After the Battle of Subei, the officers and men of the field army were immersed in the joy of victory, but Su Yu looked worried and locked himself in his room. He knew that this victory was only the beginning, and that successive battles were the key to the final victory. Su Yu's next target was Lunan, and despite the defeat of Xue Yue in the Battle of Subei, he quickly regrouped his forces and turned to another area to attack.
Although Xue Yue suffered some losses in the defeat of Subei, he still had three troops to mobilize, and he was not greatly affected, so his mood was naturally not low. Su Yu was not flustered, he did not define victory as merely defeating the enemy, but saw that the road to Huaibei in the west had been opened, so he proposed a plan to continue marching to Huaibei.
**Give full support to this, I believe that Su Yu can make his own decisions, after all, only by letting go and letting the generals play can they achieve better performance. Su Yu became more confident after gaining the trust of ***, and the subsequent battle became smoother. Xue Yue ordered Zhang Lingfu to lead the 74th Army to attack Lianshui and recapture Shuyang, with the aim of taking revenge on Shuyang, which our army had captured in the battle of Subei. Xue Yue's decision was not only out of ambition, but also showed his unwillingness.
At this time, Su Yu needed to lead his army to Lunan and confront Zhang Lingfu's troops head-on. This was the first time that Huaye's troops under Su Yu's command confronted Zhang Lingfu, although no fighting took place. **After learning that Su Yu gave up his plan to go west to Huaibei, he still supported him, because he knew that Su Yu would not do anything he was not sure of, and hoped that Su Yu would start a large-scale war of annihilation again if necessary.
On December 19, 1946, after Su Yu received the order of ***, he resolutely decided to obey and began to plan an attack on Lunan. He identified two key targets: Ma Liwu and Liu Zhenshan. Ma Liwu led the main force of Lunan, and if he could defeat him, he would be able to easily occupy Lunan and change the situation of the war in East China.
However, Ma Liwu is not a person to deal with, he is a cadet of the Whampoa Military Academy, his military strength is extraordinary, his troops are equally powerful, equipped with American-style **, which poses a great threat to our army. In contrast, Liu Zhenshan's troops were weak, they were originally warlords in the northeast, and after defecting to the Kuomintang, they became miscellaneous troops, and their equipment and combat strength were inferior to Ma Liwu, and Chiang Kai-shek didn't even pay attention to them.
Su Yu was confused when choosing a target to attack, but decided to break with his previous combat style and challenge the powerful forces first. Although the risks are enormous, the benefits of a successful capture are even more lucrative, and it requires a lot of courage. Su Yu decisively chose Ma Liwu's troops as the primary target, and the Battle of Lunan began, issuing three attack orders in succession, which made Xue Yue feel in danger.
Soon after, Su Yu's troops succeeded in defeating Ma Liwu, and Lunan became the bag of our army, much to Xue Yue's shock, and Liu Zhenshan failed to change the situation.