Establishing the Dabie Mountains Base Area

"Guo Ba Lu, Guo Ba Lu", after the beginning of summer, the yellow cormorant (a kind of bird that is good at singing, yellow in color) came from the south and called like this all day long, clearly and loudly. Many villages in the Dabie Mountains have heard this cry.At this time, many common people stopped what they were doing and said, "What is this yellow cormorant calling? It's so beautiful." "What's it called? It's called 'Guobalu, Guobalu'. It's been called for a whole summer, but you haven't heard it before. Sometimes it's also called 'Killing the Bachelor, Killing the Bachelor' (the local people say that the rich and powerful, who oppress the people) People are called bachelors)."

Someone then asked, "Will the Eighth Route Army come?" "The yellow cormorant is a spiritual bird. It's not nonsense. During the anti-Japanese war, 'can't see' (also a kind of bird that is good at singing, black in color, with a long and forked tail) did not call 'Down with Japan, kill the enemy, Kill the enemy? After calling for two years, Japan surrendered." In this way, you and I talked about each other.This person said that the son of a certain family was arrested and served as a soldier again, and that person said that the daughter of a certain family was called by the mayor to help with "work"...

Those who spoke were worried that if Huang Lu was called for two years and eight roads to come, the common people would not be able to survive, because Chiang Kai-shek harmed the common people more severely than the Japanese.Unexpectedly, within a few days of Banqiu, the Eighth Route Army would arrive. This is Liu Deng's army advancing into the Dabie Mountains and implementing a strategic deployment. After the Queyuan meeting, leading cadres took the lead in various troops to resolutely fight against rightist sentiment and violation of law and discipline, which greatly mobilized the positive factors of the troops, strengthened the fighting spirit of the whole army, and made the commanders and fighters bravely face the current difficulties.As a result, the situation in the Dabie Mountains quickly changed.

At the same time, the Kuomintang army, which attempted to encircle Liu Deng's army, suffered successive setbacks in Guangshan, Jingfu and other areas, and the encirclement and suppression plan failed.Gu Zhutong felt that something was wrong, so he hurriedly called Chiang Kai-shek and asked for troops to be dispatched to strengthen the "encirclement and suppression".After Chiang Kai-shek learned of the above situation, he urgently ordered the Ministry of National Defense to transfer the reorganized 7th and 40th divisions in eastern Hubei, the 48th and 46th reorganized divisions in western Anhui, and the reorganized 85th, 58th and 52nd divisions in the area north of the Dabie Mountains. A total of 7 divisions of the division rushed to the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains.

Because the enemy gathered heavy troops at the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains, the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains was empty of troops. Only the Kuomintang army reorganized the 7th, 202nd, 52nd, and 65th divisions for defense, giving Liu Deng an opportunity to take advantage.Liu Deng immediately summoned the members of the headquarters and the commanders of the various columns fighting at the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains to study the next action plan. At the meeting, Political Commissar Deng Xiaoping first introduced the current situation.Then, Liu Bocheng analyzed the pros and cons of taking the next step.In order to enliven the atmosphere of the venue, he used an interesting story as an illustration: "I remember that at a gathering after Columbus discovered the New World, the nobles talked one after another that the discovery of the New World was not a big deal. After hearing this, Columbus said He picked up an egg and asked: "Gentlemen, who of you can stand this egg upright on the table?" How can it stand up on the table?' Columbus picked up the egg, tapped it lightly on the table, and then stood it firmly on the table. Seeing this, the nobles shouted loudly: 'You put the egg on the table. If it is broken, it is easy to stand up!' Columbus said: 'Yes, when you have mastered the mystery of everything, it will naturally become easier.'”

Speaking of this, everyone in the venue laughed. The laughter gradually subsided, and Deng Xiaoping continued: "Commander Liu's intention is to call everyone's attention to effective methods of combat. Currently we are facing the enemy's heavy encirclement, and mobility is an important means for our survival and development. We must Use flexible and maneuverable tactics to deal with the enemy and make him passive everywhere. We have to learn from Columbus's skillful laying of eggs. The current enemy is powerful. If we insist on smashing it, we still don't have the strength. However, if we concentrate our efforts to break it If there are two gaps, the water will flow out naturally. This is what Commander Liu often said, to turn the enemy's encirclement into a line of changing interests that I can use."

Liu Bocheng went on to say: "Yes, we must grasp the 'line of change of interests' when the enemy's encirclement has not yet been completely closed, or concentrate our forces to wipe out the weaker part of the enemy, or keep small troops inside to confuse the enemy, and draw the large force away from the enemy's encirclement. Jump to the outside line through the gaps, move around on the wide battlefield behind the enemy, mobilize the enemy, create fighters, and wipe out the enemy one by one. This is called advancing when the enemy advances." After an in-depth analysis of the current situation and the promotion of military democracy, the meeting made a decision to take advantage of the enemy's gap and expand to the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains.The basic action plan is: use the 20th brigade of the first column and the 5th brigade of the second column to stay in the Shangcheng and Luoshan areas at the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains, disguise the main force, contain and confuse the main force of the Kuomintang army, and carry out local work; The main force of the second column and 1 brigade of the sixth column, the independent brigade of the Central Plains, went south to the east of Hubei, joined the main force of the sixth column already in the area, deployed along the north bank of the Yangtze River, mobilized the enemy, and looked for opportunities to wipe out the enemy; continued with the third column in Anhui Expand west.It was also decided to mobilize and rely on the masses in the affluent areas of Huanggang, Qichun, Guangji, Huangmei, Susong, Dahu, and Qianshan to solve the problem of winter clothing for the entire army.

Liu Deng's army went south to the eastern and southern Hubei columns, taking advantage of the emptiness of the enemy's troops, swept across the scattered and isolated enemy strongholds and stubborn local troops along the way, and even defeated Tuanfeng, Xishui, Guangji, Yingshan, and the north bank of the Yangtze River. Wuxue and other towns; the third column also took advantage of the victory in the Battle of Zhangjiadian to continue to capture Shucheng, Lujiang, Tongcheng, Qianshan, and Wangjiang cities, and entered Huayang Town on the north bank of the Yangtze River to the east of Wangjiang.

"What are you doing? Why do you allow rumors of traitors to confuse the public and make people panic?" Chiang Kai-shek sternly asked Dong Xianguang and Deng Wenyi who were standing with their hands down. The main force of Liu Deng's army approached the north bank of the Yangtze River and controlled the 150-kilometer-long north bank of the Yangtze River from Huayang Town in the east to Wuxue in the west.Facing directly between Nanjing and Wuhan, it points directly at the strategically sensitive areas and vital points of the Kuomintang Army's Yangtze River defense line.The Kuomintang Army Command was shocked.

The news that Liu Deng and Chen Bing were on the bank of the river and planned to cross the river was widely spread in Nanjing, Wuhan, Shanghai and other towns and villages along the banks of the river, and people talked about the unstoppable power of Liu Deng's army.This made the top KMT dignitaries and high-ranking officials in those Linjiang towns deeply disturbed, and some even took their family members and belongings away to seek refuge in other places early. There were many rumors that the Kuomintang Nanjing Garrison Headquarters was forced to hastily order the imposition of martial law along the Yangtze River in Nanjing; Wuhan Xingyuan also hastily organized the so-called "volunteer police corps" to prepare to defend Wuhan, and declared martial law at the ports along the river between Hankou and Jiujiang.

The people of the Kuomintang were panicked, and Chiang Kai-shek, who was in Beiping, couldn't stay still.He hurried back to Nanjing, reprimanded the members of the High Command, and specially summoned Dong Xianguang, Director of the Information Bureau of the Executive Yuan, and Deng Wenyi, Director of the Information Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense, to question: "Say, why don't you publicize our victory in the Dabie Mountains?" Dong Xianguang and Deng Wenyi bowed their heads, listening to the lesson. The two did not dare to be negligent. After returning, they held a press conference immediately and announced: "The communist army fled to the Dabie Mountains and created an impression that they were very active. In fact, this impression was groundless. Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping's troops forcibly crossed the Yellow River to rescue Chen Yi from Shandong had no choice but to escape to Hebei if he could not be rescued; The remaining bandits in the Dabie Mountains are few in number, they are really vulnerable, and they will be wiped out soon." Chiang Kai-shek lost his temper in Nanjing, felt exhausted physically and mentally, and made the decision to go south to Lushan to recuperate.Before leaving, he sent a telegram to the 203rd Division of the Kuomintang Youth Army to cross from Jiujiang to Qichun and Huangmei to be alert, and to attack Wuxue with the new 17th Brigade with the cooperation of the navy; and urgently transferred the reorganized 40th Division located in northeast Hubei Together with the 82nd Brigade of the 52nd Division, a total of 5 regiments rushed towards Guangji to attack the back of Liu Deng's army and prevent Liu Deng from crossing the river. On October 23, the reorganized 40th Division of the Kuomintang Army in Northeast Hubei led the 30th Brigade (less than one regiment), the 106th Brigade and the 82nd Brigade of the 52nd Division. Under the supervision of Chiang Kai-shek, they set off and quickly entered the Weishui area. "It's really a big piece of meat delivered to your door." Liu Bocheng said standing in front of the map.This is not the first time that the reorganized 40th Division has fought against Liu Deng's army. Two years ago, in the Battle of Ping-Han, this unit had suffered a devastating blow, and this time it was going alone. Therefore, Liu Deng was determined to seize the opportunity and will The enemy is lured to favorable terrain and wiped out. Liu Bocheng is going to fight a big battle.In order to observe the terrain and choose the battlefield, Commander Liu Bocheng deliberately boarded the Triangle Mountain near Xishui.In order to keep the commander from getting tired, the staff of the headquarters specially hired a sliding pole.But Liu Bocheng insisted on refusing to sit down. Leaning on a bamboo pole, he climbed to the summit on foot with the guards and others. Climbing the mountain was boring, and the guards coaxed Liu Bocheng to tell stories about the war. Liu Bocheng said: "There is a sloping road in the countryside of Chengdu, and wolves wait there specially. When the person pushing the cart reaches the half slope, he will pounce on him and eat a piece of meat on his buttocks. The person pushing the cart is pitiful! The car is his life, and if he lets go, he will fall down the hillside and lose his fortune. In this way, people can’t run even if they want to, so they have to obediently let the wolf eat a piece of meat. It’s a big piece of buttocks. We don’t do that kind of risking our lives Cart people who don’t give up money. You see, we left the pots and pans and came to the Dabie Mountains with ease. So far, we don’t even have to wear a cotton coat. Why? It’s so that Chiang Kai-shek can carry all the burdens of the pots and pans we left behind. Then eat him again! So there are three tactics: first, the ox reaches the horn; second, the horse kicks its hoof; How fiercely they were thrown, and in the end the donkey was so poor that it would inevitably be eaten by the tiger. The wolf's tactics are the best, and it is the kind of wolf we have in Sichuan." Before he knew it, he had reached halfway up the mountain, Liu Bocheng's military uniform was completely soaked, and no one coaxed him to tell stories anymore. After climbing to the top of the mountain at an altitude of more than 1,600 meters, you can have a panoramic view of the surrounding terrain.Liu Bocheng praised this area as a good terrain that can be attacked and defended easily.When he heard from the monks in the monastery on the mountain that some troops had suffered defeat here in the past, he took a closer look at the surrounding terrain.In the end, it was determined to choose the high mountain pavement where the terrain is dangerous and the enemy must pass through as the battlefield to ambush and wipe out the enemy. On October 25, the invading enemy, the Kuomintang, reorganized the troops of the 5 regiments of the 40th Division. They continued to invade the east from Xishui, and went straight to Guangji, trying to suppress the first column and annihilate it on the Guangji River.The 40th Division is an "elite" unit of Chiang Kai-shek, all of which are equipped with American equipment and have strong combat effectiveness.The enemy had been active in the plains for a long time, fought against Liu Deng's troops many times, and was annihilated by the People's Liberation Army in the Battle of Handan in 1945.But since then, it has been expanded and reorganized on the basis of the teaching group.The officers and soldiers of this division have been subjected to the reactionary propaganda and education of the Kuomintang for a long time, and they are very stubborn in their ideology. They have become a direct line of troops loyal to the Chiang Dynasty.The division was known for its so-called "good at attacking", and the division commander Li Zhenqing got the nickname "Li Tietou" because of this.When Liu Deng was engaged in the Battle of Southwest Shandong at the beginning of the Leap Forward, the division left Anyang and was airlifted by Chiang Kai-shek to the Longhai line.After Liu Deng leaped thousands of miles into the Dabie Mountains, the division followed Liu Deng to the Dabie Mountains, and when Liu Deng's troops hit Macheng and Huang'an, they continued to follow the enemy's new 7th Division to the south; when Liu Deng returned to Shangcheng to fight Zhongpu , The division and the new 7th division went north again; when Liu Deng's troops went south again and fought all the way to the Yangtze River, the division chased them all the way again. It was really a mangy dog ​​that could not be shaken off. On the evening of the 25th, the first column and the Central Plains Independent Brigade, which were distributed in the south of Guangji and along the Yangtze River, began to gather from the assembly points to the areas where the enemy was scheduled to be wiped out. At dawn on the 26th, the troops had arrived in the Qingshuihe and Gaoshanpu areas, and according to the pre-planned, entered the predetermined positions on both sides of the road. Just after breakfast, it began to drizzle, which somewhat brought the chill of late autumn.However, the commanders and fighters of the People's Liberation Army who participated in the battle were full of enthusiasm and stepped up their ambush deployment and combat preparations, just waiting to invite the uninvited guest-the enemy's 40th Division and the troops under its command into the urn to catch the turtle. At this time, the Central Plains Independent Brigade who was ordered to "treat guests" sent a group of scouts. They specially put on plain clothes and some miscellaneous military uniforms, specially collected some old rifles of all kinds, and put on a casual and loose posture. Go straight along the road to Caohe Town.Not far from Caohe Town, these seemingly "Earth Road" scouts encountered the enemy's leading soldiers.They had sharp eyesight and quick hands, and the enemy fired first, and the enemy's leading soldiers had no time to react, so they were beaten and fled in embarrassment. The enemy's advance guard was blinded by the sudden blow and was forced to stop and fight hastily.In order to clarify the situation, several military officers climbed to the high ground next to the road to observe, only to see that there were only more than a hundred "Tuba Road" in chaotic formation on the road.Listen carefully to the messy gunshots, all of which are "old sleeves" and broken "38-style".The enemy officer couldn't help being overjoyed, and concluded that "the local guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army came to make trouble" and that there was nothing wrong with it, so he reported the situation to the commander behind him, and chased him with a battalion. Li Zhenqing, the commander of the enemy's 40th Division, was leading his team forward. He suddenly heard gunshots in front of him. He was wondering if he had encountered the main force of the communist army. When he got a report from the avant-garde troops that it was a small communist army, he drove the large group of troops to speed up and follow. They came up, trying to eat up the communist army in one bite. Seeing that the enemy had already taken the bait, the scouts turned their heads and "please" the "guest" to follow, but the enemy stopped after walking about three or four miles. "What? Don't you want to come? That's not okay! A 'feast' has been set up for you, waiting for you." The scouts of our army thought: Since you are polite, let's urge you again.So, he returned, stopped and attacked the enemy violently again.The enemy's avant-garde troops were killed or wounded, and ten or twenty people fell down at once.The officers were so angry that they led the troops and continued to chase. In this way, the "guests" chased closely behind, and the scouts led in front without leaving. The "guests" stopped to follow, and they came to "urge" again until they made the enemy angry and tracked them down again. After repeated tossing and tossing, the entire 40th Division was exhausted. While chasing, they kept cursing these "earth roads" abominably.In this way, they were gradually "invited" to the Gaoshanpu area. A fierce battle ensues.The enemy's reorganized 40th Division was caught off guard and was beaten to the ground in an instant. At 9 o'clock, Yang Yong received a call from Yin Xianbing, the deputy commander of the column, from the front finger: "The headquarters of the enemy's 40th division is by the Qingshui River." "Do you have any basis?" "Director Zhang of the former Finger Intelligence Station and the director of the 40th Division Radio Station were classmates, and they are very familiar with each other's fingering. Just now Director Zhang was listening on the radio, and just heard that their headquarters was in contact with the plane, so he judged that the 40th Division The location of the division's headquarters." "This information is very important. Please adjust your deployment accordingly. After the general offensive is launched, first destroy the enemy's command center." As soon as Yang Yong put down the phone, the combat staff came to report again: "I just received a call from the brigade commander Yang of the 1st brigade, saying that the 2nd regiment is clearing the obstacles in front of the position..." Before the report was over, Yang Junsheng, the commander of the 1st Brigade, followed up with a phone call: "The enemy has retreated, and I have ordered the 2nd Regiment to attack." Yang Yong asked for a telescope from the combat staff officer.In the camera, the enemy panicked, their formation was chaotic, and they completely lost command. The time has come.Yang Yong acted decisively and launched a general attack in advance. The troops launched a full-scale attack from all sides to the enemy in the ambush area in a swift and violent manner.Among them, the first brigade of the first column moved from east to north, the second brigade from east to south, and the independent brigade from south to north, quickly and bravely inserted into the enemy's battle formation. All of a sudden, there were shouts of killing everywhere, and the enemy was unwilling to fight, and fled in all directions. The headquarters of the 1st Brigade and 1st Regiment, which had been fighting fiercely with the enemy, was even more invincible. The 2nd Battalion of the regiment swooped down from the mountain, chasing and annihilating the enemy; the 1st Battalion inserted into the road and attacked the enemy's troops along the road The 3rd Battalion joined the battle from the right side of the 2nd Battalion, and cooperated with friends and neighbors to quickly divide the enemy into several pieces. The enemy is completely incapacitated.Thousands of defeated enemies flocked to the main road in disorder, or ran to the farmland on both sides of the road, scurrying about in the field like mud monkeys, completely exposed to the firepower of the People's Liberation Army.People, horses, cannons, and carts were crowded together, rushing and shouting, and many people were trampled to death before they could get up. It didn't take long for the enemy to disarm and surrender. In the First Battle of Gaoshanpu, more than 12,000 people from the 40th Division of the enemy were wiped out.This battle was a very important victory achieved by Liu Deng's army after entering the Dabie Mountains, and it was of great significance to the establishment of the Dabie Mountains base area. The victory of Gaoshanpu relieved the hanging heart of Mao Zedong in northern Shaanxi. He said to Zhou En: "The significance of Gaoshanpu is not only because more than 10,000 enemies have been eliminated, nor is it just because this battle was fought beautifully. The whole point is that our army has been able to conduct large-scale combat in the Dabie Mountains, and Liu Deng has established a foothold there." The Dabie Mountains in the severe winter are full of snowflakes. On the night of December 10th, this was an extraordinary moment. In Wangjiawan, which is only more than 100 kilometers away from Hankou, Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping, Li Xiannian, Zhang Jichun, Li Da and other field army commanders gathered to discuss action plans. At this time, the military situation is urgent. The encirclement and suppression of the Dabie Mountains failed consecutively, and Chiang Kai-shek was furious. On November 3 and 4, he convened members of the Kuomintang High Command in the Nanjing Ministry of National Defense for two consecutive days to study the operational issues of the Dabie Mountains.Chiang Kai-shek made a serious move this time. Regardless of the days of hard work, he personally drafted the "Instructions on the Dabie Mountains to Suppress Bandits", determined to take advantage of Liu Deng's troops in the Dabie Mountains. A large-scale war of annihilation wiped out Liu Deng in one fell swoop and eliminated hidden dangers."Chiang Kai-shek took great pains to call his old enemy Bai Chongxi himself and asked him to be the commander-in-chief to command all the troops in an attempt to annihilate Liu Deng's army in the Dabie Mountains in one fell swoop. On November 22, the Kuomintang established the "Jiujiang Command", with Bai Chongxi as the commander-in-chief, commanding all the troops in the area, guiding the provincial governments of Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, and Hubei, and commanding the security teams and water and land police in each province. , Encircled and suppressed Liu Deng's army in the Dabie Mountains area west of Jinpu Road, north of the Yangtze River, east of Pinghan Road, and south of the Huaihe River. The strength Chiang Kai-shek used to attack the Dabie Mountains this time was incomparable to previous "encirclement and suppression".Moreover, in order to support ground operations, the Kuomintang Army also set up a command post in Hankou with its Air Force 4th Military Region, which was responsible for commanding and coordinating the two flying squadrons transferred from Xuzhou and Nanjing to Wuhan and the one flying brigade originally stationed in Xuzhou area. coordination. From the beginning of December, Bai Chongxi sat in Jiujiang and commanded a large force to start the siege of the Dabie Mountain Liberated Area. Two or three divisions of Jiang's army from all walks of life were close together, advancing hand in hand and gradually advancing. This is Bai Chongxi's "killing mace" against Liu Bocheng. Wherever Jiang's army advances, the Kuomintang regime will be restored there. As a result, the new CCP's red regime was brutally slaughtered. Suddenly, the Dabie Mountains were bloody... The Jiang army commanded by Bai Chongxi came fiercely. On the ground, infantry, artillery, engineers and other multi-army groups marched side by side from village to mountain. In the sky, reconnaissance planes, bombers, and fighter jets flew over the operating area of ​​Liu Deng's field army in turn, and kept reporting the situation to Jiang's army on the ground.In the event of a battle, the aircraft will cooperate with the ground forces to attack together. The "three nets" and "three light" policies were implemented, and the Kuomintang army and its local regime made a comeback. The Dabie Mountains are bleeding. Facing the grim situation, Liu Bocheng put forward the deployment of "the enemy turns inward, we turn outward; the enemy turns outward, and we also turn outward".Namely: use the tenth and twelfth columns that have just arrived in the Dabie Mountains to cross the Pinghan Road to the west respectively, and open up the Jianghan and Tongbai base areas.Among them, the tenth column deployed to the Tongbai area, and the twelfth column and the Central Plains Independent Brigade deployed to the Jianghan area, taking advantage of the invincible main force in the area to occupy the county and expand its sphere of influence.Divide the field army headquarters into two, and use the "rear finger" to lead the first column to cross the Huaihe River north, cooperate with Chen Su and Chen Xie to contain the enemy, and open up the Central Plains battlefield; use the "front finger" to lead the second, third, and sixth columns The column stayed in the Dabie Mountains, looking for opportunities to wipe out the enemy and consolidate the base. After the deployment was confirmed, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping had a "dispute" over who stayed in the Dabie Mountains to command the troops to persist in the struggle. Both of them proposed to stay to bear a heavier burden. Liu Bocheng said, "It's better for me to stay." Deng Xiaoping said: "Neither of the two burdens is light. What's more, I am younger than you and in good health, so I am suitable to stay in the Dabie Mountains." Liu Bocheng said: "Young, just being young may not be suitable, it's better for me to stay." Deng Xiaoping said: "You have influence, and the enemy is afraid of you. You go to Huaixi to command the overall situation. This is also based on reality!" These two comrades-in-arms who have been together day and night for many years care about each other very much and respect each other very much.Therefore, after what Deng Xiaoping said, Liu Bocheng no longer insisted on his own opinion.He said: "I will leave all the guard regiments for you, and I will just take a platoon. You are moving around in the Dabie Mountains, and I will take the radio station to provide you with enemy information in Huaixi." Deng Xiaoping went on to say: "After the separation, we will use Liu Deng's name when we write from top to bottom." Two days later, on December 12, Deng Xiaoping, Li Xiannian, and Li Da, who stayed in the Dabie Mountains, saw off Liu Bocheng and others who were about to set off. When they came to a fork in the road, the two groups of people went to one side, and Liu Deng was about to part ways. They were really inseparable for a while, and they always felt that they had a lot to talk to each other.After Deng Xiaoping walked with Liu Bocheng for a long time, Liu Bocheng stood down. He took Deng Xiaoping's hand and said, "We will see each other off after a thousand miles, and we will see each other again. Deng Xiaoping nodded lightly and said: "You have to take care!" He told Zhang Jichun: "You have to work harder and take good care of the commander." Liu Bocheng also said to Li Xiannian who accompanied him, "Please help Political Commissar Deng command the troops well." After Yiyi said goodbye, these comrades-in-arms who shared life and death separately went to chase their own troops. Liu Deng's army retreated to the north, and all ordinary people who helped Liu and Deng's army could not escape disaster... The mountain people, the confused eyes are full of disappointment.Some even directly questioned the field army soldiers who were about to withdraw: "Didn't it be agreed that you will not leave when you come back? How can you say nothing?" As soon as the main force of the field army retreated to the north for a day, some cadres complained loudly: "Leaping a thousand miles into the Dabie Mountains, leaping a thousand miles, and retreating five hundred miles, what is it?" "Big strides forward, then strides back, one shot to change another place, once we leave, the common people don't believe us anymore. Next time we fight back, no one will dare to help us..." Hearing these complaints, Deng Xiaoping criticized: "What is advancing and retreating? I am not very good at mathematics, but I can tell you that we have advanced a thousand miles, and we have advanced another five hundred miles!" The Central Military Commission and Mao Zedong paid great attention to the development of the Central Plains battlefield, because whether Liu Deng could stand on the Dabie Mountains was the key to the final establishment and consolidation of the Central Plains Liberated Area.Therefore, we attach great importance to Liu Deng's suggestion on the coordinated operations of the three armed forces to crush the hostile "encirclement and suppression" of the Dabie Mountains.Mao Zedong specially sent instructions to Liu Deng, and told Chen Su and Chen Xie: "The establishment and consolidation of the Dabie Mountain base area is the key to whether the Central Plains base area can be finally established and consolidated, and it is enough to affect the development of the entire war situation. Therefore, the three armies on the southern front must The main force of the Liu Deng Field Army in the Dabie Mountains persisted in the on-the-spot struggle, and the East China Field Army and the Chen Xie Corps launched large-scale assault operations on the Ping-Han and Longhai lines, looking for opportunities to wipe out the enemy, mobilizing and dispersing the enemies who besieged the Dabie Mountains until Until the enemy's siege is completely smashed." At the same time, the Central Military Commission urgently instructed the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region to send the 10th and 12th columns to the Dabie Mountains quickly.Among them, Li Xiannian personally led the twelfth column to the Dabie Mountains on November 27 and met Liu Deng.The 11th Column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region and the 10th Column of the East China Field Army were ordered to escort the recruits recruited and returned by the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region, as well as the wounded and recovered officers and soldiers, as well as a large amount of ammunition, medicines, and silver dollars they carried to Dabie Mountain. This is undoubtedly a great encouragement and support for Liu Deng's troops who are about to face the enemy's "encirclement and suppression", which further strengthens the confidence of the whole army to unite and defeat the enemy. On December 16, Liu Bocheng led the "Rear Headquarters" and the first column to cross the Huaihe River in the snow, and arrived in Xixian County on the 18th, and then recovered the county seat. On the 23rd, with the cooperation of the Henan, Anhui and Soviet Independent Brigades, the city of Runan was recovered, and more than 1,800 people under Wen Hanqing, deputy commander of the enemy's security in Henan Province, were wiped out. On the 27th, the headquarters entered Han's hometown near Yangbu.It is located between the Shahe River, the Honghe River, and the Ruhe River. Although it is surrounded by water on several sides, it is at the junction of the enemy and is relatively safe and stable.Here, Liu Bocheng planned a series of combat operations to attack the enemy's side.In just ten days, more than 10 counties including Xi County, Linquan, Xiangcheng, Shangcai, and Zhengyang were opened up, and the 4th Army Division of the Henan, Anhui, and Soviet Military Regions was established, making Henan, Anhui, and the Dabie Mountains two The district union became one. Deng Xiaoping led the "Front Command Post" and commanded the second, third, and sixth columns remaining in the Dabie Mountains, and launched a mobile operation in circles with the "encircled and suppressed" Kuomintang army.They go here and there for a while, take advantage of the enemy's loopholes, and consume the enemy with small-scale battles. The third column liberated the entire territory of Yuexi on December 16.Afterwards, maneuvered in western Anhui. On December 3, when the enemy's 85th Division moved westward and Songbu was empty, the sixth column suddenly besieged Songbu and wiped out more than 2,000 local teams below the magistrate of Macheng.Subsequently, the column operated in the southern area of ​​the Dabie Mountains. On December 24, the 16th Brigade of the Sixth Column jumped out of the inner line with a rapid march, raided Guangji County, and wiped out more than 1,800 people from the 2nd Regiment of the 203rd Division of the enemy Youth Army.When the enemy returned with the 7th division, the department turned to Muzidian.When the enemy rushed to help, the unit jumped out of the enemy's encirclement. Except for the troops led by Liu Deng, the rest of the troops also launched an active struggle against "encirclement and suppression" as planned.Among them, the Tenth Column crossed Pinghan Road from the area south of Xinyang on December 6 to Tongbai District and established the Tongbai Military Region. On the 15th, the Ministry liberated Tongbai County and wiped out more than 700 enemy security regiments. On the 16th, the ministry liberated Zaoyang County, and on the 22nd, liberated Xinye County. The twelfth column crossed Pinghan Road to the Jianghan area on the 14th, and formed the Jianghan Military Region with the Central Plains Independent Brigade. On December 20, troops from the Jianghan Military Region liberated Tianmen and other places. On the 22nd, Zhongxiang City was liberated again, and the four brigades of the 2nd Hubei Security Corps were wiped out, and more than 1,600 enemies were captured.Then, liberate Qianjiang County. By the end of December, the troops of the Tongjiang and Jianghan military regions had wiped out more than 4,000 enemies, liberated Tongbai, Zaoyang, Bixian, Tanghe, Xinye, Jingshan, Zhongxiang, Tianmen, Qianjiang and other counties, and completed the strategic The deployment forced the enemy to adjust and reorganize the 85th Division from the Dabie Mountains to reinforce the Jianghan area, effectively coping with the anti-siege and anti-"clearance and suppression" struggle in the Dabie Mountains. After more than a month of arduous combat, Liu Deng's army, with the cooperation of Chen Su and Chen Xie's armies, achieved major victories both inside and outside. The enemy has more than 110,000 people. Chiang Kai-shek's plan to besiege the Dabie Mountains in an all-round way went bankrupt again. Chen Yi, who later took office as the deputy commander of the Central Plains Field Army, waved his hands excitedly at the meeting with the cadres and soldiers of the Central Plains Field Army, saying: "...Chairman Mao and the Central Committee are very concerned about the troops in the Central Plains, because your Dabie Mountain Corps fought without a rear for a year, and achieved the greatest strategic achievements and suffered a lot; the second is the Chenxie Corps, which crossed the Yellow River in April and September. It is also fighting without a rear. The central government gave me the task to pay tribute to all comrades in the Central Plains on behalf of the central government... "In August and September last year, we advanced into the Central Plains, shifting from the inside line to the outside line. This great military operation brought about a great change in the Chinese People's War of Liberation... "The December meeting concluded that from the outbreak of the Central Plains War in June 1946 to the end of 1947, one and a half years, the entire People's Liberation War put forward a new combat policy. Especially based on the experience of the Central Plains, the corps in the Central Plains have stood firm Then, the overall situation is stable. Let’s discuss the situation in China and put forward the program of ‘overthrowing Chiang Kai-shek and establishing a new China’. Chairman Mao himself said: ‘I have not established a foothold in the Dabie Mountains. We dare not hold this meeting, and I dare not Saying this, dare not write this article, dare not talk about the great turning point, Chiang Kai-shek can be overthrown. This article will have to wait a year and a half before writing. Because the troops in the Central Plains have stood firm and the victory is reliable, now we have to hold a meeting to analyze , estimate, boldly write articles, appeal to the people of the whole country, and prepare to win the whole country within a few years.'”