that was in 1930, when General Lin was just promoted to commander of the Red Fourth Army, several political commissars who had partnered with General Lin had more or less serious conflicts with him. When Chairman Mao realized this problem, he directly assigned Luo Ronghuan to take office.
Chairman Mao is quite familiar with Luo Shuai's personality. He has a good temper and is patient. He can take flexible response measures at any time according to the progress of things. He is a type of using softness to overcome hardness.
Indeed, after Luo Shuai and General Lin joined forces, they started by grasping the main contradictions, which made the ideological and political landscape of the entire army completely renewed, unified the thoughts of the soldiers, inspired the morale of the officers and soldiers, and accordingly, reduced General Lin's combat pressure, causing General Lin to begin to look at General Luo with admiration.
From then on, Lin cannot live without Luo, Luo cannot live without Lin, and the two have been together for nearly 20 years.
By April 1948, the national battlefield situation had begun to show signs. Mr. Lin, who commanded the operation in the Northeast, arranged the next offensive goal - Changchun based on his understanding and judgment of the situation.
Changchun is the capital of Jilin Province, gathering the elite troops of the Zhengdong Kingdom Corps. At the same time, several larger cities such as Jinzhou and Shenyang are also huddled with several Kuomintang corps.
Friends who are familiar with the War of Liberation may know that when Dongye just entered , the three northeastern provinces, , they fought from north to south. Therefore, General Lin’s decision was not unreasonable. He took Changchun step by step, and then continued to advance southward, gradually liberating Shenyang , Jinzhou and other big cities.
However, the military height occupied by Chairman Mao and other central leaders is always different from that of Lin. If we analyze the national situation, the central government believes that it is more appropriate to go south to take Jinzhou at this moment, and it can cut off the retreat of millions of Kuomintang troops in the northeast, so that they cannot go south to enter the pass.
There are differences in the decisions between Mr. Lin and the Central Committee. How did Luo Shuai do it?
First of all, Luo Shuai respects the commander, that is, General Lin’s strategic arrangement. He must first train his troops well. The combat effectiveness of the army has improved and he will be sure wherever he fights. Secondly, Luo Shuai would also express his opinion at the right moment, and this opportunity would not be long before.
After more than a month of training, President Lin believed that the time to attack Changchun was ripe, so he began to formulate a combat plan and used the forces of the two columns to attack Changchun's peripheral strongholds. Unexpectedly, Zheng Dongguo , who had already prepared for defense, stubbornly defended and the war was in a deadlock.
Mr. Lin stopped the attack in time to avoid unnecessary casualties. At the subsequent team meeting, Mr. Lin proposed that Changchun is also two days away from Shenyang, the nearest city. Changchun is actually an isolated city. Dongye can imitate ancient wars and siege without attacking. In time, the Kuomintang army in Changchun City will definitely give up fighting due to exhaustion of materials.
, and Luo Shuai actually disagrees with Mr. Lin’s plan. This is also the biggest difference in opinion in the past 20 years since the two partners. Luo Shuai had his own opinion. He believed that modern warfare was completely different from ancient warfare. In the past, there was no air support. Once the castle was surrounded, he could only rely on himself and fend for himself. But the current Kuomintang army is different. They can airdrop materials, and it is impossible for them to starve or trap the army to death.
Luo Shuai further analyzed that if Changchun is besieged, the only people in the city will suffer. Once Wei Lihuang, stationed in Shenyang, realizes that the situation is not good and moves south, it will affect the situation on the Central Plains battlefield and is not conducive to completing the goal of liberating the country set by the central government in advance. In this way, Dongye will live up to the heavy trust of the Party Central Committee.
Luo Shuai's words are sonorous and powerful, reasonable and well-founded, Mr. Lin had to bow his head and think.In the end, Luo Shuai's opinion was affirmed by the central government, and then there was one of the three most famous battles in the world, Liaoshen Battle . After occupying Jinzhou, the Kuomintang army in the northeast was indeed locked out of Shanhaiguan, without any advice from the north and south, becoming an isolated army.
After the liberation of Jinzhou, the Zhengdong troops stationed in Changchun, put down their weapons and revolt one after another, attacking Changchun and truly achieved victory without fighting. Luo Shuai's persistence made an indelible contribution.
