Su Yu led the Huaye army, and under the nose of Qiu Qingquan, the commander of the Fifth Army of the Kuomintang, captured Kaifeng City, which greatly annoyed Qiu Qingquan.
Qiu Qingquan is a general with strategic vision and good at commanding, but he also has a fatal weakness, that is, he is too conceited. His Fifth Army was the first elite unit of the Kuomintang to realize mechanized warfare, and he always felt in his heart that Su Yu would only play tricks and did not dare to fight head-on.
The Kuomintang also gave Qiu Qingquan the nickname "I don't fight Qiu Qingquan every time," and Qiu Qingquan was happy to accept this praise. It's a pity that the arrogant will be defeated, which is also the root cause of his great losses in the second half of the Eastern Henan Campaign.
In the second half of the Eastern Henan Campaign, Su Yu's "mobile warfare" skills were fully demonstrated, but due to the complexity of the battlefield, in the end, although Qiu Qingquan's troops were heavily damaged, they were not completely wiped out. However, the overall results of the Eastern Henan Campaign were very astonishing, dealing a huge blow to the Kuomintang army.
Su Yu's magical tactics made ** full of praise, ** even more blunt:
I don't dare to make up my mind to fight such a battle. ”
That's right, Su Yu fought too dangerously, from the moment he took the risk to break into Kaifeng, the "tail" chasing after him has not been broken, and the enemy seems to be surrounding him and killing him all in one go.
After the Battle of Kaifeng, Su Yu thought about it for a long time and hesitated once.
At that time, Nakano wanted to concentrate on Zhengzhou, but the report was sent, and the ** Military Commission considered that the enemy was already concentrating troops due to the battle of Kaifeng, whether it was Nakano or Huaye, the sacrifice was likely to be doubled, so the timing of the frontal encounter needed to be postponed.
** Instructions to the two major field armies: If your two major groups act separately, the enemy should be destroyed at a time by no more than one integrated divisionIn concentrated operations, the enemy should be destroyed at a time to no more than two integrated divisions, and it is necessary to preserve strength.
At the same time, some leaders of Huaye also believe that appropriate adjustments should be made, especially some of the heaviest troops need to rest.
However, Su Yu felt that the Battle of Eastern Henan was a key battle to turn the tide of the Central Plains, and it was an experiment in the next big battle, and he could not stop there, and he was sure to win the next victory.
In order to let everyone have the same sense of confidence as himself, Su Yu did two things.
First, he asked Zhong Chiguang, deputy director of the political organ, to strengthen ideological and political work in the troops, arouse the fighting spirit of "being hungry, running, and fighting," pursue the attack by taking advantage of the victory, and strive for a complete victory.
The second is to send a telegram to ***, explaining his next plan, hoping that he can support himself in decision-making.
In the telegram, Su Yu mainly stated two things, "he intends to give up Kaifeng at 23 o'clock on the 25th";"After Qiu Qingquan's corps enters Bian, it is planned to.
3. Eight verticals divide the connection between Qiu and District.
1. 4. ......and other columns to annihilate the district corps south of Qixian County".
Su Yu realized that at the moment when the enemy was heavily armed, only by maneuvering could he eat benefits. Qiu Qingquan was mainly weakened, and gradually hit him hard, making him exhausted;Strike a frontal blow at another new contingent that Chiang Kai-shek is sending, the Ou Shou Nian Corps.
When eating wolves, the leopards that can eat are not spared, because they are in a group.
This plan is the second half of the Eastern Henan Campaign - "first open the seal, then destroy the enemy" in the annihilation and aid of the enemy.
After careful consideration with the Military Commission, he once again supported Su Yu's decision at a critical moment. ** After reading the decision, he said, "Comrade Su Yu is full of guts";* said frankly, "This is too dangerous, I don't dare to make up my mind to fight such a battle." ”
On June 26, 1948, the ** Military Commission sent a telegram back to Su Yu, the main meaning of which was: Jiang and Bai judged that our Su, Chen, and Zhang Corps were preparing to join up with Liu Deng's army and fight the Kuomintang's 18th Army, so Qiu Qingquan and Ou Shounian were now advancing rapidly to the southwest. Your plan works, if it works with annihilation.
Seven. Ten. The 5th and 72nd Divisions are better, and if not, it is good to annihilate the 75th Division.
This time, it was still the Huaye army that cooperated with Su Yu and continued to win the next results.
On the same day, Su Yu issued three orders to the whole army:
The first is to let the third and eighth verticals quickly withdraw from Kaifeng and move in the direction of Tongxu.
The second is let. The 1st, 4th, and 6th columns gathered all the way to Qixian in concealment.
The third is to let the local guerrillas disperse behind the relevant enemy and prepare for maneuvering and pinning down in the next campaign.
The Kuomintang was already going to assemble and besiege the city, but when they saw that Huaye had run away and did not want to open the city, they made another judgment: