April 1948 was a critical period of the Liberation War. Chen Yi received a transfer order from his superiors and sent him to Liu Bocheng's Central Plains Field Army as deputy commander. Chen Yi turned out to be the commander of East China Field Army . The East China Field Army once made brilliant achievements in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation. Although his position in the East China Field Army was retained, the scale and strength of the East China Field Army at that time were far above the Central Plains Field Army. Chen Yi ranked high as the commander and political commissar of Huaye . Why was he transferred to the Nakanoya as the deputy commander? What are the central government’s considerations?
Faced with such an arrangement, Chen Yi did not hesitate or dissatisfied at all. He immediately took office in Liu and Deng's army because it was an order from the organization, and he would obey unconditionally.
1947, Su Yu led the East China Field Army to annihilate 300,000 Kuomintang troops. In addition, if the results of each corps in the second half of the year are added, it will be more than 400,000. In the first half of the year, the hard work of the East China Field Army in Shandong seriously cracked down on the attack of Chiang Kai-shek on the Red Army in , and gave our army the opportunity to turn to a strategic counterattack. There is no reason to transfer Chen Yi, who is the commander-in-chief, away such achievements.
Faced with such a transfer arrangement, Chairman Mao also asked Chen Yi: Do you feel lost? Chen Yi answered decisively: Any position is the same for him. He is a position for the country. He will not feel lost. Everything will follow the organization's arrangements.
Facts have proved that it was a very correct decision to transfer Chen Yi to the Central Plains Field Army. Under the leadership of Chen Yi, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, the Central Plains Field Army became the most powerful force at that time.
What was the consideration for the central government to transfer Chen Yi into the Central Plains? It turned out that because the Central Plains Bureau had a wide jurisdiction area and its leadership strength was weak, Liu and Deng repeatedly called on the Central Plains Bureau to transfer Chen Yi and Deng Zihui to the Central Plains Bureau to work, and finally obtained the approval of the Central Committee.
Since the Kuomintang tore up the Double Ten Agreement and launched a full-scale civil war, the central government has begun to study the severe situation of our party and be prepared to respond at any time. From a strategic perspective, the central government finally agreed that the Central Plains would be an important combat area and had an important strategic position, so it sent Liu and Deng to lead the army to establish a base in the Central Plains region, which is mainly in the Dabie Mountains, .
Liu Deng's army marched hard along the way. After arriving at the local level, the army's strength has been greatly reduced. However, the central government has decided to build the Central Plains Field Army as the main force. Therefore, the most direct way to restore the military's strength in a short period of time is to inject new strength.
The original East China Field Army was composed of two troops, namely: Shandong Field Army and Central China Field Army. The two teams joined forces and were the most powerful army at that time. In addition, Su Yu and Chen Yi are old partners for many years, and the strength of the army has also improved. On the battlefield, Chen Yi's reputation has spread across both parties. Not only did he have extraordinary skills in commanding the army, he was also very sleek in dealing with people. He always attaches great importance to communicating with his subordinates and soldiers, pays attention to their lives, and encourages morale in the army.
Everyone knows that Su Yu is responsible for military affairs. In the East China Field Army, Chen Yi takes care of administrative affairs. Therefore, he was also the first person who was unwilling to let Chen Yi leave. However, although he repeatedly asked that "East China cannot live without Commander Chen", he failed to change his mind and finally said goodbye. In fact, this can further train Su Yu's leadership ability in all aspects, allowing him to show his strength in the army.
For the analysis of the war situation and Chen Yi's personal reasons, the central government decided to transfer Chen Yi to the Central Plains Field Army after consideration. In addition, some soldiers of the East China Field Army will also be transferred to the Central Plains Field Army to enrich the combat effectiveness of the army. Chen Yi is supported by the soldiers in the East China Field Army, respected by the soldiers, and is also deeply trusted by the soldiers. The generals and generals will go together to better command operations and accelerate the integration of new blood into the Central Plains Field Army.
On May 30, Chen Yi, Deng Zihui and his party took the captured jeep and truck to Taihang Mountain . Before leaving, Chen Yi asked someone to bring a new American AC and DC dual-purpose radio seized in the Xuchang operation to Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao and his wife, and wrote a handwritten letter to them. Chen Yi wrote at the end of the letter: "Let's go west tomorrow, without any intention of leaving troops, and I hope to follow the soldiers in the future." Chen Yi's "going west" lightly with the tone of becoming the secretary of the Central Bureau is quite lyrical.
Liu and Deng were very happy with the arrival of Chen Yi and Deng Zihui. They specially sent Chen Geng to lead the guard troops to Jincheng in the southern part of the Taihang Mountains to welcome them. After passing Yellow River , to Luoyang , the heads of the central and rural columns came to greet them. Chen Geng accompanied Chen Yi to inspect the areas where the fiercest battles were fought by the Chen Xie Corps and the Huaye Third Column and the Eighth Columns were liberated more than 20 days ago.
Chen Yi pays special attention to the amazing number of ammunition consumption in fierce battles. Chen Yi realizes that according to the strategic intention of the unified command of each field army to fight a large annihilation war, there will be 100,000 to 200,000 people in the future. The current logistics supply conditions are difficult to adapt to, and the rear support will face more and more complex problems. Therefore, how to take into account the needs of the people's production and life and the military's combat needs in war, and how to emphasize economic accounting and value laws in war must attract the attention of our army.
Thinking of this, Chen Yi found Deng Zihui, who had studied in Japan overnight and served as the Minister of Finance of the Chinese Soviet Republic in Ruijin , and discussed it with him. Deng Zihui was very convinced of Chen Yi's opinion and immediately decided to draft an opinion and report it to the Central Military Commission and North China Bureau . This telegram entitled "Introduction to the Experience of Combining Support and Production" was recognized by the Central Committee and the Military Commission .
On June 14, Chen Yi and Deng Zihui arrived at the Central Plains Field Army's station in Baofeng County, Henan Province, and Deng Xiaoping and Liu Bocheng personally went outside the village to greet him. Starting from June 17, Chen Yi conveyed a series of instructions and policies from the Central Plains Field Army and the cadres at the regiment and above garrisons garrisoned nearby since December 1947. When Liu Bocheng introduced Chen Yi to everyone, he called him a "representative of the Military Commission." Chen Yi gave a report to the cadres for three consecutive days and sent an edict from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to fight against Jiang. His report was vivid, rich, profound and comprehensive, showing the cadres the far-sighted strategic ambitions of Mao Zedong and the Party Central Committee and enhancing their confidence in winning.
As soon as Chen Yi arrived in the Central Plains, he organized the cooperation between the East China Field Army and the Central Plains Field Army under the unified command of the Party. On June 17, Huaye launched the East Henan Battle with the cooperation of Zhongye.
On June 22, the third and eighth columns of Huaye conquered Kaifeng and annihilated more than 30,000 Kuomintang troops. On June 27, Huaye launched an attack on the Shounian Corps of the Kuomintang Military Region, which hesitated after entering the Suiqi area. Chiang Kai-shek urgently ordered all parties to reinforce, attempting to attack the Chinese and field with the strength of seven corpses, and fight to "clear the Central Plains" in eastern Henan. On June 29, Chen Yi, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping personally led the command headquarters to the front line, commanded the central and field units, and cooperated with the Huaye operations. After 8 days and 8 nights of fierce fighting, he finally won the victory of annihilation of more than 50,000 Kuomintang troops.
East Henan When the fierce battle was fought, Chen Yi, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping saw that the enemy was empty in the Hanshui basin defending the enemy, and decided to launch the Xiangfan Battle. On July 2, the main force of the army took advantage of the fact that several field corps of Chiang’s army were captured in eastern Henan, and suddenly captured Laohekou , and then liberated Guanghua , Gucheng , Nanzhang , Yicheng , Fancheng, Xiangyang and other towns. On July 16, the battle ended successfully, more than 20,000 enemies were killed, and one of the Kuomintang spy chiefs, Lieutenant General Commander of the 15th Appeasement Zone, Kangze . The Xiangfan Battle created favorable conditions for the opening of the Hanshui South Bank New Area.
East Henan and Xiangfan two major battles, more than 100,000 enemies were killed in less than a month. Our army captured the city and captured the town, and was invincible. It completely broke the enemy's defense plan in the Central Plains and became the key to the transformation of the battle situation in the Central Plains.The two major field armies fought in unity and cooperated closely, successfully eliminating the enemy's heavy army group and advancing the battle situation on the southern front towards the strategic decisive battle stage.
1948 In July and August, Chen Yi was very busy with work. In addition to participating in command battles, he also needed to handle many daily affairs of Central Plains Military Region and Central Plains Bureau.
Faced with the shortage of Central Plains cadres, the leaders of the Central Plains Bureau studied and decided to establish two schools to train cadres, one is the Central Plains Military and Political University and the other is the Zhongyuan University , and Chen Yi served as the director of the preparatory committee.
Guo Xunqi, deputy commander of the 15th Pacification Zone of the Kuomintang captured in the Xiangfan battle, was an old friend of Chen Yi's Sichuan Army and a classmate in Chengdu. Chen Yi believed that this was a good channel for the Sichuan Army to arrange the liaison work, so he decided to do his job. Chen Yi and Liu Bocheng invited Guo Xunqi twice to persuade Guo to work for our party. Guo Xunqi expressed his remorse for his past and readily agreed to do the work of the Sichuan Army, which set the back line for the Liu and Deng army to march southwest in the future.
In the autumn of 1948, when the Liberation War ushered in the decisive battle, the comparison between the strength of our party and the Kuomintang army had undergone tremendous changes. The time for a strategic decisive battle between the two parties has arrived. Mao Zedong and other leaders of the Communist Party Central Committee scientifically analyzed the situation of the war and unanimously agreed that this was the right time. The war ushered in the final strategic decisive battle stage. Therefore, they organized the three major battles of Liaoshen, Huaihai , and Pingjin. The three major battles of annihilated a large number of enemy troops and fundamentally eliminated the main forces of the Kuomintang.
It was the absolute victory of the three major battles that led to the rule of the Kuomintang being uprooted, and the defeated Kuomintang hurriedly fled to Taiwan. In Huaihai Battle , it was precisely because Chen Yi played a bridge connecting the East China Field Army and the Central Plains Field Army that he finally won a huge victory with the smallest casualties. All these things proved that the Central Committee’s transfer of Chen Yi to the Central Field Army was a very bold and correct decision.
Conclusion
President Chen Yi was born in Lezhi County, Sichuan Province in 1901. He went to France to work and study in 1919. He returned to China in 1921. He worked with Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong and others to explore the way to save China, and joined the Communist Party in 1923. He believes that joining the Party is to closely link the individual's destiny with the interests of the class and the masses represented by the Party. He firmly believed that the Communist Party of China was the only organization that could lead China's liberation, so he firmly joined the Communist Party of China. And it was this great decision that began his heroic life.
Then he formed the Red Army, led the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the War of Liberation.
At work, he obeys the party's arrangements and unconditionally obeys the orders issued by the organization. Although it is a seemingly "unfair" dispatch, he has no complaints, and will not be entangled in temporary gains and losses. This is in sharp contrast to the atmosphere of many parties in the Kuomintang and the various departments forming party for personal gain.
In life, he is indifferent to fame and fortune, lives a simple life, never takes credit for himself, and does not use his power for personal gain. In his opinion, the country's affairs will always be the first.
Not only Chen Yi, there are many "generals" in the party. From the moment they joined the Communist Party of China, they have carved their wholehearted service to the people into their bones. They always keep in mind the purpose of the party and tasks, and insist on bringing the style of soldiers into life. It is precisely because of their selfless dedication that today's China is where they are role models for young people to learn from today.
