On May 12, 1947, the encirclement and annihilation of of the 74th Division of reorganized by Huaye were almost completed. The commanders and soldiers were ready to fight and waited for Huaye to launch an attack at the order.
At this time, under the leadership of Wang Bicheng , the 6th vertical is in the Shandong area of . He always watched the changes in the battlefield situation and meditated on a combat map. He suddenly discovered that he had encircled and annihilated the 74th Division of Zhang Lingfu. Although our army had already pre-set troops in the east, west and north, there was still a gap in the south. If this gap was not blocked, Zhang Lingfu might still escape from this gap.
Wang Bicheng
He looked at the map and quickly thought about how to block this hole. Soon, he focused his attention on Duozhuang and had to seize it, otherwise the enemy would probably tear a hole from the south and escape. He decided to ask Huaye Commander Chen Yi and Deputy Commander Su Yu and report his views on the current situation.
However, before he could dial out his phone, Chen Yi called it first.
Wang Bicheng was about to speak, but Chen Yi had already spoken. He said to Wang Bicheng loudly, "Wang Bicheng, I'll give you a chance to avenge you, do you want it?"
Wang Bicheng immediately replied, "Boss, don't you give me, I'm going to call you to ask for it? It's blocking the gap in the south."
"You are smart, let Commander Su tell you in detail." After that, Chen Yi gave the phone to Su Yu.
Chen Yi Su Yu
At this time, Su Yu said to Wang Bicheng: "I believe you can see the current situation, and you can guess that our strategic point is Duzhuang. Now, your troops must occupy Duzhuang on the night of the 14th, regardless of any price, otherwise, your military law will deal with it."
Wang Bicheng was excited and immediately said to Su Yu: "Please rest assured, Chief, we have calculated just now. Duzhuang is 120 kilometers away from us. The troops of our 6th Column will arrive on time to complete the battle encirclement."
Wang Bicheng finished speaking and hung up the phone. He first sent out the vanguard troops, marched fiercely towards the target, and then began to deploy various troops to attack Duzhuang.
Finally, Wang Bicheng lived up to his trust. The vanguard troops arrived at the designated area 6 hours in advance. All other troops arrived near Duozhuang on the night of the 14th and were quickly deployed.
left second is Wang Bicheng
Chen Yi and Su Yu saw that the battle siege had been completed, and immediately ordered the entire army to launch an attack, and all the troops of the Sixth Column took the lead in launching the battle. Finally, together with other troops, the reorganized 74th Division was wiped out. It was the Sixth Column Special Forces Regiment that attacked the reorganized 74th Division Command and killed Zhang Lingfu. Wang Bicheng went to Zhang Lingfu command center to take a look, stood there and remained silent for a while, and finally said to the people around him: We have finally avenged our brothers.
So, after talking about this, everyone can’t help but ask, why did Chen Yi tell Wang Bicheng before the war to give him a chance to avenge him?
This has to start with the second Lianshui defense battle five months ago. In December 1946, Zhang Lingfu led the reorganization of the 74th Division, plus two brigades assigned by other Kuomintang troops, to launch a second attack on Lianshui. At this time, the troops guarding the city were Wang Bicheng's Sixth Division.
Zhang Lingfu's attack this time was somewhat revengeful. Because, when he first attacked Lianshui, he lost more than 8,000 people here and withdrew from the battle, which was a crushing defeat. This was the second attack on Lianshui. Zhang Lingfu did not dare to make a rash move, but formulated a careful combat plan. At this time, the sixth division of Wang Bicheng, who was guarding the city, was also nervously preparing for the pre-war.
Su Yu Wang Bicheng
Comprehensive intelligence judgment, Zhang Lingfu will definitely launch an attack from the south of Lianshui this time. Therefore, Wang Bicheng deployed all his heavy troops in the Wangjiakou and Qingong areas south of Lianshui. However, the cunning Zhang Lingfu came to hide the truth and attacked the west. While sending troops to attack the south, he also sent heavy troops to launch a key attack from the north and west. Suddenly, the deployment of the Sixth Division was completely disrupted, and almost all fronts were lost.
Wang Bi became the initiative to regain the initiative and reorganized 6 regiments to launch a counterattack against Zhang Lingfu again. However, due to the lack of strength in the enemy and us, several attacks were defeated, and Wang Bicheng had to withdraw from the battle with regret. However, while withdrawing from Lianshui, he was ambushed several times by Zhang Lingfu, and eventually paid a huge price of nearly 5,000 casualties.
After this battle, Wang Bicheng was almost dismissed by Chen Yi. Finally, under Su Yu's persuasion, Wang Bicheng made meritorious service. Wang Bicheng sincerely accepted any punishment from Huaye, but he could not swallow this and made his only request to Chen Yi and Su Yu: when fighting the reorganized 74th Division again, don’t forget our Sixth Division.
Wang Bicheng inspects the troops
This also has the beginning scene. When Zhang Lingfu was encircled and annihilated, and there was still a gap that was not blocked, Chen Yi and Su Yu both thought of Wang Bicheng.
Finally, Wang Bicheng did not let down their trust. In the process of annihilation of the reorganized 74th Division, he rushed with his two legs and arrived at Duozhuang on time and formed an encirclement of the reorganized 74th Division and made a first contribution. Wang Bicheng also avenged his previous shame and avenged the defeat of the second Lianshui defense battle.
