Chapter 14 The Eighth Route Army Headquarters issued the second phase of the combat order

On September 16, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters issued the second phase of combat orders: 1. The 120th Division aimed to cut off the traffic on Tongpu Road, gathered the main force to attack Tongpu Road in the Ningwu and Xuangang sections and completely destroyed it. 2. For the purpose of attacking the enemy's construction of Cangshi Road, Shide Road, and Hanqing Road, the central and southern Hebei troops should gather the main force to destroy the repaired parts of each road and the foundation of the front line. 3. The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, in order to carry out work in the northwest of the border area, should gather the main force to attack the Lailing Highway and seize the two cities, and actively cooperate with the 120th Division on the east side of Tongpu Road with a strong force.

4. The 129th Division carried out the struggle in the Liaoyu area with the purpose of recovering Yushe and Liao County, and continued to attack the northern section of Tongpu Road with a powerful part. 5. The troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the 129th Division remained unchanged on the Zhengtai Line, and actively harassed and harassed the enemy to repair the railway. 6. The advance army should be actively active in the northern section of Pinghan Road, Pingsui Road, and the suburbs of Beiping with powerful troops; Jizhong should be active in the northern section of Beining Road and Jinpu Road with a powerful force, constantly breaking roads and overturning vehicles, and expanding its influence , Block enemy reinforcements.

7. The combat troops assigned to the remaining communication lines, large and small, shall be allocated by each strategic area. ... After the launch of the Hundred Regiments War, newspapers and periodicals from the enemy's rear in North China to the rear of the country vigorously spread the news of victory. Congratulatory messages and letters flew from all directions to Yan'an and the Eighth Route Army headquarters, which greatly encouraged people's hearts and minds. In the past few days, Yan'an has been full of heat. People are scrambling to circulate each "Hundred Regiments War Bulletin", and the streets and alleys are covered with slogans celebrating the victory of the Hundred Regiments War. On September 20, Yan'an City was on holiday, and a meeting was held to commemorate the "Ninth Anniversary of the September 18th Incident and Celebrate the Victory of the Eighth Route Army Hundred Regiments War".Members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Northwest Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, government agencies in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, teachers and students from various primary and secondary schools, and people from all walks of life, marched to the majestic rhythm of the "March of the Eighth Route Army" and lined up to attend the conference.Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Luo Fu, Wang Jiaxiang, Chen Yun, Ren Bishi and other Politburo members in Yan'an all attended the meeting.

After the conference began, Gao Zili, vice chairman of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Government, delivered an opening speech with passion.Wang Jiaxiang, director of the General Political Department of the Eighth Route Army, delivered a speech.Commander-in-Chief Zhu De delivered a speech on behalf of the Party Central Committee. He expressed his highest respect to the more than 4,000 soldiers who died in the Hundred Regiments Campaign, and expressed his warmest condolences to the more than 4,000 soldiers who were gloriously injured and poisoned.He hoped that the Eighth Route Army would continue to carry forward the spirit of seeing death as home and going forward bravely, and make persistent efforts to further expand the great victorious achievements of the Hundred Regiments War.

In this happy atmosphere, Mao Zedong was also strongly infected.This leader with a strong poetic temperament expressed his joy in such a telegram: The Hundred Regiments Battle is really exciting. Can such a battle be organized one or two more times? In October 1940, when the first phase of the Hundred Regiments War was announced to be over, and the participating troops were transferred to rest and reorganization, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued two important documents: "The Central Committee's Instructions on the Trend of the Current Situation" and "The Central Committee's Guidelines on "Strike the Enemy and Make Friends" Instructions on the General Policy of Military Operations". "The Instructions of the Central Committee on the Trend of the Current Situation" solemnly pointed out: "The Central Committee's July 7 declaration and July 7 decision, the estimation of the international and domestic situation and the instructions of our party's policies, have been proved to be completely correct after two months of developments at home and abroad. Yes. The current international and domestic political situation is on the eve of drastic changes, and our party must be mentally prepared for such changes.”

Based on this scientific analysis of the international and domestic political situation that is on the eve of drastic changes, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China clearly stated in the "Central Committee's Instructions on the General Policy of Military Operations of "Attacking the Enemy and Making Friends": During the current period of strengthening unity, all the forces of our Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army should concentrate their main attention on attacking the enemy. We should follow the precedent of the Hundred Regiments Campaign in North China and organize one or several planned large-scale offensive operations against the enemy in Shandong and central China. In North China, we should expand the campaign of the Hundred Regiments to reach the enemy's side that has not yet been hit, and continue to expand the number of our troops in Shandong and Central China, and give 2 million friendly troops and 1,000 troops in the Kuomintang's rear area and the enemy-occupied areas. The good influence of millions of people has delayed the enemy's plan to attack Chongqing and other places.

The leaders of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters fully agreed with the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's assessment of the international and domestic political situation two months after the July 7 Declaration and the July 7 Decision, and fully supported the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's instructions on military operations.When the attack on Zhengtai Road was still in full swing, Peng Dehuai, Zuo Quan, etc. followed the hope of "whether such a battle can be organized once or twice" raised by Mao Zedong's call, and began to consider that "it is impossible to continue to fight on Zhengtai Road or the When the mission of the Zhengtai Campaign is fully completed, our army’s policy of action” once proposed the idea of ​​“taking advantage of the victory to launch battles on both sides of the Zhengtai Line to regain some of the enemy’s strongholds in various base areas”, and asked the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region Organize the Lai (Yuan) Ling (Qiu) Battle to open up the situation in the northern part of the border area; the 129th Division organized the Yuliao Battle on the Yushe Liaoxian Highway with the purpose of recovering Yushe and Liao County.

On September 12, the leaders of the headquarters held a combat meeting to summarize the experience of the first stage and arrange the combat tasks of the second stage.Peng Dehuai said: "Comrades, the troops in this campaign did fight tenaciously and played at a high level. However, we also paid the price. Those who did not die were too tired to walk. Many troops did not eat a meal for more than ten days. They had a full meal and hadn’t had a good night’s sleep. Many soldiers’ eyes were bloodshot from the boil, and they fell asleep when they were so tired. We must inform all troops to take a break and improve their meals. Eat enough and sleep enough, and don’t be dazzled by victory. Brain, make full preparations, prepare for the second stage to play more beautifully." Then, he stood up, approached the map and said: "In the first stage, Zhengtai Road was completely destroyed, Pinghan, Beining, Jinpu, Tongpu , Baijin and other roads have been cut off, and the goal of the second stage is to shrink the enemy-occupied area, expand the base area, and continue to destroy the enemy's vital forces while continuing to break the road." After that, he issued a combat mission to the troops: The Chaji Military Region launched the Laiyuan Lingqiu Battle, striving to capture the two cities of Laiyuan and Lingqiu, destroying the Lailing Highway, and sending a small number of troops to destroy the Tongpu Railway; the 120th Division smashed the Tongpu Road and completely destroyed the section from Ningwu to Xuangang The 129th Division launched the Battle of Yuliao, striving to capture Yuzhuang and Liao County, and sent a force to destroy Baijin Road; Lu Zhengcao Department in Central Hebei and Chen Zaidao Department in Southern Hebei focused on destroying Cangshi, Deshi, and Daoji Road, and conquered Points along the way.

Four days later, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army officially issued an order for the second phase of the Hundred Regiments Campaign. After receiving the order, all departments of the Eighth Route Army moved quickly.The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region consisted of 8 regiments, 3 guerrilla detachments, and 2 independent battalions to form the left and right wing teams and the reserve team. On September 22, the Lai (Yuan) Ling (Qiu) Battle was launched, and the Japanese troops in the area were independently mixed. The second brigade, the twenty-sixth division and one part of the puppet army launched an attack.The right-wing team focused on attacking Laiyuan County. Due to the lack of attacking equipment, the Japanese army resisted tenaciously. After fighting all night, they failed to succeed. On the 23rd, it switched to attacking the Japanese strongholds outside Laiyuan.By the 26th, more than 10 strongholds, including Sanjia Village and Dongtuanbao, had been successively captured. On the 28th, more than 3,000 Japanese troops reinforced by Zhangjiakou arrived in Laiyuan City. The right-wing team then shifted its forces to Lingqiu and Hunyuan, and cooperated with the left-wing team to capture Japanese strongholds such as Nanpotou, Qianfengling, and Qingciyao. On October 9, more than 1,000 Japanese troops from Datong came to help.The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region then decided to end the Lailing Campaign.A total of more than 1,000 Japanese and puppet troops were wiped out in this campaign.

The 129th Division formed the left-wing team with the 386th Brigade and the first column of the Death Squad, and the 385th Brigade (with the 32nd Regiment) formed the right-wing team. In the Liao (county) campaign, the Japanese army launched an attack on the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese army guarding the Yuliao Highway.By the 30th, after hard work, the left-wing team captured Yushe County and wiped out more than 400 Japanese troops.After the right-wing team captured the Japanese strongholds such as Xiaolingdi and Shixia on the Yuliao Highway, when they were preparing to cooperate with the newly formed Tenth Brigade to attack Liao County, the Japanese troops from Heshun and Wuxiang sent aid at the same time, so the 129th Division decided to stop the attack. City, transfer troops to Hongyatou and Guandi Nao areas to ambush the Japanese troops sent by Wuxiang.On the way to the ambush area, the 385th Brigade encountered more than 600 Japanese reinforcements. After 15 hours of fierce fighting, although more than half of the Japanese troops were wiped out, the rest relied on favorable terrain to resist stubbornly, and the two sides formed a confrontation.At the same time, the Japanese army aided by Heshun broke through the position of the new 10th Brigade Langya Mountain blocking force.Under such circumstances, the 129th Division withdrew from the battle, and Yushe was again occupied by the Japanese army.Nearly 1,000 Japanese troops were wiped out in the Yuliao Campaign. On October 14, the First Division of the 129th Division set up an ambush in Gongjiagou on the He (Shun) Liao (County) Highway, annihilating a Japanese convoy and destroying more than 40 vehicles.

In order to cooperate with the operations in the Lailing and Yuliao areas, the 120th Division carried out a new attack on the northern section of the Tongpu Railway, cutting off the traffic on this line again.With the strength of 12 regiments, the Southern Hebei Military Region of the 129th Division attacked the Deshi Railway, the Handan (Dan) Jinan (South) Railway and some important highways under construction by the Japanese army, and wiped out the Japanese and puppets. There are more than 1700 people in the army.The troops of the Jizhong Military Region under the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region held the Ren (Qiu) River (between) Da (City) and Su (Ning) Battle from October 1 to 12, conquered more than 20 strongholds, wiped out more than 1,500 Japanese and puppet troops, and destroyed 150 kilometers of highway.