What was the process of the Battle of Liao Yu? What was the result?

On September 22nd, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping gave the order to carry out the battle of Liao Yu at the command post of Songjiazhuang Division, and decided to raid and destroy the Japanese stronghold on the Liao Yu highway, attack Liao County, and recapture Liao County with the camera. This order specifically pointed out: "If the enemies in some strongholds resist for a long time, they will try to recover these strongholds by all necessary means, such as assault and tunnel work."

On the night of September 23rd, the battle to attack the Japanese stronghold on Liao Yu highway started at the same time. The right-wing team successfully captured the Japanese strongholds such as Xiaolingdi and Pu on Liao Yu Highway. A left-wing team captured Japanese strongholds such as Yanbi and Wangjing and launched an attack on more than 400 Japanese troops stationed in Yuci.

On September 24th, after a night of fierce fighting, the left-wing troops captured most of Yuci City, and the remnants of the enemy retreated to Yuci Middle School, which was a core position of the Japanese army in Yuci. The Japanese army relied on strong fortifications and planes to cover tenacious battles and cast poison gas from time to time. The siege troops of the Eighth Route Army launched three consecutive onslaughts, but none of them breached Yuci City. Commanders follow Liu Bocheng's instructions, carefully analyze the enemy's situation, decide to improve methods and take urgent action. At this time, while continuing to crack down on the remnants of the enemy, the troops organized personnel to dig tunnels and gradually dug into the core positions of the Japanese army.

At 4 pm on September 25th, a hidden tunnel was finally dug under the Japanese bunker. With an earth-shattering explosion, the outer fortifications southwest of the Japanese main bunker were blown up. The commandos who had been waiting beside the fortifications braved the smoke and quickly rushed to the Japanese main bunker. /kloc-quickly put a ladder on the 0/2-meter-high bunker, and grenades rained down in the bunker. The Japanese army in the bunker was shocked by the huge explosion, but I didn't expect the attack of the Eighth Route Army to come so suddenly. After a bitter struggle, the Eighth Route Army captured Yuci County, annihilated more than 400 Japanese squadron leaders, and seized 12 guns, 17 light and heavy machine guns and more than 200 rifles.

At dawn on September 27th, the right-wing team attacked Shixia, west of Liao County. Fierce fighting continued until dark, and the commander of the Eighth Route Army occupied Shi Xia.

On September 28, the left-wing team and the right-wing team adjusted their deployment and prepared to cooperate with the newly compiled 10 brigade to attack Liao County. At this time, the Japanese troops stationed in Heshun and Wuxiang were dispatched at the same time to assist Liao County. Due to the change of the enemy's situation, the Eighth Route Army headquarters ordered the troops to stop attacking Liao County, with one force to contain the enemy in the south, and the rest of the troops were dispatched to ambush the Japanese army in Hongyatou and Guandi. 129 division organized the transfer of troops according to the order of the Eighth Route Army headquarters, and captured the key Japanese stronghold at 24: 00 on the 29th.

On September 30th, the weather was fine. At 9 o'clock in the morning, the left-wing 386 brigade troops entered the Nanshan District to the south of Hongyatou. When the officers and men of the 2nd Regiment of the right-wing 385th Brigade were marching into the ambush area, more than 600 Japanese troops sent by Wuxiang accidentally entered the scheduled ambush area, and the Japanese vanguard troops happened to meet the right-wing officers and men on the way. When the two armies meet, the brave wins. The Eighth Route Army has a fine style of fighting bravely. The officers and men of the 385th Brigade met with the Japanese army on the way, and soon occupied favorable terrain and launched a fierce battle with the Japanese army. The left-wing 386 Brigade quickly launched an attack on the rear and flank of the Japanese army.

The Japanese command learned that the reinforcements encountered the Eighth Route Army on the way and were surrounded by the Western Front, and immediately dispatched eight planes to cover them. Seeing the plane hovering in the air, the besieged Japanese army ordered the troops to seize the surrounding highlands and fight back. The Eighth Route Army commanders launched more than 10 attacks on the besieged Japanese army in succession, fighting for dozens of hours and annihilating hundreds of Japanese troops. The rest of the Japanese army continued to resist by relying on the favorable terrain that had been occupied.

Just as the two armies were in a state of confrontation in the temporary position, Japanese reinforcements arrived. It turned out that running all the way, more than 500 Japanese troops from Heshun and Liaoxian, launched a fierce attack on the sniper positions in Langya Mountain. The officers and men of the 32nd Regiment, who were tasked with blocking, took advantage of favorable terrain, loyal opposition. Seeing that it was difficult to break through from the front, the Japanese army made a detour to the rear of the main position of Langya Mountain with its main force, posing a serious threat to the Eighth Route Army as a sniper. On the morning of September 3 1 Sunday 10, the Japanese army broke through the blocking position of Langya Mountain and approached the command post of the left-wing team.

The Eighth Route Army headquarters saw that the Japanese troops in Liao County and Wuxiang had joined forces, and more than 1000 Japanese troops in Yangquan had arrived in the area north of Liao County. Great changes have taken place in the battlefield situation, and it is decided to end the battle of Liao Yu. After the troops withdrew from the battle, Yuci was occupied by the Japanese again.

On October 5th, 65438/KLOC-0, Liu Bocheng informed Zong, the head of the 32nd regiment, Li Zhen, the political commissar, and Zhou, the deputy head, to report the battle situation in Langya Mountain to the headquarters. Three people with a heavy heart thought that they would be criticized by Liu Bocheng. Who knows Liu Bocheng enthusiastically said, please come, mainly to sum up combat experience.

At noon, Liu Bocheng told them at the dinner table: "Go back and tell everyone that the troops are playing very well. We should encourage them more and don't criticize them easily. Cadres should stress unity, sum up experience and lessons, and don't blame each other. You are still young. Don't carry a burden just because you didn't do a good job. It's a long way to go in Xiu Yuan, learning military knowledge, learning strategy and tactics. This is especially important for commanders above the regiment level. " Liu Bocheng's words, earnest, is both a summary and a requirement. They spoke the voices of the three commanders and were a profound mobilization to win the next battle.

65438+1October 65438+April, a Japanese transport unit marched on the highway from Heshun to Liao County. After learning this information, the Eighth Route Army set an ambush in Gongjiagou in advance. The Japanese motorcade was hit hard when it passed the ambush area of the Eighth Route Army, and more than 40 cars were destroyed.

In the Battle of Liao Yu, the 4th Brigade of the Japanese Army was annihilated by the Eighth Route Army129th Division, and nearly 1000 people were annihilated, only1000 people survived. In Yuci City, all the food, weapons and ammunition used by the Japanese army for 1 year were captured by the Eighth Route Army.