In this battle, our army won consecutive victories in the field, and killed more than 90,000 enemies at the cost of 30,000 casualties, creating an unprecedented victory in the internal battlefield since the Liberation War. However, there is also a saying that Chief Liu and Deng p

Author: Mo Guyan

Battle of Eastern Henan is one of the masterpieces of General Su Yu in his life. In this battle, our army won consecutive victories in the field, and killed more than 90,000 enemies at the cost of 30,000 casualties, creating an unprecedented victory in the internal battlefield since the Liberation War.

However, there is also a saying that Chief Liu and Deng pointed out the problem with the excessive scale of this battle, and the middle and the olympics failed to do their best in strategic coordination. This is also the reason why Huaye fell into a passive position in the final stage of the battle and failed to win a complete victory. Regarding whether this statement is true and objective, we should not be busy judging whether it is true or not, and then make a conclusion.

At the end of May 1948, the Huaye 1 Corps (under the 1st Column, 4th Column, 6th Column, Guangdong and Guangxi Columns, and the Special Forces Column) that ended the training of Puyang . Under Su Yu's personal command, he crossed the Yellow River southward, and pointed the 5th Army of Qiu Qingquan directly. This was also a military order made by Su Yu in front of the Chairman.

Just before the army headed south, the headquarters of Xibaipo sent a telegram to the Huaye and Chief Chen Su and Liu Deng of the Nakaye. In addition to emphasizing that the goal of summer operations is to annihilate Qiu Qingquan, the focus was on the division of responsibilities of the two field troops. The general idea was: Su Yu fully commanded the 5 columns of the 1st Corps and the 3rd Corps (Chen Tang Corps) and the 11th Column of the Nakaye (Wang Bingzhang's troops), and looked for opportunities to annihilate the enemy in the eastern part of Henan. The task of the Nakaye was to suppress the 18th Army of Hu Lian and prevent it from aiding the east. In addition, Xu Shiyou Shandong Corps and Wei Guoqing Northern Jiangsu Corps also launched offensives on Jinpu Road and Northern Jiangsu respectively to attract face-to-face places and cooperate with Su Yu's main force to fight a big battle.

Huaye troops were very obvious during the training. The battle between Henan and East Henan was based on Huaye as the protagonist and the supporting role. Although Su Yu was strong in his troops, he was obviously unable to deal with the two powerful enemies Qiu Qingquan and Hu Lian at the same time, so he had to let Nakano drag Hu Lian down. This was exactly what the Chairman thought at the beginning.

However, the current situation in the middle of the world is not optimistic - Wang Jinshan 6th Column rests in Tongbai Mountain , and is preparing to capture Xiangyang ; Wang Bingzhang 11 Column is temporarily assigned to Su Yu's command; and Chen Geng's 4th Column and 9th Columns are still in Henan at the moment. In other words, Liu Deng only had three dissatisfied columns, including Yang Yong 1st Column, Chen Zaidao 2nd Column, and Chen Xilian 3rd Column, with a total force of less than 50,000. Not to mention, after Liu and Deng’s troops turned out Dabie Mountains , they had already seriously damaged their vitality and their combat effectiveness had decreased significantly.

Hu Lian's 18th Army is the number one dead place in Nakano. In the past, Nakano has hardly taken advantage of it. It is inevitable that he is afraid psychologically. It is not easy to use this little family background to block Hu Lian? To this end, Liu Bocheng thought about it and decided to attack Queshan and Zhumadian in order to attract the 18th Army and keep Hu Lian away from the battlefield in eastern Henan, thus playing a role in clamping Hu Lian.

Chiang's soldiers stationed in the Huaihe River

However, war has never been done as they pleased. Liu Bocheng originally wanted to lure Hu Lian over, but Hu Lian did not move his troops, but Zhang Zhen's army in Nanyang came over. Since it is different from the idea, then adapt to the situation. Liu Bocheng was determined to mobilize Chen Geng's corps to follow Zhang Zhen's corps south. After Zhang Zhen entered the Queshan area, he and Chen Xi's united forces encircled and annihilated Zhang Zhen's unit.

However, in this way, the primary and secondary battlefield will be reversed. When Liu and Deng beat Zhang Zhen, Hu Lian would definitely come to rescue him; to stop Hu Lian, we must rely on the Chen Tang Army of Huaye. However, Su Yu's combat expectation after crossing the Yellow River south was that the 1st Corps and the Chen Tang Corps attacked Qiu Qingquan from north to south. Once Chen Tang left, this plan would be lost.

Is it the middle and the sergeant who beat Zhang Zhen, and how can the Huaye cooperate? Or is it that Huaye will fight Qiu Qingquan, and how will Zhongye cooperate? After repeated thinking, the Chairman supported Liu Bocheng's opinions. This is because Liu Bocheng emphasized in the urgent telegram that "the opportunity is rare", and Zhang Zhen's corps' combat effectiveness is far less than that of Qiu Qingquan's 5th Army, and he has a greater grasp of victory.

Qiu Qingquan

According to Liu Bocheng's plan, our army in the Central Plains launched the Wandong Battle , Zhongye encircled and annihilated Zhang Zhen's troops, and Huaye Chen Tang's troops cooperated. In this way, Su Yu's plan to encircle and annihilate the 5th Army can only be temporarily shelved.

However, the Wandong battle was disappointing.Zhang Zhen realized Liu Bocheng's intention to siege the city and attack the aid, and suddenly turned back to Nanyang, leaving Chen Geng empty-handed. If it weren't for the Song Shilun 's flexible execution of the command, intercepting the tail of Zhang Zhen's army and achieving some results, the Wandong Battle would have really been a bamboo basket to get water.

The result of the Wandong Battle proves that it is not feasible to focus on the middle and wild parties, and the cooperation between the Chinese and wild parties. Therefore, when Su Yu made up his determination to "open the seal first, then annihilate the enemy" and was approved by the Chairman, the entire eastern Henan war was to use the Chinese and Ye as the main assault force. The mission of the Central and Ye was to fully restrain Hu Lian, Zhang Zhen and other enemy troops to ensure that Su Yu let go and annihilate the enemy.

After Chen Tang's regiment captured Kaifeng, the battle situation was extremely complicated. Chiang Kai-shek's army marched towards Kaifeng, and our army's chances of annihilation in field battles increased greatly. The Chairman gave instructions: If Qiu Qingquan's Corps and the reorganized 75th Division (affiliated with the District Shounian Corps) provide reinforcements, they will choose one of them to attack; if they are concentrated and cannot start, they will turn to attack Hu Lian. However, Liu and Deng had different opinions on this. They believed that the Qiu Bing Regiment and the reorganized 75th Division were unlikely to advance rapidly. They suggested taking advantage of the opportunity that Chiang Kai-shek army in the Central Plains was dispatched to capture Zhengzhou.

This shows that Liu and Deng were unwilling to be hard-working in the Battle of Wandong. Seeing that Huaye captured Kaifeng, he felt unwilling to accept the situation and had a strong desire to fight. However, Liu and Deng had a wrong judgment on the situation of the battle, Qiu Qingquan's regiment was very enthusiastic about rescue of Kaifeng, and there were not many enemy troops near Zhengzhou. Therefore, the chairman called back and said that if Zhengzhou was sure to take it within one week, the focus would be on attacking Zheng, otherwise this plan should be given up. This is actually not agreeing with the plan of Zhongye to fight Zhengzhou.

Huaye troops conquered Kaifeng in the Battle of Eastern Henan

When Su Yu ordered Chen Tang's regiment to open the closure, he had already made plans to attack reinforcements. The scale of this action is unprecedented and must be supported by Liu and Deng. Therefore, after conquering Kaifeng, Su Yu reported to the headquarters and suggested that he voluntarily give up Kaifeng. After Qiu Qingquan occupied Kaifeng, he would wait for an opportunity to annihilate the Qu Shounian Corps behind him, and suggested that the headquarters let Liu Deng control the two corpses Hu Lian and Wu Shaozhou and .

Su Yu's proposal coincides with the Chairman. The difference is that the Chairman has a smaller appetite for annihilation of the enemy. It is recommended that when two field armies fight in a concentrated manner, they will not exceed two reorganized divisions at one time, and when one field armies act alone, they will not exceed one reorganized division at one time. Therefore, the Chairman's initial instructions were to eat the reorganized 75th Division. But Su Yu's "appetite" is much greater. He wants to eat up all the entire district Shounian Corps, including the Corps headquarters, the reorganized 75th Division, the reorganized 72nd Division and the 21st Brigade.

Chairman appreciated Su Yu's courage and immediately agreed to his plan. However, Liu and Deng expressed different opinions on this plan, which is the focus of controversy among many people.

Su Yu commands operations on the front line

Liu Deng believes that at present, whether it is the Qiu Qingquan Corps, the Qu Shounian Corps that Huaye wants to deal with, the Huang Baitao Corps that is about to join the battlefield, or the Wu Shaozhou Corps and the Hu Lian Corps that Zhongye wants to block, they are all very powerful because they are embraced together. It is very difficult for Huaye to eat one corps in one bite, and Zhongye is not sure that Zhongye wants to block Hu and Wu. Therefore, they believed that Su Yu's appetite for annihilation of the enemy was too big, so they should focus on dispersing the enemy.

In response to the current situation, Liu Deng proposed two of his own plans for headquarters reference. First, the two field armies acted separately to help each maintain their initiative; second, the four central and field columns and three main columns of the 1st Huaye Corps were concentrated in Wandong to fight the Wandong Battle again.

In fact, the information that Liu Deng mastered was not accurate. Qiu Qingquan's troops and the District Shounian troops did not concentrate, but set off for a few days. Su Yu and Chairman both understood this fighter plane very clearly, so the Chairman did not adopt Liu Deng’s suggestion, but instead sent power to Huaye and Nakano again, emphasizing that Su Yu’s opinion on annihilation of the enemy in the Sui County and Qi County is correct.

The war in eastern Henan has reached its climax. Huaye fought fiercely with the enemy in Suiqi. The central and middle and wilderness must do their best to block the two regiments of Hu and Zhang. Liu Bocheng re-took the old tricks and mobilized Hu Lian by attacking Zhang Zhen's reorganized the 85th Division. This time, Hu Lian gave up on the north and rushed to assist the 85th Division.Hu Lian did not join the Sui Qi battlefield, and Qiu Qingquan could not break through the 10th Column's blockade, causing the Qu Shounian Corps to suffer a devastating blow.

Huaye troops are on the blocking position

However, the battle situation changes rapidly, no one would have thought that a Huang Baitao will come out of the slant. The battlefield in the Central Plains has become a decisive battle. Su Yu turned his troops to besiege the Huang army. Bai Chongxi urgently ordered Hu Lian to go north and cooperated with Qiu Qingquan to defeat the Huaye blockade. He must rescue Huang Baitao, who was struggling to escape.

Headquarters urgently sent a message from Liu Deng, ordering that the northward advance of the Hu and Zhang regiments must be blocked, and particularly emphasized that Chen Geng's 4th Column should block Hu Lian from the front, and stated that "this is of great importance."

Among the central and territories, Chen Geng's 4th Column is the most equipped, and the hope of holding Hu Lian can only be placed on them. As for the 1 vertical, 2 vertical and 3 vertical, I was still entangled with Zhang Zhen at this time and couldn't count on it at all. However, the 4th vertical movement was still slow, and Hu Lian did not block from the front, but only grabbed his tail.

Liu Deng’s bottom line is “to make Hu Lian unable to surpass Taikang 7 days ago”, but the current situation is that the 4th Column wants to hold Hu Lian’s three reorganized teachers alone, and he is really unsure. Liu Deng can only tell the truth to the headquarters, "It may be difficult to pull Hu Lian back all of them, and we should do our best to strive for it."

Hu Lian inspects the troops

Hu Lian is not an ordinary person. He does not entangle with the 4th Column, but finds the weak point on the blocking line, easily drills out of the gap, and quickly approaches Taikang, not far from the Diqiu Store where Huang Baitao is entrenched. And at this moment, Qiu Qingquan also made a "bridge-drawing detour" and bypassed the Huaye blocking line to Lanfeng, which was only one day away from Diqiu Dian. As the war reached this point, it was impossible for Su Yu to completely wipe out the Seongnian, so he had to withdraw with hatred.

It can be seen from this that in the second stage of the Battle of East Henan, that is, in the Battle of Suiqi, , the restraining of Hu Lian's regiment was successful. But after Huang Baitao suddenly disrupted the situation, both Su Yu and Liu Deng were not prepared for this emergency. After the war, Liu Bocheng admitted that "the three columns lacked ammunition and could not afford to fight exhausted battles." All the truth was that it was difficult for the middle and wildly equipped middle and wildly-equipped middle and field to stop Zhang Zhen and Hu Lian from six reorganized divisions.

In short, in the Battle of Eastern Henan , Liu and Deng did have differences in combat ideas with Su Yu, but once the final decision of the command of of the command formed, Nakano made every effort to complete the task and paid a considerable price. When later generations expressed the glorious results of the Battle of Eastern Henan, they should not forget Nakano's contribution.

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