1947+0 After the mid-term Lunan Campaign, the two field armies of Shandong and Central China merged to form the East China Field Army, which was under the jurisdiction of 1 1 infantry column and 1 special forces column, with the main force assembled in Linyi, Shandong.
The Kuomintang Army Command judged that the East China Field Army suffered heavy casualties after the battles in northern Jiangsu and Lunan, and its ability to continue fighting was not strong. Therefore, the plan of "Lunan Battle" was made in an attempt to seek a decisive battle with the East China Field Army in Linyi area.
On February 20th, the main forces of the Eighth and Ninth Columns ambushed in Hezhuang area in the northeast of Laiwu City, and suddenly attacked the 77th Division of the 73rd Army stationed in Laiwu from Boshan South, fighting until 2 1 dawn.
The rest of the columns launched an all-out attack on the evening of 20th, and surrounded the command post of Li Tuan, the main force of the 73rd and 46th Army in Laiwu on the morning of 22nd. Wang Lingli, commander of the second appeasement area in Jinan, made a detour in the direction of Kouzhen to ensure the railway.
During the campaign, the Jiaodong, Bohai and Lunan military regions actively launched offensives to contain the Kuomintang troops along the Ji Jiao Railway and Lunan. The Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army moved to northern Anhui, along the Longhai Railway in eastern Henan and southwest Shandong, and contained the Kuomintang troops face to face, effectively cooperating with the Laiwu campaign.
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The Laiwu campaign is valuable because it has stabilized the overall situation of military and political affairs in Shandong liberated areas and strengthened the confidence of the people in Shandong liberated areas and even the people of the whole country in overthrowing reactionary rule.
Under the leadership of China, the people in the liberated areas fought bravely in the war of liberation, and finally established their belief in the victory of the national war. 1In the second half of 946, after Chiang Kai-shek was defeated by our army in the all-round civil war, he learned from a bitter experience and immediately changed his war strategy from an all-round attack to a key attack, focusing on the two liberated areas of northern Shaanxi and Shandong. ?
The victory of Laiwu Campaign solemnly declared to the whole country that the self-defense war waged by the people's armed forces led by China is a just war of mankind. Although there will be many difficulties and obstacles on the road ahead, as long as the leaders make correct decisions, the soldiers bravely kill the enemy, give full play to the people's strength and gain endless support from the rear, and unite the army and the people, the final victory of the war belongs to the people.
The victory of Laiwu campaign reversed the situation of Shandong battlefield in the liberation war, opened the curtain of our army's regular battle with Chiang Kai-shek in East China battlefield, and accumulated valuable experience for winning national liberation.
The victory of the campaign fundamentally disintegrated Chiang Kai-shek's strategic plan to attack the Shandong Liberated Area, and laid a rock-solid foundation for our troops in Hua Ye to completely transform from interior-line operations to exterior-line operations. Since then, our East China Field Army has firmly grasped the initiative of the Shandong battlefield.
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