On June 2, 1949, he drafted a letter to Hu Qiaomu in the name of the People's Republic of China, clearly pointing out that it was extremely necessary to fight for Cheng Qian, Li Mo'an, and Chen Mingren to stand on our side, and to oppose the United States, Chiang, and Gui, and we asked you to seriously carry out this work.
At the same time, ** also telegraphed **, Xiao Ke, Zhao Erlu and Nie Heting, who were leading the Fourth Field Army to march to Zhongnan: Please use Zhang Zhen to push Cheng Qian to stand on our side, but it should not be launched too early, and it should be launched into our side after solving Bai Chongxi's troops.
People can understand that in order to win Cheng Qian, Li Mo'an, and Chen Mingren to stand on our side and realize the important goal of the peaceful liberation of Changsha, we must not only emphasize the need to use Zhang Zhen to carry out the promotion of the present language, but also correctly grasp the key steps and opportunities to seek peace by war and fight the Gui system first.
**The reason why Zhang Zhen is the first choice to promote Cheng Qian's righteousness is that Zhang Zhen and Cheng Qian not only have special exchanges, but also have reached a special tacit understanding on the issue of leading the uprising.
Zhang Zhen, the word Yisan, was a former lieutenant general of the Kuomintang Army. He served as the commander of the First Army, the deputy director of the Zhengzhou Public Office and the deputy director of the Wuhan Xingyuan, the chairman of Henan Province, and the commander of the 19th Corps. On May 150, 1949, he led an uprising in Jinkou, Hubei Province.
On April 15, 1894, Zhang Zhen was born in Hekou Village, Luoshan County, Henan Province. At the beginning of 1908, he walked more than 700 miles with his brother to Kaifeng and applied for the army primary school.
In 1912, he went to Kaifeng again and was admitted to the army primary school. The following year, he entered the No. 3 Army Middle School in Nanjing. In 1918, he was promoted to the ninth phase of Baoding Military Academy. In 1919, he was selected to study at the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School with excellent grades, and returned to Japan after graduating in 1923.
In 1924, Zhang Zhen was appointed as the chief tactical instructor of the fourth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy. After two months of being in office, he had not yet formally taught, and when Cheng Qian's department was changed from the Hubei Army to the 6th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, he was recommended by a classmate of the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer School to be transferred to Zhang Zhen in February 1926 as the commander of the 56th Regiment of the 19th Division of the army.
The regiment was originally the 5th Division of the Hunan Army and was reorganized from the bandit team. Zhang Zhen went to work alone, and Cheng Qian was afraid that something would happen, so he specially prepared two companies of troops to prevent accidents.
Zhang Yiran went and immediately gathered all the officers and soldiers to speak: First, I am here for revolution, and if it is a counterrevolutionary, everyone can oppose me; Second, I am a soldier and resolutely obey orders, and if you violate orders, everyone can oppose me; Third, in the future, if I engage in personal fraud, you can oppose me.
Zhang Zhi's speech won the support of the officers and soldiers, and also began to be appreciated by Cheng Qian.
In July 1926, the National Revolutionary Army set out on the Northern Expedition. Zhang Zhen's regiment moved to northern Hunan and southern Hunan with the 6th Army commanded by Cheng Qian, which lasted more than 40 days.
In September, when the battle of Nanchang was lost, and the army commander Cheng Qian "cut his beard and removed his robe", disguised as a cattle herder and survived, Zhang Zhen led the remnants to break through the siege and was blocked, and after the troops were reduced to zero, only two soldiers rushed to Wuhan.
When Zhang Zhen arrived in Wuhan and reported his experience and whereabouts to Cheng Qian, the whole army expected that he had been killed and was waiting for a memorial service.
Cheng Qian immediately replied to Zhang Zhen: "When I receive the call, I have to celebrate my birthday, I am extremely happy, and I hope to return to the department as soon as possible to comfort the masses." ”
By October, the 6th Army was rearmament, and Lin Boqu was entrusted by Cheng Qian to go to Wuhan to welcome Zhang Zhen back to the 6th Army and serve as the commander of the Major General.
Subsequently, Zhang Zhen followed Cheng Qian to participate in a series of combat operations such as the third attack on Nanchang and the capture of Nanjing, and formed a fighting friendship of life and death.
In 1928, Cheng Qian was detained in Wuhan by Li Zongren for insisting on opposing Chiang, and later experienced a "public life" in Shanghai. The original 6th Army was forced to flee from Hunan to Jiangxi, and Zhang Zhen was electrified to go into the field.
When Chiang Kai-shek ordered the arrest of Zhang Zhen, Zhang had no choice but to live incognito and live in Shanghai and Hangzhou for two years.
More importantly, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wang Yanxi, a representative of the Hubei-Henan Border Region Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, had secret contact with Zhang Zhen on several occasions in 1938 and reached an agreement on jointly launching an anti-Japanese guerrilla war.
In 1939, under the influence and introduction of his close friend Li Shizhang, the former party representative of the 18th Division of the 6th Army of the Northern Expeditionary Army and a secret member of the Communist Party of China, Zhang Zhen had contact with Lin Boqu, Dong Biwu, Deng Yingchao and others.
** Zeng earnestly said to him: "You have quite a position and reputation in the ranks of the Kuomintang, and you have a great future for development. Be gray, don't join any organization, don't get too close to us, just in case. ”
At the beginning of 1941, Zhang Zhen felt that the Kuomintang was in short supply of education funds, and many young people were out of school, so he used his political influence to call on the well-known gentry in the three counties of Lijiang, Jiangjin and Nanchuan to raise funds and establish Yunan Middle School.
Zhang Zhen served as the chairman of the board of directors and specially appointed Li Shizhang as the president. Most of the teachers invited are Communist Party members and progressives, such as Feng Jupo, an early member of the middle school, Wang Huabing, Liao Yongxiang, Li Zhongjie, Wei Jiequan, Li Yiwu, Li Kefeng, Zhang Huancai, Wang Yun, Zhang Zhixian, Zeng Qingming, Luo Weiju, etc., Gao Tian, a member of the Democratic League, Shi Fuliang, Zhong Fuguang and his wife, and writers Bi Ye, all of whom have taught at the school.
Shiyunan Middle School has become the work base of the Southern Bureau of the Communist Party of China in Lijiang, and in addition to covering a group of middle school members and progressives, it has also cultivated many patriotic youths.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Chiang Kai-shek launched a civil war against the people. In 1946, Zhang Zhen was transferred to the post of deputy director of the Zhengzhou "Appeasement" Office and deputy director of the Wuhan Xingyuan.
In 1947, the People's Liberation Army Liu Deng's army flew across the Yellow River, and after annihilating 50,000 or 60,000 Kuomintang troops in southwest Shandong, he crossed the Longhai Railway and rapidly advanced south along the area east of the Pinghan Railway.
Chiang Kai-shek urgently ordered Cheng Qian, director of Wuhan Xingyuan, to set up an advance command post, and assigned Zhang Zhen to concurrently serve as the director of the advance command post. Under the urging of Cheng Qian and Chiang Kai-shek 8 telegrams and **, Zhang Cai arrived and successively commanded 14 integrated divisions and 4 independent brigades to participate in the Central Plains Campaign, which ended in failure.
In the spring of 1948, before the start of the Huaihai Campaign, Zhang Zhen took the initiative to ask Li Shizhang to reflect his intention to prepare for an uprising through the Central ** organization in East China.
In the autumn of the same year, he sent Zhang Zhen to read the "On New Democracy" and "On Union", which taught Zhang a lot and strengthened his determination to hold an uprising and throw himself into the people.
At the same time, the People's Liberation Army also sent Fang Jingzhi and others to fight for Zhang. Soon, Zhang Zhen sent Zhang Yinren to the liberated area to get in touch with *** and others directly, and accepted the instructions of the CCP, and decided to hold an uprising when Wuhan was liberated.
In the summer of 1948, in order to save the declining situation of the war and strengthen his rule over Central China, Chiang Kai-shek changed the Wuhan Xingyuan to Changsha Xingyuan, and set up the "Central China Suppression Headquarters" in Wuhan, with Bai Chongxi as the commander-in-chief and Zhang Zhen as the deputy commander-in-chief and commander of the Fifth Appeasement Zone.
In July of the same year, Kaifeng was liberated for the first time, and Chiang Kai-shek dismissed Liu Maoen as chairman of Hunan Province and replaced him with Zhang Zhen.
Zhang Xuan moved the provincial ** to Xinyang, where the Wusui District Headquarters is located. On the one hand, he used his authority to vigorously integrate local teams and form "appeasement" brigades or security brigades to expand the number of troops; On the one hand, he actively participated in the activities of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi and Cheng Qianqian Jiang **.
In the spring of 1949, the Fifth "Appeasement" Zone was abolished, and Zhang Zhen's headquarters retreated from Xinyang to the area of Heshengqiao and Xianning in Hubei. The 10 brigades, which were originally expanded by local teams, were reorganized into the 19th Corps after several rectifications, with the 127th Army and the 128th Army under it, with Zhao Zili and Xin Shaoting as commanders and Zhang Zhen as commanders.
The first personnel in Henan Province were entrusted to the leadership of Secretary-General Luo Zhen and all moved to Hunan. In April, Zhang Zhen went to Changsha three times to have secret talks with Cheng Qian, and asked Zhang to raise an uprising in Wuhan first, and Cheng Hou to act in Changsha.
On 10 May, Zhang Yinren of the Zhang Zhen Committee crossed the Yangtze River from Jinkou with the underground staff of the Chinese Communist Party to the Jianghan Military Region of the People's Liberation Army in Chuyang to discuss the uprising.
At the same time, he also sent Zhang to stay in Hankou and maintain close contact with the underground party organizations of the Chinese Communist Party.
On the 12th, Zhang Zhen slightly adjusted the garrison of the troops, and convened the main generals to discuss secretly, and clarified their respective tasks after the uprising: Bao Ruli's division controlled the water and land communications of Jinkou, intercepted the large and small ships withdrawn from Hankou, intercepted the fleeing enemy troops along the river, and strengthened the connection with the Jianghan Military Region.
Divisions were stationed on both sides of the railway and road, and after the withdrawal of the 7th Army, they intercepted other enemy forces. After the meeting, they arranged separately and issued them layer by layer to prepare for the uprising.
On the 13th, Zhang Zhen risked his life to make a last-ditch effort, and secretly went to Wuchang to persuade Lu Daoyuan, the commander of the 58th Army, to revolt together. Lu told Gu Zhutong, chief of staff, to inform.
On the 14th, Bai Chongxi made an appointment to meet Zhang Zhen at the Central China Military and Political Chief's Office, and immediately showed Gu Zhutong's telegram, which said: "According to secret reports, Zhang Zhen colluded with ** and plotted to mutiny, please detain and send his officers above the division commander to Guangzhou, strictly punish them, and dissolve the department on the spot." ”
Bai immediately detained Zhang and asked him to call ** to inform the officers above the division commander to come here for a meeting at 10 o'clock the next day.
Although Zhang Zhen felt that the incident happened suddenly, he was calm. He immediately replied: "We have talked about many issues for several months, and you know everything. Now you can do what you say. ”
Zhang Zhen asked to go to the 19th Corps office in Han to deal with some important issues first, where it would be more convenient to make a direct communication with the troops. Bai hesitated again and again, and finally promised him to go and come quickly.
Zhang Zhen got into the jeep and quickly got out of the tiger's mouth. On May 15, Zhang Zhen overcame many dangers and obstacles, and finally led the department 2More than 50,000 people resolutely declared a telegram uprising, and it was successful.
Timely cooperation and understanding of the military operations of the amplified army to cross the Yangtze River in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River played a certain role in the liberation of Wuhan.
led the troops to revolt, Cheng Qian and Zhang Zhen were certainly the same as Zhang Zhen in this basic goal, and they had already made an appointment in advance. At present, Zhang Zhen has "cashed in", and Cheng Qian's "following" is to be continued.
** After a comprehensive analysis of all aspects, it was further determined that in order to strengthen Cheng Qian's determination to raise righteousness and ensure the success of his uprising, a decisive factor was that Bai Chongxi must be resolved first to remove the obstacles to Cheng Qian's uprising.
Judging from the strategic situation and its development trend at that time, the defense system of the Kuomintang army had completely collapsed after the defense line of the Yangtze River was broken through and the battlefields in North China and Northwest China were defeated.
The remaining 1.5 million people are located in Fujian, Taiwan, and several provinces in the south-central, southwest, and northwest, and are disconnected groups and are in an extremely isolated situation.
However, Chiang Kai-shek still tried to rely on these remnants to put up a stubborn resistance in the remote provinces and regions, so as to wait for the opportunity to make a comeback.
The enemies entrenched in the central and southern regions were the Bai Chongxi group of the Central China Military and Political Chief's Office and the Guangzhou "Appeasement" Office (later changed to the South China Military and Political Chief's Office), with a total of 28 armies and 73 divisions, with a total strength of more than 400,000 troops.
Among them, Bai Chongxi's division of 21 armies and 52 divisions of nearly 300,000 troops stationed in Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces was deployed as follows: Six corps of the 14th and 20th Corps of the Song Xilian Division of the Hunan and Hubei Border Pacification Office were deployed along the Yangtze River between Badong and Yueyang and the areas south of it, with the center of gravity in Yichang and Shashi.
A total of 7 corps of the 3rd and 10th Corps, the main force directly under Bai Chongxi's troops, were deployed on the line of Jiuling Mountain, Miluo River and Dongting Lake west of Nanchang and north of Changsha.
The four armies of the Cheng Qian Division of the Changsha "Appeasement" Office and the Chen Mingren Division of the 1st Corps (later renumbered as 3 armies) were deployed in the Changsha and Xiangtan areas. The 56th Army and the 127th Army were located in Guilin and Changde respectively.
The 4th and 12th Corps of the Fang Tianbu of the Jiangxi "Appeasement" Office were located in Suichuan and Ganzhou.
There are about 110,000 people in 7 armies and 21 divisions of Yu Han's division stationed in Guangdong, except for 1 army stationed on Hainan Island, the main force guards northern Guangdong along the Yuehan Road and blocks Guangzhou.
The enemy attempted to rely on these forces to prevent the PLA from advancing southward in the Hunan and Jiangxi border areas of western Hubei in order to maintain its control over the provinces of Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Guangxi.
If it was attacked by the People's Liberation Army and was in a disadvantageous position, Song Xilian's troops retreated to the mountainous areas of western Hubei, with Sichuan as the rear, holding the eastern gateway of Sichuan, Bai Chongxi's troops retreating to southern Hunan, and Yu Hanmou's troops holding on to Dagengling to ensure the security of the two Guangzhou.
However, with the exception of a few units such as the 7th and 48th armies of Bai Chongxi's lineage, which still have a certain combat effectiveness, most of the rest are units that have been reorganized after being annihilated by our army or suffering serious blows, and their combat effectiveness is relatively weak.
Moreover, the internal factions are complex, and there are many contradictions between the Hunan and Gui factions, and between Bai Chongxi and Song Xilian.
* In determining the strategic plan for marching across the country, the Central Military Commission gave the Fourth Field Army the task of marching to central and southern China, destroying the enemy in the region, and liberating and operating the six provinces of Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Guangxi.
In order to better accomplish the above tasks, in May 1949, the CPC ** decided to form the Central China Bureau on the basis of the Central Plains Bureau of the CPC, merge the leading organs of the Central Plains Military Region with the leading organs of the Fourth Field Army, and change its name to the Fourth Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the Central China Military Region (in December 1949, it was also renamed the Central South Bureau and the Central South Military Region and the Fourth Field Army).
He served as the first secretary of the Central China Bureau and the commander of the Central China Military Region, the second secretary of the Central China Bureau and the political commissar of the Central China Military Region, and the third secretary of the Central China Bureau and the second political commissar of the Central China Military Region.
On April 11, 1949, in addition to the more than 120,000 people of the advance corps of the Fourth Field Army, who had already moved south in advance, the remaining 700,000 people went south along the Pinghan Road, Jinpu Road, and Pingda Highway (from Beiping to Daming) in Pinghan and Tianjin.
In order to eliminate obstacles, the 13th Corps led the 42nd and 47th armies on the way south, and with the coordination of the 70th Army of the North China Military Region, launched the Xinxiang Anyang Campaign.
On May 6, the 42nd Army conquered Anyang and annihilated the enemy's 1more than 40,000 people; Xinxiang Defenders, 40th Army and other departments 1More than 60,000 people accepted the peaceful reorganization of our army.
By early June, the troops had successively arrived at Xiangyang, Fancheng, Anlu, Xiaogan, and Mushui north of the Yangtze River.
The 103rd, 58th, 97th, and 126th armies of the Fourth Field Army advanced into the Bai Chongxi group, which was the enemy in central Hunan, were deployed in the areas of Yiyang, Pingjiang, Yueyang, and Changshoujie respectively, serving as the frontal defense of the first line.
With the 7th, 46th, and 48th armies of the 3rd Corps as the right flank, they were deployed in the Liling, Yichun, and Shanggao areas, and one part went out of Fengxin and Gao'an.
With Song Xilian's division as the left flank, it was deployed in the western Hunan and Hubei regions, of which the 2nd, 124th, 79th, and 15th armies were located on the first line of Yichang, Yidu, and Shamu; The 14th, 71st, and 100th armies of the 1st Corps under Chen Mingren of the Changsha Sui Administration and the 1st Corps served as the second line of defense.
On 17 May, the ** Military Commission instructed the Front Committee of the Field Army on the next operational deployment of the Fourth Field Army: On the western Hubei side, three armies crossed the river from Yichang and Shashi, and then two armies advanced to Baoqing (now Shaoyang), leaving one army in the Changde and Yiyang areas.
In terms of the Guangdong-Han line, you can use 8 armies, except for 3 armies located on the Wuhan Yuezhou (now Yueyang) line, Yuezhou Zhuzhou line, and Zhuzhou Hengzhou (now Hengyang) line, and advance to Zhuzhou with 5 armies, and cooperate with the two armies on the west route to annihilate Bai Chongxi's troops on the Hunan-Guangdong-Guizhou border, and prepare to advance to Liangguang.
On the Jiangxi side, the two armies that were scheduled to run Jiangxi were advanced to the area, and in case of battle, they could ask Chen Geng's corps to assist them.
On May 25, ** learned that Zhang Zhen had led his troops to successfully revolt on the 15th, and immediately called the relevant parties to express their satisfaction and welcome, **: "Two ace divisions must be drawn out and handed over to Zhang Zhen for command." ”
**Instructions, from 10 verticals, 12 verticals respectively.
The 1st and 2nd Divisions were combined with Zhang Zhen's division into one army, with Zhang Zhen as the commander.
At the same time, the General Front Committee of the Jiang Crossing Campaign was telegraphed: Chen Geng's corps will not cross the Ganjiang River for the time being, collect ships on the lines of Fengcheng, Linjiang, Xincheng, and Xiajiang, complete preparations for crossing the river, and wait for the 7th Army of the Gui Army to penetrate deep into the Yichun area, suddenly advance to the enemy's rear, cut off the enemy's retreat, and cooperate with the Siye troops to annihilate or seize the enemy.
Erye should prepare to be under the command of Lin Luo under the command of Chen Geng with four or three armies, and its tasks are: the first step is to cooperate with Siye to annihilate the main force of the Gui system in the Yichun area, and the second step is to be on standby to enter Hunan to copy Bai Chongxi's back road, and then stand by to enter Sichuan.
In addition, **please**, consider that when your main forces and artillery cross the river, a grand parade in the three towns of Wuhan with a neat military appearance, such as the entrance ceremony of Beiping, will be held to cheer people.
The next day, May 26, ** learned that the changes in the enemy situation were mostly expected by him: the 7th Army of the Gui Department was successively transported from Changsha to Yichun; Xia Wei Command led the two armies to deploy defenses in the area of Gao'an, west of Nanchang; Ji'an will transfer two divisions of the 102nd Army from Zhuzhou to reinforce the defense; The Ganzhou side will transfer two divisions of the 14th Army from Hengyang to increase the defense. That is to say, the tide of the war is moving in the direction of *** predetermined.
Immediately afterwards, ** had to skillfully arrange the "homecoming" of the enemy's Song Xilian department. On May 28, **telegram**, Xiao Jinguang: Song Xilian's five armies have more than 80,000 people, and their combat effectiveness is weak, and it is enough for you to attack with three armies. The three armies should be properly deployed to annihilate the enemy's main force.
In accordance with the spirit of the instructions of the Military Commission, the military commission and others promptly formulated a plan for the rest and recuperation and operational deployment of the four field troops, and directly submitted it to the army for review on May 30.
**Immediately recalled, clearly agreeing.
The Front Committee of the Fourth Field Army resolutely made up its operational determination and decided to cross the Yangtze River from Wuhan and its eastern and western regions with the main force and march southward by three routes: the 12th Corps advanced along the Yuehan Road; The 13th Corps crossed the Yangtze River in the Yichang and Shashi areas and marched south.
With the 15th Corps and commanding the Liangguang Column, the Liangguang Column attacked and advanced along the Hunan and Jiangxi borders with the 4th Corps of the Second Field Army; In addition to the 42nd Army, the 14th Corps stayed in Henan to suppress bandits, and the main force followed along the Yuehan Road; The 50th Army of the Northeast Military Region, which was transferred to the Fourth Field Army, went south to Xiangfan to assemble and stand by.
The Siye troops are resting, and they are still continuing to plan "the army that surrenders without a fight".
On June 16, he personally drafted a message of welcome to the uprising of Zhang Zhenbu jointly signed by him and the commander-in-chief for Xinhua News Agency. He pointed out that the remnants of the Kuomintang army were already very small, and that they were bound to be quickly wiped out if they tried to resist. At the same time, we call on all patriotic generals in the remnants of the Kuomintang army to welcome those who are willing to lead their troops in the uprising.
Generally speaking, Bai Chongxi's basic stance on *** and ** should not be indifferent. However, Bai has always been obsessed.
By the end of June, it was still stepping up the deployment of troops and retreating into Yunnan in an attempt to resist to the end.
In this regard, ** is very vigilantly aware that Bai Chongxi deploys troops to retreat into Yunnan, and if the southern part of Huzong is added, then I will inevitably use a large number of troops to solve Yunnan, which is not good for me. Accordingly, the deployment of the entire PLA march was further adjusted.
At the beginning of July, when our Fourth Field Army was about to cross the Yangtze River and march south, in order to consolidate its defense along the river, Song Xilian's division mobilized the 2nd Army, the 124th Army, and the 4th Brigade of Hubei Security to attack and harass our Dangyang and Jingmen, and rushed out of Yuan'an to rush to transport grain stocks.
The commander of the Fourth Field Army believed that while Song Xilian's troops were launching an offensive on the Western Front, Bai Chongxi's main force might have made some moves in Hunan and Jiangxi on the Eastern Front. It was determined to immediately launch the Yi (Chang) Sha (City) Campaign and the Hunan and Jiangxi Campaigns, annihilate the main forces of the Song and Bai Forces, and then advance south by victory.
Therefore, with the approval of the Central Military Commission, it was decided that on the western front, the three armies of the 13th Corps would be attached to the 39th Army of the 14th Corps and the first part of the Hubei Military Region to launch the Yisha Campaign, with a view to encircling and annihilating the main forces of the Song Army in the Yisha and Sha areas.
On the Eastern Front, the 12th, 15th, and 4th Corps, a total of 9 corps, under the unified command of the head of the field army, launched the Hunan and Jiangxi Campaign, seeking to encircle and annihilate the main force of Bai Chongxi's troops in the Wanzai and Yichun areas.
Before the campaign was launched, ** made a special phone call on July 4 ** and Wang Shoudao, asking them to try their best to win Cheng Qian's peaceful solution to the Hunan issue.
** It was emphasized that the operation of our army is imminent, and this matter must be carried out quickly.
On 6 July, the 13th Corps of the People's Liberation Army launched an attack on the enemy in the Yichang and Shashi areas, luring the enemy deep into the Dangyang and Jingmen areas with the 1st and 2nd Independent Divisions of the Hubei Military Region, and encircling Yichang and Shashi from the east and west flanks with the main force from Nanzhang, Zhongxiang, and Jingyi.
On the 9th, the 1st Division of our 47th Army encountered the enemy in the northeast of Dangyang, and the enemy found that the main force of the People's Liberation Army was outflanking its two flanks, so he ordered the entire line to shrink on the 10th, cross the Yangtze River in the south, and retreat to the mountainous areas of western Hubei.
The PLA immediately launched a pursuit, but because the enemy immediately contracted after contact, coupled with the fact that the mountains were many and the roads were narrow, the roads were muddy, the PLA's equipment was cumbersome, and the troops were slow, so that they could not seize the enemy's main force and only annihilate the rear part of the enemy.
By the 16th, the People's Liberation Army occupied Shashi and Yichang. Since it was impossible to pursue and annihilate the enemy fleeing westward, he crossed the river and marched south according to the original plan, and by the end of July, he had occupied Cili, Linli, Taoyuan, Changde and other cities.
A total of 1 enemies were destroyed in this battleMore than 50,000 people opened the gate to Hunan in the south, cutting off the direct contact between the Song Xilian Department and the Bai Chongxi Department, but failed to achieve the expected goal of annihilating the main force of the Song Dynasty.
At the same time as launching the Yisha Campaign, the People's Liberation Army on the Eastern Front attacked Fengxin and Gao'an with the 43rd Army of the 15th Corps on July 8 to lure the enemy to reinforce the enemy, but the enemy fled in advance, and the PLA rushed into the air.
The commander of the field army immediately ordered the unit to stop advancing, and ordered the 12th and 4th Corps to speed up a detour from Tongcheng in Hubei and Xingan in Jiangxi to the Pingxiang area respectively, in order to encircle and annihilate the enemy in the area east of Liuyang and Liling.
Bai Chongxi noticed that the People's Liberation Army was making a detour to its flank, so he ordered his troops to withdraw to the Youxian and Chaling areas after the starry night on the 13th, and escaped from the encirclement predetermined by the PLA, and by the end of the battle on the 19th, the PLA had only destroyed more than 4,600 enemies.
The main reason why the main force of the Fourth Field Army did not achieve the expected goal of destroying the enemy was that the Bai Chongxi clique did not have a sufficient understanding of the characteristics of its actions to avoid a decisive battle with the PLA, so it adopted the usual arrangements of luring and destroying the enemy troops and encircling them at close range, so that the enemy could quickly escape.
After the People's Liberation Army advanced into central Hunan and southern Jiangxi, Song Xilian's troops fled to the Enshi area of western Hubei and were placed under the command of the Southwest Military and Political Chief's Office to guard the eastern gateway of Sichuan.
Yu Han's army was still stationed in Guangdong; The Bai Chongxi Group retreated to the southern Hunan region centered on Hengyang and Baoqing (now Shaoyang), and attempted to rely on the Xiangjiang River, Yongle River, and Zishui, backed by Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guizhou, to form a "Hunan-Guangdong Joint Defense Line" that connects Lechang and Yu Hanmou Group in northern Guangdong in the east and reaches the Zhijiang River in western Hunan in the west, so as to block our southward advance.
The distribution of its troops is as follows: the Central China Military and Political Chief's Office and the 3rd, 10th, and 11th Corps Headquarters are all located in Hengyang, the 46th Army is located in Lechang, the 97th Army is located in Chenxian and Rucheng, the 48th Army is located in Leiyang, the 7th Army is located in Hengyang and Quanxi City, the 58th Army is located in Hengshan, the 103rd Army is located in Yongfeng, southwest of Xiangxiang, the 71st Army is located in Jieling, northeast of Baoqing, and the 17th Corps Headquarters and the 100th Army are located in the Zhijiang and Anjiang areas.
In addition, there are still the 126th Army and the 56th Army located in Lingling and Guilin respectively.
On 16 July, Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) decided to pursue and annihilate the Bai Chongxi clique on the basis of the experience and lessons learned from the national war situation and the experience and lessons learned from the previous operations of the Fourth Field Army, and on the basis of scientifically foreseeing the laws and trends of the development and changes of the enemy situation.
Telephone, Xiao Ke and told Zhang Jichun and Li Da that the combat mission was deployed.
On July 17, the Military Commission drafted the "Supplementary Instructions on the Pursuit and Annihilation of Bai Chongxi's Ministry".
It is not difficult to see that the operational guidelines laid down by the Central Military Commission and the Central Military Commission are formulated in light of the new operational characteristics of the enemy's immediate retreat, and their basic focus is to adopt a completely active deployment, put the enemy in a completely passive position, and finally force him to fight against us, and at the same time fundamentally promote the peaceful settlement of the Hunan issue.
So far, just as in the midst of strategizing, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away, ** On the stage of the Chinese Revolutionary War, it not only stipulates the inevitable end of the Bai Chongxi Group, but also creates a favorable environment and necessary conditions for Cheng Qianchang's uprising.