In September 47, Chen Su took advantage of the victory of the sand and soil and decided to transfer the offensive and "annihilate the 5th Army", when the 84th Division saw that the situation was not good, it had retreated to Juye, leaving only the lonely 5th Division and 2 brigades in the area of Dinglichang, the battlefield situation at that time became a situation where the main force of about 150,000 troops of our army's 7 columns and the Jat Column faced Qiu Qingquan with more than 20,000 people, Qiu was extremely panicked for a time, and concentrated the deputy chief of staff and several brigade commanders to meet to study countermeasures, and put forward three strategies at that time: running away; contraction defense; Defend on the spot and recruit reinforcements from the 96th Brigade of the headquarters. We can also analyze the following strategies:
1. Running: If you choose the running strategy, once you are caught up and encircled, you do not have strong fortifications, and it is easy to be annihilated in the movement. Even if you run fast, you will be chased and beaten by Chen Su, and the part of the force that covers the escape is bound to be wiped out.
2. Contraction: Our army happens to be tightly encircled, and if other reinforcements dare not come, there is a risk of being completely annihilated.
Third, occupy the position on the spot for defense, then, the area is relatively broad, it takes time for Huaye to form an encirclement, and after the territory is vast, the encircled troops will be relatively loose, and once the reinforcements come up, there is hope to break it. Moreover, other reinforcements were unreliable, so they were directly transferred to the 96th Brigade of the headquarters in Laiwu for reinforcements.
The third case was the suggestion of Deputy Chief of Staff Gong Shiying, which Qiu Qingquan accepted. In actual combat, the commander of the 96th Brigade ** defended Laiwu with a regiment, and two regiments reinforced Ding Lichang, after arriving at Juye, he saw that the ** was strong, and he did not dare to advance, and finally Deng Junlin led the attack of only one 286 regiment, but it was well equipped, and the brigade artillery battalion was configured, and the Chu Yuan was broken, and the siege of Ding Lichang was relieved, Qiu took the opportunity to go all out**, Chen Su saw that there was no hope of eliminating Qiu, and retreated by separate routes, and the 5th Division finally captured Yuncheng and pursued it all the way to Liangshan, and won a complete victory.
Looking at the Huaihai Battle of Shuangduiji that began in November 48, the balance of forces between the two sides should be said to be the opposite of Ding Lichang, ** superior:
1. Troop strength: The number of troops participating in the battle on both sides is about 120,000, which is equal. Huang Wei's corps is the "strongest enemy" on the southern front, the fast column is the "best essence", the 18th Army is the 5th main force stronger than the 5th Army, and several other armies are not weak (Su Yu's evaluation).
2. Equipment: (1) Liu Deng: 2 field artillery, 42 mountain artillery, 4 battle defense guns, 207 mortars, several shells per artillery, and less than one base number of rifle bullets ("Li Da's Military Anthology").
2) Huang Wei Corps: 24 tanks, 44 howitzers, 32 field guns, at least 53 guns, 40 anti-aircraft guns, and 847 mortars (above 60 calibers). (According to the aggregate data of the strength statistics of each army).
It can be said that in terms of equipment and ammunition, the Yellow Corps has an overwhelming advantage over Liu Deng. In ratio: tank infinity, howitzer infinity, field artillery 16: 1, mountain artillery 53: 42, battle defense artillery 10: 1, mortar 4: 1.
The above data shows that in terms of hard power, Huang Wei's corps has an overwhelming advantage over Liu Deng. But why was it turned out to be surrounded by Liu Deng? The most fundamental point is that Liu Shuai's suspicious plan, it can be said that Liu Shuai's strategy deceived all the opponents, when Huang Wei chose to retreat, no one put forward better opinions and suggestions, and the retreat was not well organized, resulting in chaos, which greatly reduced the combat effectiveness, and was finally surrounded by our army.
Schematic diagram of the two-stack assembly enclosure.
Let's analyze, why can Ding Lichang** choose a reasonable strategy under the absolute disadvantage, but Huang Wei of the double stack set makes a mistake under the advantage? Thinking about it, the truth is very simple, it lies in the strategy of the commanders of the two wars.
Ding Lichang, Su Yu's methods are too straightforward, that is, to press up with superior forces, and the situation on both sides is clear, so that the opponent has no choice, so that he can only choose the most correct strategy and fight to the death with Chen Su.
Double stacking, ** takes the way of the large depth naan-type position behind the Nanping set, showing the form and the enemy, so that the enemy is confused, and the opponent will consider using the strength of Nakano, how dare you make a posture to surround me? Could it be that the main force of Huaye has already gone south? What should I do? There is a chance to retreat, if the attack is once Huaye has been strengthened in place, my lone army will be surrounded in depth, it is precisely when the opponent has a choice, and it seems that the most reasonable and safest strategy has buried the Yellow Corps!! At that time, the really good strategy was to attack with all his might like Ding Lichang, and at this time, the strength of the Yellow Corps and Ding Lichang's 5th Division was completely different, and the entire corps was still in the army's morale, and it was an absolute advantage over either side of Liu Deng. Liu Shuai's genius lies in not forcing the opponent to take this move, but letting the opponent have a choice!! The magistrate may say that if the retreat is well organized, it can run away? Even if this is the case, at least it has been defeated. Our army has also achieved the attempt to contain the enemy's reopening of the Xubang line and join forces with Xuzhou, and there will be at least some gains in the pursuit.
Comparing the two battles, one had an absolute advantage but suffered a defeat, while one disadvantage successfully surrounded the stronger side. Draw a conclusion: combat strategy is the greatest combat effectiveness!! Friends who like this article, give a thumbs up to the resourceful Liu Shuai!!
References: "* Biography", "Selected Writings of Su Yu", "Selected Military Writings of Li Da", "Selected Manuscripts of Literary and Historical Materials".
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