In the Battle of Huanxian, through the running of both legs, the infantry successfully defeated the cavalry and avenged the previous defeat. Mr. Peng insisted on letting ** participate in the battle, because he knew the character of **, no matter if he fell, he had to stand up in **; If you suffer a loss, you have to get it back in.
He firmly believed that this battle must be successful in order to avenge his previous defeat.
**Commander-in-Chief** General said: "Whenever there is an opportunity, he will seize it and make the most of it." In 1947, he commanded more than 20,000 people and fought against Hu Zongnan's more than 200,000 people.
Although three victories were achieved, the troops, after the fierce battle, did not have time to rest and recover, and the second column under the command of ** still needed to continue fighting. Hu Zongnan and Ma Jiajun united to brutalize the people of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, and any masses associated with our army would be retaliated against by them.
Therefore, the people are very eager for the arrival of our army. In May, ** decided to take the initiative and command the Northwest Field Corps to march in the direction of Longdong, with the aim of striking at Qingma and Ningma in the Ma Jiajun.
**The goal: after defeating these two Ma armies, look for opportunities to attack Guanzhong from Qingyang and Heshui in Gansu, or march north to the "trilateral" area.
After investigation, Tsing Ma's troops were stationed in Ningxian, Qingyang, Heshui and Xihuachi. Ningma's troops were distributed in Huanxian, Jiangtai, Yangquanshan, Dingbian, Anbian and Yanchi.
This article will focus on the tough battles in Heshui County and Huanxian County. Qingma and Ningma are good at cavalry combat, they oppress the people on the one hand, and spread rumors on the other. They are afraid that the masses will come into contact with the PLA, because the arrival of the PLA will shatter their rumors and destroy their rule.
* The general led the army to take the initiative to attack Longdong, which brought great pressure to President Peng. In order to ensure the accuracy of the pre-war intelligence, Mr. Peng studied the map all night, personally thought in the command room, and marked the military deployment of the "Second Horse" and Hu Zongnan with red and blue pencils.
Since there was no particularly accurate map, Mr. Peng personally inspected every village on the marching route, emphasizing that it was necessary to ask for the alias of each village so as not to get lost in the battle.
Previously, we had a similar lesson, and if there was a mistake in pre-war intelligence, it could be costly. Therefore, we decided to start on May 21, after seven days of day and night, and came to the junction of Shaanxi and Gansu, which is vast and sparsely populated.
Our army is divided into three routes, the first column is responsible for the right road, the second column and the teaching brigade under the command of ** are responsible for the left road, and the task is to conquer Heshui County and block the reinforcements sent by Qingma The 100th Brigade.
On May 30, the Battle of Longdong officially began, and General Peng planned to disrupt the military layout of the "Second Horse" in Shaanxi and Gansu through this battle. After the battle began, the offensive of our army on the right and in the center went smoothly, successfully taking Jiangtai and Yuele and annihilating the enemy defending the city.
However, the left flank unit led by ** encountered an accident during the assault on Heshui, and a scout of the teaching brigade was captured by the enemy while reconnoitring the terrain. **After learning about it, he was worried that the enemy would flee in advance, so he launched an attack on Heshui County one day earlier, that is, on May 29.
In the War of Liberation, the People's Liberation Army made a mistake in the siege of the city, resulting in some siege equipment not being in place, and the enemy's cavalry reinforcements also took the opportunity to arrive and launch an attack on our army's blocking forces.
At that time, our army was negligent, thinking that the enemy cavalry was going to surrender, but as a result, some ** appeared, and caused the enemy reinforcements to enter the suburbs of Heshui County, and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.
* In desperation, we can only retreat temporarily. General Peng summoned all columns to sum up their experience and study how to defeat Ma Jiajun, especially how to target the cavalry. At the meeting, General Peng frankly admitted his command mistakes, and admitted that the troops had come to Longdong without time to rest, and that they should not "divide the troops" to fight against the enemy's cavalry.
This defeat allowed our army to learn a lesson and master the experience of fighting against the Ma Jiajun.
General Peng changed his tactics and concentrated his forces to defeat Ningma's 81st and 82nd Divisions, and lured Hu Zongnan to send the reorganized 36th Division to support Ma's army. With the support of the Northwest Field Corps, General Peng planned to gather troops to attack Huanxian first, and then besiege the city to send reinforcements to annihilate the enemy reinforcements.
In the battle with Ma Jiajun, Mr. Peng emphasized that he should not take it lightly. On June 14, the **2 column performed excellently, successfully ending the battle in two days. Although the 2nd Column suffered a certain amount of ** in the battle of Heshui, Mr. Peng believed that they were the most suitable participants and insisted that they participate in the battle.
Mr. Peng's prophecy was fulfilled again, and after our army successfully captured the main position of Wangjiayuan, the enemy intended to break through from the east of the city. ** Observing the enemy's escape attempt, the 2nd Column was ordered to pursue it vigorously.
Although other units also participated in the pursuit, they returned after only a few dozen miles of pursuit, due to the enemy's horseback riding. However, the infantry of the 2nd Brigade of the 359th Column commanded by ** was different, and they bravely pursued for almost a hundred miles.
The fighters of the 2nd column pursued from Huanxian to the city of Hongde, intercepted more than 300 enemies, and captured a large number of mortars and mountain artillery. And the enemy's mounts, lost to the feet of the soldiers of the 2nd column, they were so frightened that they discarded ** and supplies and fled in all directions, and the horses lost their souls.
When the enemy scattered in all directions, the fighters of the 2nd column also scattered in pursuit, and at the same time picked up the heavy ** on the ground. In this battle, the enemy cried wolf, and found that the discarded shells could not escape, so even the machine guns were lost; But I still couldn't run away after losing the machine gun, and in the end I lost my saber and robe.
The captives raised their hands in surrender and cried out to the fighters of the 2nd column: "Did you come by plane? Are you paratroopers? How did you get here? "In this battle, ** was ashamed of the snow, with a large number of war horses and heavy **, returned to the large army of the Northwest Field Corps.
* In the battle of Huanxian County, our army successfully annihilated about 1,100 enemies and captured 6 large trucks and a large amount of supplies. Although the soldiers looked at the captured gunners itching and wanted to give it a try, they were criticized by Mr. Peng.
Mr. Peng solemnly pointed out that although a large number of guns and artillery have been seized, we cannot waste this hard-won ammunition because of this. The cadres of all companies should get a good grasp of summing up their experience in fighting cavalry.