In the War of Liberation, ** attached great importance to concentrating superior forces to fight a war of annihilation, and sent Su Yuyao twice before the Subei Campaign, and Su Yu's first division and the fifth brigade went north to participate in the Subei Campaign.
The Lunan Campaign also required Su Yu to take the 1st and 6th Divisions north to participate in the battle.
The message was as follows: Subei Zhanling.
On December 9, 1946, the Military Commission of the Communist Party of China sent a letter to Zhang Dingcheng, Su Yu, and **, instructing:
After the Yancheng battle was over, Su led the 1st Division to return north, and after the enemy's situation was completely understood, the deployment should be considered. At that time, Su is invited to submit a telegram of the plan. ”
Instructions from the Military Commission to Su at 16 o'clock on December 11, 1946:
On the 9th, I learned 1Celebrate the great victory of Yancheng and hope to reward the commanders and fighters. 2.Wangsu returned north on the same day to deploy Muyang for operations. 3.The 1st Division and the Pi Dingjun Brigade, i.e., the Pi Dingjun Brigade, rested for two or three days after the end of the pursuit battle, and then returned north.
Battle of Lunan. The first battle of Lunan was appropriate to annihilate the enemy's 26th Division.
25 December 1946).
Chen Su: The Lunan Campaign is related to the overall situation, and there is a way to recover even if all the cities in northern Jiangsu are lost. You must concentrate on the first.
I. VI.
VIII. Fourth, the first.
9. The 10th Division, the 1st Column, the Police Brigade and other units shall have the necessary time for deployment and preparation, with a view to fighting a battle of annihilation that is greater than that of Subei. The first battle seems to be appropriate to fight the three brigades of the 26th Division, because this division is the main force in Lunan and the division was annihilated, and the overall situation has improved. I hope that it will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
Military. Yes.
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Strive to destroy three to four enemy brigades per battle.
2 January 1947).
Chen also told Su: Zidong telegraphed. (1) It is very good to use war to nourish war, and to fight a war. You should take the Sudong Campaign as an example and strive to fight a war of annihilation, that is, completely annihilate three to four brigades of the enemy in each battle, so that two or three more battles can stop the enemy's offensive and recover some of the lost territory. (2) Is the fight Ma Liwu ready? Has Su and the First Division come to Lunan to be with you? We hope that this battle will achieve the same results in Sudong.
Military. Zi Dong.
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To fight Ou Zhen, it is necessary to concentrate fifty regiments on one battlefield.
21 January 1947).
Chen Sutan: 1) Zaozhuang was conquered, and the 51st Division was completely annihilated. Very good and very comforting. It is hoped that meritorious soldiers will be commended. (2) From the day after the conquest of Zaozhuang, the whole army will train for two weeks, and concentrate all forces to annihilate Ou Zhen (3) Within 35 days, you will be annihilated.
Six. Ten. IX. Second.
Ten. Sixth, the 51st and other three divisions achieved unprecedented victories. The main disadvantage is that it failed to concentrate Shanye and Huaye in one battle in the two battles of Subei and Lunan, and Ou Zhen and Li Yannian pinned down more than 20 regiments of our army, otherwise Hu Lian and Feng Zhi'an would have been annihilated. In the future, it is necessary to concentrate 50 regiments on one battlefield to fight against Ou Zhen. The Xu Lin side of Taiwan can only be monitored by local guerrillas.
Military. Zima.
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