The original plan was to surround and annihilate the enemies in Yi County, Jinxi, Xingcheng, Suizhong, and Shanhaiguan by means of long-range attacks, and then quickly advance to Chengde, seize Chengde, and prepare to fight for reinforcements.
** had a different idea. His eyes were fixed on the Beining Line and Jinzhou. He believed that he should first consider fighting Jinzhou and Tangshan. As long as possible, he should attack Jinzhou and Tangshan and completely or mostly annihilate Fan Hanjie's group. Then he would attack Fu Zuoyi in Chengde and Zhangjiakou. If they didn't attack Fan Hanjie and attacked Fu Zuoyi first, then Wei Lihuang would concentrate his forces on the Jintang line. Wei and Fan would work together to support Fu in the west. At that time, the Northeast Field Army might be in a very difficult position. In addition, the food supply in the west was extremely difficult, and the east was the grain-producing area. This point had to be fully calculated.[JP3]
However, the Tang army still had concerns about whether they could take Jinzhou. Jinzhou was often garrisoned with six or seven divisions, and the city's fortifications had been completed, so it was not planned to attack Jinzhou. ** It was estimated that after the enemy discovered the main force of Dongye advancing southward and fighting on the southern front, the enemy forces in Yi County, Gaoqiao, Shahousuo, Suizhong and Qiantunwei would attempt to escape to Jinzhou, Jinxi and Shanhaiguan respectively. The enemy forces in Changchun might take the opportunity to break through, and the enemy forces in Shenyang might coordinate with the enemy forces in Changchun to break through first, then send reinforcements to the Beining Line, or directly to the Beining Line. If Fu Zuoyi was not under strong restraint in the west of Peiping, he might also add one or two more armies to reinforce Shanhaiguan with the 62nd and 93rd armies in Luanhe and Tang areas to coordinate with the enemy along the Beining line. [JP]
Dongye planned to surround the cities along the Beining Line with the troops near the Beining Line. Then, when the main forces from the north arrived, they would destroy the enemy one by one. The main forces from the north line would control the west and southwest areas of Shenyang to monitor the enemy in Shenyang and prepare to destroy the enemy reinforcements from Shenyang to Jinzhou or the enemy who broke through from Changchun to the south. For the enemy in Changchun, continue to surround the enemy with the existing siege forces and prepare to destroy the enemy when the enemy breaks out.
** Replied to approve the above deployment. At the same time, he clearly pointed out,"The focus of your autumn operations should be on the Wei Lihuang and Fan Hanjie systems. Don't think that after defeating Fan Hanjie's divisions, you will attack the Chengde 13th Army under Fu Zuoyi's command.”
"You can start a large-scale battle on the North Tranquility Line. It was easier to resupply on this line. This is another method of breaking through in the middle, isolating the enemies on both flanks (Wei Lihuang and Fu Zuoyi). Therefore, your main force should not leave the Beining line easily. You should plan ahead to continue attacking Jinzhou, Shanhaiguan, and Tangshan, and control the entire Beining line (excluding the Pingjin section) in our hands, so that we can maneuver toward the two Hebei provinces later.”
"With my Yang Chengwu's troops attacking Suiyuan and my Yang Dezhi, Luo Ruiqing, and Geng Biao's troops threatening the Pingzhang Line, Fu Zuoyi will not send any more troops to reinforce the Beining Line, other than the five divisions already in the Tang Shan area. Your main enemy is still Wei Lihuang. Therefore, it is correct for you to have seven columns and six independent divisions stationed at Xinmin and Shenchang.
"But before you attack Jinzhou, I'm not sure if the enemies of Chang and Shen would dare to make a move under your powerful threat. I'm afraid they would have to move when you attack Jinzhou.”
"You should now prepare to use your main forces on this line and ignore the enemy forces in Changchun and Mukden. You should also prepare to destroy the enemy forces that may be supported by You Chang and Shen Jin in the attack on Jinzhou.”[JP3]
"If during the Jin Yu Tang battle (the first major battle), the enemy forces of Chang and Shen come to Jin (because your main force is not in Xinmin but near Jin Zhou, Wei Lihuang dares to come to help), then you can continue to wipe out the enemy forces without leaving the Jin Yu Tang line, and try to wipe out Wei Lihuang's entire army on the spot. This is the most ideal situation." [JP]
"Here, you should pay attention to:
(1) Confirm the determination to capture the three points of Jinyu and Tang and completely control the line.
(2) Make up your mind to fight an unprecedented war of annihilation, that is, to fight Wei Lihuang when he comes to the rescue with all his troops.
(3) In order to adapt to the above two decisions, reconsider the battle plan and prepare the military supplies (food, ammunition, recruits, etc.) and deal with the prisoners.”
Lin Luoliu completely agreed with the plan.
** Very happy. Then, from a strategic perspective, he outlined the development trend of the national battlefield."It is possible that we will be prepared to overthrow the Kuomintangs in five years or so (counting from July 1946). As long as we wipe out about 100 regiments of the regular army of the Kuomingtang every year, or about 500 regiments in five years, we can achieve this goal."
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