Who commanded the Battle of Lunan: How many people did Lunan win?

Chen Su's Assumption and * * * on Li's Enemy Destroying in Southern Shandong

1946 65438+In mid-February, Chen Yi and Su Yu * * * jointly planned and commanded the battle of northern Jiangsu, with a total of 265,438+10,000 enemies wiped out, the largest number since the beginning of the Liberation War.

After the Battle of Northern Jiangsu, Chen Yi and Su Yu began to plan and organize the next battle. Just as they were keeping a close eye on the development of the war, they received a telegram of * * * 65438+February 18. * * * emphasized in the telegram: "The second step seems to be to concentrate on destroying the enemy in southern Shandong, recover Zao (Zhuang), Yi (County) and Tai (Erzhuang) with cameras, and then develop southward without worry, gradually recovering all the lost land in northern Jiangsu and central Jiangsu." (* * Selected Military Works, Volume III, page 58 1)

* * * Telegraph instruction is an important event that Chen Yi, Su Yu and the Shandong Field Army and the Central China Field Army under their command have been racking their brains and weighing repeatedly. Chen Yi and Su Yu had imagined that after the Battle of Subei, the 74th Division was reorganized by body count nearby, but the 74th Division was connected with other * * * troops, which was difficult to separate. It took time to prepare for the attack on Huaibei, so they decided to draw up Lunan in Danielle, aiming at the 26th Division and the first fast column.

Chen Yi and Su Yu's ideas coincide with those of CMC leaders. When this operational plan was reported to the CMC, * * * successively called Chen Yi, Su Yu and Tan Zhenlin in the name of the CMC: "If we give up the seventy-four divisions and don't fight, it seems appropriate to concentrate about twenty-five regiments to annihilate twenty-six divisions in southern Shandong and force Feng Zhian to retreat." "The battle of southern Shandong is a global issue. Even if all the cities in northern Jiangsu are lost, there are ways to recover them ... in order to fight a greater annihilation war than northern Jiangsu. " (* * Selected Military Works, Volume III, page 59 1)

* * * Xue Yue, director of Nanjing High Command and Xuzhou appeasement Office, was unaware of the operational intentions of the two field armies in Shandong and Central China. As the main enemy attacking Linyi, the capital of Shandong Liberated Area, we reorganized the 26 th Division and other troops, and were still ordered to continue to "sweep" the southwest of Linyi and the area north of Linzhou Branch Line to cover the flank of Chiang Kai-shek's northward advance corps.

The enemy reorganized the 26th Division into the Central Army of Chiang Kai-shek Group, with Ma as the commander. Ma led the reorganization of the 26th Division and the 1st Fast Column, and angrily attacked Linyi, the capital of Shandong Liberated Area. In just a few days, we successively captured Xiangcheng, Bianzhuang (now Cangshan) and other towns in the liberated areas, only waiting for a decisive battle with our army to capture Linyi, and our arrogance was extremely arrogant. At present, New Year's Day is approaching, the front line is quiet, and the enemy has not yet noticed any movement of our army. Ma thought that Chen Yi and Su Yu might be preparing for the Spring Festival.

It was New Year's Day in 1947 when the enemy reorganized the 26th Division and arrived at Majiazhuang and Taizitang, which are more than 30 kilometers away from Linyi. Ma Wu Li immediately ordered the troops to stop moving forward, stationed HQ in Majiazhuang, built defensive positions in a narrow strip 25 kilometers long from east to west with Majiazhuang as the center, and arranged a defense system centered on tank mobile firepower.

Ma would never have thought that the 26th Division of his own reorganization completely disappeared in the * * * army sequence, and the last moment was just around the corner.

Chen Su and other nets, bravely attack.

At this time, the participating troops of the Shandong Field Army and the Central China Field Army, in accordance with the orders deployed by Chen Yi and Su Yu, successively entered the assembly area of the theater: the first column of the Shandong Field Army under the command of Ye Fei was ordered to return to Lunan from Shuyang, northern Jiangsu; The first division of the Central China Field Army commanded by Tao Yong started from northern Jiangsu, crossed the Longhai Railway and went north day and night; A regiment of the 8th, 9th, 10th and 4th Divisions, led by commander and political commissar Xiang Ming of Luzhong Military Region, Fu of Lunan Military Region and deputy commander Guo Huaruo, has also arrived at the designated position as ordered.

After the operational deployment was determined, Chen Yi, Zhang Dingcheng, Deng Zihui and Su Yu successively moved to southern Shandong on February 24th and 25th, 65438, and met in Taolin, north of Longhai Railway on February 29th, 65438. According to the instructions of * * * Central Committee on unified leadership and unified command, the East China Bureau of * * * Central Committee merged with the Central China Branch after the meeting to form the East China Bureau; Shandong Military Region and Central China Military Region, Shandong Field Army and Central China Field Army merged into East China Military Region and East China Field Army.

1947 On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the logistics department of the 26th Division of the enemy reorganization collected a large number of chickens, pigs, cows and sheep, transported them to lanling wine, and organized a New Year's Day dinner, where officers and men ate and drank to celebrate the victory. The drunken horse said to his robe and assistants, "The headquarters of the New Fourth Army is stationed in Linyi City. In another 20 days, after the Spring Festival, we will definitely be able to drive Chen Yi out of Linyi City for the New Year! " Then, Ma found a grandiose reason, discussed the operational deployment with Li Yutang, commander-in-chief of the 27th Army, handed over the front command to Cao Yuheng, deputy commander, and Zheng Fuzeng, chief of staff, and took the guard to visit Yixian. This is a fatal mistake made by Ma in his military career!

On the evening of October 2nd, 65438/kloc-0, Ma invited gentry and business leaders to dance and watch Peking Opera in the Jesus Church to celebrate New Year's Day. Amid applause, the swaggering horse blurted out something crazy: "In three days, I can bet that the national army will definitely enter Linyi City. If I can't get in, I'll cut off my head named Ma! "

Just as Ma was enjoying the Beijing Opera Wind Wave Pavilion, the storm really came!

* * * At 8 o'clock that night, we launched an attack on the enemy's reorganized 26th Division and the first express column two hours in advance. At this time, the officers and men of the enemy's reorganization of the 26th Division and the First Fast Column were still immersed in the festive atmosphere, some were guessing boxing and drinking, and some were playing mahjong. Suddenly, gunshots were heard, and ShaSheng was shouted everywhere, one by one, confused and distracted, and they soon lost their unified command. This night, all the * * * sprints were unstoppable. At dawn on the 3rd, the first column under the command of Ye Fei quickly surrounded the Diyiliu Brigade of the 26th Division, which was reorganized by the enemy in Bianzhuang. The first division commanded by Tao Yong was quickly inserted between the enemy's 26th reorganization division and the 33rd army of Feng Zhian, and arrived at the camp of the enemy's 26th reorganization division together with the 8th division of Shandong Field Army.

The horse, intoxicated in the gentle village, suddenly received the battle report ahead and could not help but regret it. He hurried back to Yixian rear headquarters, trying to talk to the deputy commander and chief of staff in front, but the telephone line was cut off by * * *. He ordered the troops in front to attack and scout by radio, but the result of reconnaissance was that the road had been blocked and there were signs of large troops and a large number of militia activities. Ma knew it would be dangerous to go back to the division by land now, but after a moment's hesitation, he led two company soldiers to venture out by truck in an attempt to forcibly cross the road blocked by our army under the cover of darkness and return to his command position. But on the way, he turned back, because his cavalry reconnaissance unit repeatedly played up how dangerous it was, and finally made him lose the courage to rush to the battlefield.

The horse stuck in yi county had to report the military crisis to Xue Yue, director of Xuzhou appeasement office.

Xue Yue judged that Chen Yi and Su Yu's goal was to adowa the 26th division and the first fast column, so he instructed Ma to evacuate the division to Yixian near dawn on the 3rd, and then sent planes to cover it. The horse gave Xue Yue's instructions ahead of time.

Ma Wu Li's orders can only be an afterthought. His troops are being surrounded in all directions. Where can they escape? Coupled with the gloomy weather, dense clouds and low visibility, the role of "sending planes to cover" promised by Xue Yue was greatly reduced.

* * * After a night of fierce fighting, the enemy reorganized the 26th Division and the 1 Fast Column in a narrow area. By the morning of the 4th, Majiazhuang and Taizitang, the command centers in front of the division, were successively destroyed by * * *, and most of the division headquarters, 44th brigade and169th brigade were completely annihilated.

The enemy fell into the mire and the whole army was wiped out.

Before the war, Chen Yi predicted that there would be a large number of tanks in the first express column, so he held a cadre meeting to mobilize tanks. Because he works for Schneider Company, which produces cars and armored vehicles, he knows something about tanks. He said that the enemy's turtle shell is nothing. As long as we are willing to use our brains, there must be a way to deal with him! He explained the structure, performance and attack and defense characteristics of tanks in plain language, and explained the fatal weakness of American tanks in simple terms, which aroused the strong interest of officers and men. In the army, the upsurge of drilling and hitting tanks soon set off.

In the battle, these newly learned skills to deal with tanks really came in handy.

Just as * * * was preparing to launch a general attack, the weather changed suddenly, the wind was cold, it was raining and snowing, the pit suddenly accumulated water, and the road was muddy. The staff asked Su Yu, "Is there any change in the plan?" Su Yu said, "No change! This is God's help. It's raining and snowing, and the road is difficult to walk. If the enemy's heavy equipment is trapped there, he can't escape! " Therefore, the troops were ordered to brave the wind and rain and continue to attack bravely.

Ma Wu Li radioed his evacuation plan to the front. Under the cover of fast column tanks, trucks are the main means of transportation, and tanks roll along the road with the cooperation of truck fleets and artillery fleets.

After breakfast on the 4th, the enemy reorganized the remnants of the 26th Division and the first fast column to break through. Tanks, cars, artillery and infantry are mixed together and crowded on the road to Yixian. Because the road was blocked by chaotic infantry and artillery, and there were mines laid by militia and anti-tank trenches dug in many places on the road, under the siege of our East China Field Army on all sides, the March sequence designed by Ma was a mess in an instant.

In order to escape from the battlefield as soon as possible, tanks and cars faster than infantry have left the road and tried to escape from the wild.

On the morning of 4th 10, Chen Yi and Su Yu ordered an all-out attack. The 80th Brigade of Infantry, belonging to the First Fast Column, was first wiped out. A large number of tanks, cars and artillery of the first fast column, which lost the cover of aerial planes and ground infantry, became living targets in all directions.

The desperate fast column finally broke through, and just as they were secretly glad to be rescued, they found themselves cheated. The original * * * lenient, leaving them with a road turned out to be a dead end. In the panic, tanks, cars and artillery rushed into the low-lying muddy Hu Xia and the swamp depressions around the leaky lake. The soil quality in this area is different from that in other places. Soil is really a veritable clay. It's like syrup when it rains. If you step on it and your shoes get stuck, it's hard to * * *. * * * Soldiers are wearing old cloth shoes. After being stuck in the mud, they simply threw away their shoes and bravely chased the enemy barefoot in the cold wind, rain and snow.

At this time, many enemy tanks, cars and self-propelled artillery were crowded together and collapsed in the mud, unable to move forward or retreat. Known as the "essence of the national army", the fast column has become blind, deaf and paralyzed. It's really impossible to get into the land without access.

In order to save the baby-like troops, the Air Force dispatched planes, but due to the bad weather, rain and snow, the world was hazy and could not cooperate with the breakthrough of the fast column.

When the fast column was at a loss, there were shouts and killings. Surround * * *, use explosives and cluster grenades for blasting, and ignite straw and straw at the same time to deal with these behemoths paralyzed in the mud. Some soldiers climbed into the tank and couldn't find the hole for dropping bombs, so they smashed it with shovels and pickaxes, or smeared a large mass of mud on the observation window of the tank. Tankers lifted the hatch cover and stuffed grenades into the car from this "skylight". Although the enemy tank soldiers fired fiercely at the * * * that surrounded them on the spot, they had become turtles in a jar after all. * * * The soldiers struggled to catch up with the tanks. Zhang, a vice monitor, paid for two tanks by himself and made great contributions. After liberation, he served as commander of Shanghai Putuo fortress area.

By 3: 00 pm on the 4th, the first express column was wiped out, and all but seven tanks escaped to Yixian. More than 30,000 people in the 26th Division and the first express column reorganized by the enemy were all wiped out.

On October 5th, 65438/kloc-0, Ma also sighed in his diary: "This is really an unprecedented failure", "The rain and snow turned the ground into a terrible sticky paper" and "Why is God so cruel to us?"

Just after the battle, Chen Yi and Su Yu visited the battlefield with Zhang Dingcheng and Zhang. I saw tanks, cannons and cars parked on the slope, everywhere. All kinds of guns, ammunition, communication and engineering equipment are piled up in disorder, and American-made daily necessities, food, medicines and clothes are everywhere. Rain and snow are still falling, but the battlefield is full of joy. The eyes of the officers and men were red and swollen, and proud and victorious smiles appeared on their muddy faces. They forgot the fatigue of fighting day and night for several days, cleaned the battlefield in the cold wind, and excitedly told their condolences to the heads of tanks, guns and prisoners.

When batches of prisoners covered in mud were taken off the battlefield and passed in front of Chen Yi, Chen Yi stopped two tank soldiers in American special uniform in the first express column and took the initiative to shake hands with them. Two tank men, one named Wan Jianfeng and the other named Zhao Baocheng, were unconvinced by the fiasco of the express column, complaining in front of Chen Yi that God didn't help them and let them sink into the mud pond, which was terrible. Bragging about how they fought against the Japanese with the allies in India and Myanmar for three years, and they won many battles: "Always rushing forward, Americans are impressed by us. I didn't expect to lose so badly today! "

Chen Yi laughed after hearing this, and he couldn't help being poetic and furious. He immediately sang a song called "Lunan Victory":

The fastest column is flying,

India and Myanmar come from advocacy.

Lunan can't go into the mud,

Tanks are all scrap metal.

The fast troops have left,

Are you from the 26th Division?

Xue Yue in Xuzhou hid his face and wept.

Nanjing Jiang thief should cry.

After reciting the poem, Chen Yi, full of victory and pride, boarded the tank, stretched out his hand and grabbed Zhang, the deputy commander of the New Fourth Army, who was older than him, so that the captured and stood beside him. This historical shot was taken by Chief of Staff Chen Shiju.

After liberation, Wan Jianfeng and Zhao Baocheng volunteered to join the people's ranks and became the backbone and veteran of the "Special Forces Column" formed by the East China Field Army, making immortal contributions to the cause of people's liberation.

The anxious horse sent one telegram after another to Xue Yue. He asked Xue Yue for instructions, saying that the BGF 26th Division had completely lost its combat effectiveness, and asked to send troops to cover and retreat to the rear, which was severely reprimanded by Xue Yue. Xue Yue ordered him to immediately fold the troops and stick to Yixian County. The horse looked at Cao Yuheng, the deputy commander who fled to Yixian County, and several defeated troops, and was at a loss.

* * * On the evening of June+10/October 9, 5438, the attack on Yixian was launched. Yixian campaign is progressing smoothly. 1 1 Early in the morning, the enemy troops on the defensive were wiped out, and the horse of the 26th Division was captured alive.

The horse became dejected and despondent and was escorted out of yi county. He looked around and saw countless former migrant workers happily helping * * * vehicles carry military supplies and food. He said with emotion to * * * who escorted him: "The people are so kind to you, they automatically send you food and drink, but they see the national army hiding like a ghost." It seems that the future of China belongs to you! "

The cadre in charge of escort said to him, "You are right, the final victory of the war is the victory of the people. In this campaign, our military-civilian ratio is 1 3, one soldier and three people! "