In October 1947, Liu Deng's army attacked the 82nd Brigade of the 40th Division and the 52nd Division of the Jiang Army in the Battle of Gaoshanpu, and annihilated the enemy260,000, the Military Commission sent a message to congratulate,However, he said that the credit for this battle should be credited to Yang Yong, and if it weren't for his stubborn temper, this battle would have been canceled.
In June 1947, Liu Deng led the main force of 120,000 horses from Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan to set off from southwest Shandong and advance to Dabie Mountain in late August.
After several months of fierce fighting, by November, Liu Deng's army had suffered a great loss of troops.
Many people question the attrition of troops. In fact, Liu Deng was ordered by the Military Commission, in order to reduce the pressure on the base areas in northern Shaanxi and Shandong, knowing that there were tigers in the mountains, and he preferred to go to the tiger mountains.
From left: Yin Xianbing, Wang Huiqiu, Yang Yong, Su Zhenhua, Wu Shi, Pan Yan].
In the second half of 1947, the situation in northern Shaanxi and Shandong was not optimistic.
In the Shandong battlefield, after the Battle of Menglianggu, Chiang's 74th Division of the "Imperial Forest Army" was completely annihilated, and the enemy's morale was low.
Subsequently, Jiang swore revenge, dispatched troops, and invested a large number of troops in Shandong, and Huaye was still on the strategic defensive in Shandong, so there was the later "July Division".
In the Northwest Battlefield, although Xiye won successive victories under the command of General Peng, the ratio of enemy to enemy forces was 8:1 at that time, and the situation was still grim.
If it weren't for Liu Deng's army advancing into Dabie Mountain, whether it could smash Chiang's key offensive would have been a big question mark.
Liu Deng's army marched into Dabie Mountain, a sacrifice made in order to take into account the overall situation.
The Central Plains region is a strategic location, and since ancient times, there has been a saying that "those who win the Central Plains win the world".
Therefore, when Jiang learned that Liu Deng's army had come to the Central Plains, he postponed the attack on the liberated area of Shandong and mobilized 300,000 troops to "encircle and suppress" Liu Deng's army.
At this time, Liu Deng's army did not have the strength to confront the enemy head-on.
Not only is there a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides, not only is the enemy well-equipped, but also because the troops have been marching for several days, the troops have been sleepy and sick, and the troops have suffered serious attrition, and there is a serious shortage of food, ammunition, and clothing.
Therefore, after Liu Deng's army entered the mountainous area, its first task was to raise funds, raise food, raise cotton and cloth, and then dye and sew themselves, store winter clothes, and let the troops rest and recover.
Killing and wounding the enemy was not the main task at that time, and in such difficult conditions, it would be nice to be able to preserve the living forces and not be annihilated by the enemy.
However, in this context, a miracle occurred: the Battle of Gaoshanpu began and achieved brilliant results.
In accordance with the instructions of their superiors, Chen Geng and Xie Fuzhi's corps advanced into western Henan at the end of August, pinning down a large number of enemy troops, greatly improving the situation of Liu Deng's army, and effectively striking a blow to the enemy.
In early October, ** made the first move, and made a move with Jiang Jun in Zhangjiadian between Lu'an and Huoshan in western Anhui and won a complete victory.
In this battle, the 88th Brigade of the 62nd Division of the Chiang Army was wrapped in dumplings and 4,000 enemies were annihilated.
This time, I suppressed the enemy and knew that Liu Deng's army was not a vegetarian.
The main force of Chiang's army cowered and stayed north of Dabie Mountain to watch, lest it repeat the mistakes of the 62nd Brigade.
However, the Jiang army at the southern foot of Dabie Mountain was relatively weak, and it was difficult to speak alone, and it was difficult to concentrate forces for a decisive battle with Liu Deng's army for a while.
The main force of Liu Deng's army took the opportunity to cross the Dabie Mountains one after another in early October, appearing in an area more than 100 kilometers north of the Yangtze River at the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains, on the border between Hubei and Anhui, and setting up camp there, intending to open up a base area.
In this way, the old Jiang panicked, and Liu Deng's army greatly threatened the strategic places of Jiang's army, Wuhan, Jiujiang, and AnqingIf they crossed the Yangtze River south, it would pose a direct threat to Nanjing.
In order to prevent such a critical situation from arising, Chiang's urgently dispatched all the American-style equipment and the 82nd Brigade of the integrated 52nd Division and the 82nd Brigade of the integrated 52nd Division to Gaoshanpu through Tuanfeng and Xishui, in an attempt to block Liu Deng's army in the lake and marsh area on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and then annihilate it.
Among them, Chiang's army reorganized the 40th Division and the 52nd Division of the 82nd Brigade, which was very arrogant, and they advanced at full speed in an attempt to wipe out Yang Yong's 1st Column in the Guangji area.
Li Zhenqing, commander of the enemy's reorganized 40th Division, was received by Chiang not long ago and got carried away.
Coupled with the American-style equipment of the department, he lost his mind and advanced alone in the pursuit, allowing Yang Yong, the commander of the 1st column, to see the fighters.
He was determined to set up an ambush in the Gaoshanpu area, fight a beautiful ambush battle, and eat up the reorganized 40th Division.
Takayama shop is not a shop, but a shop about 7 kilometers long and 1 percent wideThe 5-kilometer canyon area is a perfect place for ambushes.
Knowing Yang Yong's idea, Liu Deng Dajun had different internal views.
Liu Shuai was cautious, this was the first time that Liu Deng's army had fought with a strong and powerful integrated division of the enemy after advancing into Dabie Mountain.
If you can't kill the tiger, you will be injured by the tiger, which will affect the morale of our army.
Therefore, whether to fight or not, Liu Shuai was a little hesitant.
On the morning of October 24, the head of the column, including Yang Yong, received a telegram from Liu Deng: "The problem of cotton clothes must be solved before November 5, and only then can we gather troops to fight a few battles of annihilation."
On the afternoon of October 24, Liu Deng again sent a telegram to Yang Yong, commander of the 1st Column, and Su Zhenhua, political commissar, pointing out that "our forces are scattered and it is not appropriate to fight an uncertain battle against the 40th Division";At the same time, it is emphasized that the main task of our army at present is still "to solve winter clothes in large quantities."
After the 40th Division was rebuilt, Jiang went to Anyang and took a group photo with the division commander Li Zhenqing
Upon learning of this situation, Yang Yong called the chief again to state his reasons.
The reason is very simple, the 40th Division is fierce on the surface, but in fact, it is already a frightened bird.
Why do you say that?
In October 1945, just after the end of the Anti-Japanese War, the army was ordered to launch an attack on the liberated areas of Hebei, Shandong, Henan and southern Hebei, and was almost completely annihilated by our army in the Battle of Handan, and Ma Fawu, the deputy commander and commander of the theater, was captured alive.
Ma Fawu (third from left in robe) took a group photo with our generals, with Chief Liu Deng in the column. After Ma Fawu was captured, our army respected his exploits in the War of Resistance].
After the war, Chiang's army reorganized the 40th Army, and Li Zhenqing, the former deputy commander, served as the commander.
In March 1947, the army participated in the Northern Henan Campaign and was again heavily defeated.
The point is that they were defeated at the hands of Liu Deng's army.
Based on this, Yang Yong believes that defeating Li Zhenqing is not a problem.
Seeing that Yang Yong was so persistent, Chief Liu Deng finally made up his mind.
In the end, Chief Liu Deng repeatedly advised: "This is the first battle, we must be cautious and cautious!"”
Although Chief Liu Deng had reservations about Yang Yong's battle plan, he still transferred the Central Plains Independent Brigade and the 6th Column of Wang Bicheng and Wang Jinshan to assist the 1st Column in annihilating and reorganizing the 40th Division).
Since the chief explained like this, it is impossible for Yang Yong to have no pressure, it is glorious to win, but he must be responsible for losing.
In order to completely annihilate the 40th Division, Yang Yong worked hard and racked his brains to ensure that nothing went wrong.
Yang Yong, political commissar Su Zhenhua, and commander of the 6th Column, Wang Bicheng, carefully drew up a battle plan, and let the 6th Column ambush to the west of the reorganized 40th Division, keeping a certain distance to ensure that it would not be detected.
The Central Plains Independent Brigade and the First Column were ambushed on both sides of the high mountain paved highway southeast of the Caojia River, and a tight pocket formation was constructed.
After the 40th Division entered the ambush circle, the 6th column was inserted, cutting off its retreat, and then tightening its pockets and attacking in an all-out way.
The plan works flawlessly, but the key is implementation.
A practical problem is how to bring the reorganized 40th Division into the encirclement.
Li Zhenqing is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and his military career has been 26 years. When he enlisted in the army in 1921, Yang Yong was still an 8-year-old doll.
Li Zhenqing can be said to have been on the battlefield for a long time, experienced in a hundred battles, he is an old fox, he still has military knowledge, and he will definitely not easily fall into the net.
But no matter how cunning the fox is, he can't fight a good hunter.
On October 26, the 40th Brigade of the 52nd Division and the 82nd Division were marching on the Xiguang Highway leading to Gaoshanpu, when suddenly gunfire rang out in front of the team.
The deputy commander of the 40th Division picked up the binoculars and saw that it was a group of poorly prepared and unwell-groomed soldiers attacking them.
Dare to break ground in Tai Sui?The enemy's deputy division commander commanded the troops to counterattack.
However, when they started fighting with all their might, this guerrilla force soon disappeared, and the 40th Division continued to march.
After more than 1,000 meters of march, this group of "motley" guerrillas reappeared, just like last time.
In this way, the 40th Division was unknowingly introduced into Gaoshanpu.
The enemy realized that he had been ambushed, but it was too late.
After Bai Chongxi learned that the 40th Division was surrounded, he was very shocked and dispatched troops to the rescue.
However, Chief Liu Deng had long expected that the enemy would have this hand, and the 2nd and 4th columns were waiting for the enemy's inevitable path.
The 1st Brigade Prison controlled Hongwuyuan and Jieling, and these two commanding heights were like a huge steel tong blocking the only highway between Xishui and Guangji.
At this time, Wang Bicheng commanded the vanguard of our 6th column to occupy Maqi Mountain and Lijiazhai Mountain before dusk on October 26, cutting off the enemy's retreat.
Ambush warfare is easy to say, but it is also difficult to fight, because the enemy is well-equipped and has to bite despite being in a desperate situation and still fighting strongly.
Finding themselves surrounded, the enemy became even more frantic and launched an entire battalion and a whole company attack, a total of hundreds of times.
In the art of war, it is said that "encircling three ques and one", which means encircling three sides and leaving one side, otherwise the enemy will desperately break through.
Yang Yong was determined to annihilate the enemy completely, and surrounded him in all directions, like an iron bucket.
The enemy has no way to go, but to fight to the death.
The fiercest battle was the battle for Hongwuyuan and Jieling, where the 1st Column and 1st Brigade fought with Chiang's army 13 times, and the position changed hands many times, and the position was lost and regained, and the corpses were everywhere.
In the end, our army won and firmly controlled Hongwuyuan and Jieling.
The loss of Hongwu Ridge and Jieling meant that the enemy had only one way to die.
At 9 o'clock in the morning of the 27th, two hours before the general attack of Liu Deng's army, the headquarters of the 40th Division in Qingshuihe was monitored by our army because of its communication with its superiors.
After learning the information, Yang Yong decided to launch a general attack in advance, and he organized 5 regiments of troops to kill the enemy's division headquarters.
I have to say that Yang Yong took a big risk by advancing the time of the general attack without authorization.
Once the battle situation is unfavorable, it is necessary to bear full responsibility.
But Yang Yong has always been like this, dare to do it, the fighter plane is fleeting, it is too late to ask for instructions, so he can only make his own decisions.
If you change to a mediocre talent, in the process of asking for instructions, the enemy will also be transferred.
Facts have proved that Yang Yong's decision was correct.
He commanded the main force of the 1st column to kill the enemy's division headquarters, and before the enemy could react, he smashed Huanglong and captured the deputy commander of the division.
After the enemy's division headquarters was terminated, Chiang's army became a headless fly, scurrying everywhere and losing its combat effectiveness. When attacking the headquarters of the enemy's 40th Division, the other divisions surrounded the 82nd Brigade of the 52nd Division in the Gaoshanpu area.
At 2 p.m., the enemy stopped resisting.
The battle of Gaoshanpu, less than two days before and after, annihilated the enemy 1260,000, the number of our army is only 800.
See you after the warYang Yong, ** smiled at DengCommissarsaid:This battle should be attributed to Yang Yong.
Political Commissar Deng also smiled and said:yesOnly Yang is brave enough to fight such a dangerous battle. ”
The significance of the Battle of Gaoshanpu is not how many enemies were annihilated and how many baggage were captured, but the important thing is that it greatly stimulated the morale of our army, dealt a blow to the arrogance of Jiang's army, and broke the balance between attack and defense of the enemy and us.
Yang Yong has made great contributions to such a harvest, and he and General Yang Chengwu and Yang Dezhi are called the "three brave generals" of our army, which is well deserved.