Huaihai map

Huaihai region is located at the intersection of the new Eurasian continental bridge economic belt and the eastern region. The completion and development of the new Eurasian continental bridge and the development of the central and western regions objectively require Huaihai economy to revitalize and prosper and play a leading role in radiation.

The new Eurasian Continental Bridge starts from Lianyungang in the east and Rotterdam in the Netherlands in the west, which is a shortcut to connect the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. The China section of the New Eurasian Continental Bridge is the Longhai-Lan Xin Railway, which is the longest traffic trunk line in China. More importantly, it spans the eastern, central and western parts of China and connects the three major economic zones. It will certainly play an irreplaceable role in the modernization of China and the development of the central and western regions. There are five central cities along the China of the New Eurasian Continental Bridge ("Longhai-Lanzhou New Economic Belt"): Xuzhou, Zhengzhou, Xi 'an, Lanzhou and Urumqi.

Huaihai is located at the easternmost end of the Longhai-Lanzhou New Economic Belt, which should be relatively developed. However, Huaihai area belongs to the transitional zone between the north and the south of China, and it has not been fully developed and has become an underdeveloped area in the east due to natural disasters such as war and famine in history, diversion of the Yellow River, floods and droughts in today's Huai Yi Shu Si Shui system, coastal saline-alkali land, weak infrastructure and serious brain drain. Because Huaihai is underdeveloped, it can't play the role of radiating the central and western regions and taking the lead in rising in the new economic belt of Longhai and Lanzhou.

Huaihai Province was founded, with Xuzhou as its capital. The rise of Huaihai Province will form the great development of Longhai-Lanzhou new economic belt, and form the linkage of five provinces (Xuzhou-Huaihai Province, Zhengzhou-Henan Province, Xi- Shaanxi Province, Lanzhou-Gansu Province and Urumqi-Xinjiang) to promote the development of the central and western regions.

The establishment of Xuzhou province also diverted foreigners from the northwest to the eastern cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Nanjing. At present, there is no provincial capital city in the eastern section of the Longhai-Lan Xin railway. After the northwest people arrived in the east along the Longhai-Lan Xin railway, they had to pass through Beijing, Shanghai and Nanjing. After the establishment of Huaihai Province in Xuzhou, it just attracted the migrant workers in the northwest, relieved the pressure of the floating population in the city, and realized the rational and orderly flow of people, logistics and information along the Longhai-Lanzhou New Railway.

This is just a national plan, and it's still uncertain. Please don't expect too much.

environmental aspect

The management and environmental protection of the Huaihe-Yishu Surabaya system need a provincial organization to make overall planning, but the Huaihe-Yishu Surabaya system belongs to four provinces, which makes it impossible for the provinces to comprehensively manage it, and may even dispute with each other.

Huaihai area is densely populated. However, in history, the Yellow River diverted and the Huaihe River fell, which caused Xuzhou City to be flooded many times, and Sizhou City completely disappeared-today's Hongze Lake. Until now, Suining and Suqian are still called "flood corridors". The frequent floods in the Huaihe-Yishu-Sishui water system have caused quite adverse effects on the production and life of hundreds of millions of people in this area. The pollution prevention and control of Huaihe-Yishu Surabaya system also needs unified planning. The disadvantages of the four provinces of Huaihe-Yishu Surabaya system have already appeared, so it is necessary to establish a provincial institution to manage the Huaihe-Yishu Surabaya system in a unified way.

The establishment of Huaihai Province will bring the Huaihe-Yishu Surabaya system into the overall planning of a province, and the unified planning of water conservancy construction and productivity layout will have a very positive impact on improving the ecological environment and people's production and life in this area.

economic development

The development of Lianyungang, Rizhao and other ports must rely on the economic development of Huaihai region, which requires the establishment of Huaihai Province.

Jiangsu and Shandong are both big economic provinces, but Lianyungang and Rizhao are relatively backward compared with other coastal cities. Investigate its reason:

(1) Lianyungang is the east bridgehead of the new Eurasian continental bridge, which should have been the most important entry and exit port along the Longhai-Lanxin Railway. Jiangsu's economic center of gravity is in the south of the Yangtze River, and its coastal areas are developed and backward. Nanjing needs to bypass Anhui and Xuzhou and reach Lianyungang by railway. It's too far. Moreover, Nanjing and the cities along the Yangtze River have their own ports, so Jiangsu's import and export mainly depends on the ports along the Yangtze River, and Lianyungang has not been fully developed for a long time.

(2) Rizhao was developed late and neglected. At the beginning of opening, there was no sunshine in 14 coastal open cities. 1989 was a county-level city. Shandong has traditionally been imported and exported through ports such as Qingdao and Yantai. The development of sunshine is also very inadequate.

After the establishment of Huaihai Province, Lianyungang, Rizhao and other ports will surely be highly valued by Huaihai Province and truly become the main entry and exit ports of the Longhai-Lanzhou New Economic Belt. The developed coastal ports of Huaihai will also give wings to Huaihai.

Regional history

During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Jian, the top scholar and industrialist (1853- 1926, Nantong native), put forward the Proposal on Establishing Xuzhou Bank, holding that "Xuzhou is the star and moon, with Haizhou in the east, Shangqiu in the west, Sizhou in the south and Yishui in the north, including Jiangsu and Anhui" and "Four Essentials". Zhang Jian spent his whole life running an industry, investing in running a school, setting up a province in Xuzhou, and extending the Longhai Railway to Nantong and Chongming, which were his two wishes, but none of them came true.

Setting up a province, in Zhang Jian's words, is "the key to changing scattered land"; From today's perspective, it is to "turn the edge into the center", build the economic center on the edge of four provinces, change the relatively backward situation of Huaihai, and realize the rise of the eastern section of the new Eurasian continental bridge.

193 1 year, Zhang wohua and others proposed to establish a "province of returning to Germany" in Xuzhou under the condition of reducing provinces and regions submitted to the Central Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

1940, Hu Huanyong (geographer), the provincial design committee of the Republic of China, also advocated the establishment of "Xuhuai Province" with an area of 66,872 square kilometers.

1948- 1949 The famous Huaihai Campaign broke out in a vast area centered on Xuzhou.

Since the reform and opening up, the Huaihai region has been more closely linked and the Huaihai Economic Zone has been established. Many experts in administrative divisions believe that Huaihai Province should be established according to geographical transportation, cultural customs, economic ties, urban development and other factors, so as to realize the rapid development of Huaihai region through the new Eurasian continental bridge, realize the common prosperity of the east and promote the development of the central and western regions.

population pressure

Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces have a total population of more than 300 million, so it is necessary and possible to set up one province separately.

Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces have a total population of more than 300 million, equivalent to the population of the United States. The four provinces have a large population and the Huaihai region has great potential for economic development. It is necessary to set up provinces in this region to reduce the governance burden of the four provinces and improve management efficiency.

At the same time, Huaihai area has a large population and high density, which may form a big city. The establishment and proper guidance of Huaihai Province can promote the urban and economic development in Huaihai area.

Hainan province (coastal) established by 1988 and Chongqing municipality (along the river) established by 1997 have the common characteristics of mountainous areas and low population density. Huaihai Province (along the bridge and along the coast) has a flat terrain and a high population density. As long as we do a good job in water conservancy and increase investment in infrastructure, it will be easier to form new economic growth points.

The population density of Hainan Province (coastal area) is 1988: 193 people/km2. The terrain is mainly mountainous.

The population density of Chongqing (along the Yangtze River) when it was upgraded from 65438 to 0997: 367 people per square kilometer, known as the "mountain city".

The current population density of Huaihai area (along the bridge and along the coast) is 627 people/km2, mainly distributed in the plain area.

I believe that Huaihai Province with a large population and high density will become the first newly established provincial unit in the new century, and its stability and prosperity will have a great impact on the common development of eastern China, the development of central and western regions, and even water conservancy and environmental protection.

administrative division

Although many experts and scholars advocate that the whole country should be divided into more than 45 provinces, regions (prefecture-level cities) should be abolished, and counties (cities) should be directly managed by provinces, and a three-level structure of "central-provincial-city-county" should be implemented. However, the author believes that it is impossible to cancel the regional (prefecture-level city) level and implement the small provincial system in a short time. On the contrary, Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan, Anhui and other provinces are too populous and under great pressure, so it is more likely to tear down part of them and build Huaihai Province.

Similar to the three plans for the establishment of Chongqing municipality, there are three plans for the establishment of Huaihai Province:

(1) grand plan: including all 19 cities in Huaihai Economic Zone.

(2) The middle scheme: including Xuzhou, Lianyungang, Suqian, Suzhou, Huaibei, Zaozhuang, Linyi, Rizhao, Shangqiu, Bozhou 10, and Weishan, Xiangshui and Yutai counties (cities and counties in the same city can be merged). The population is about 60 million. This range is similar to that advocated by Zhang Jian, that is, setting up 45 counties for provincial governance.

(3) Small plan: refer to the plan of "Xuhuai Province" put forward by geographer Hu Huanyong in 1940 (35 cities and counties, equivalent to about 40 cities and counties now).

If there are no more than 50 cities and counties under the jurisdiction of Huaihai Province, the system of direct management of cities and counties can be implemented.

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condition

The Huaihai Economic Zone was originally established because there are too many similarities between the cultural customs and languages in this Huaihai area. In addition, this area is mostly a great plain with outstanding traffic advantages. Therefore, the Huaihai Economic Zone was established with the original intention of benefiting one party, and it is not excluded to prepare for the establishment of Huaihai Province.

But today, as one of the earliest economic zones in China, Huaihai Economic Zone is obviously unknown and lonely, and is dubbed as a nursing home!

Today, the Huaihai region with Xuzhou as the center is divided into four provinces, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui and Henan, which are all located on the edge of each province, although the natural conditions and humanistic traditions are quite homogeneous. In particular, Shandong mainly develops along the Ji Jiao Railway, Jiangsu mainly develops along the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway and the Yangtze River, and Henan puts forward the "Central Plains Urban Agglomeration" with Zhengzhou, Luoyang and Kaifeng as the core. Although Anhui has no mature provincial urban system planning and regional development planning, it is an indisputable fact that Anhui Province has invested heavily in Hefei and Wuhu, the economic center of southern Anhui, has grown. In contrast, southern Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui and eastern Henan are all marginal areas of the four provinces, becoming outcasts who are not applauded. The marginal nature of the administrative division system leads to little attention and investment from provincial governments. In the long run, the residents in this area will naturally have some psychological reactions, that is, psychological marginalization. The wars of past dynasties, economic stagnation, marginalization in administrative divisions and marginal sense in psychological perception have created the urgent importance and great significance of Xuzhou as a leading central city in Huaihai area.

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manage

The surrounding areas of Huaihai refer to the border areas of Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong and Henan provinces in China, including 20 cities.

Jiangsu Province

Xuzhou (Fengxian, Peixian, Suining, xinyi city, Pizhou, quanshan district, jiawang district, Gulou, Yunlong)

Lianyungang (guannan county, Donghai County, Guanyun County, Ganyu County, Haizhou District, Lianyun District and Xinpu District)

Huaian City (Qingshui District Qingpu District Chuzhou District Huaiyin District Jinhu County Xuyi County Hongze County Lianshui County)

Suqian (suyu district, Sucheng District, Sihong County, Siyang County, Shuyang County)

Shandong (province)

Zaozhuang (Tengzhou, shanting, Taierzhuang, Yicheng, Shizhong and Xuecheng)

Jining (surabaya county, Jinxiang, Weishan, Yushan, Wenshan, Wenshang, Jiaxiang, Qufu, Zoucheng and rencheng district)

Tai 'an City (Dongping County, Ningyang County, Feicheng City, xintai city, Daiyue District, Taishan District)

Laiwu (Gangcheng District, Laicheng District)

Rizhao (Lanshan District, Wulian County, Juxian County and Donggang District)

Linyi (Linshu County, yinan county, Cangshan County, Tancheng County, Hedong District, Luo Zhuang City, lanshan district)

Heze (Chengwu, Dingtao, Juancheng, Juye, Yuncheng, Yuncheng, Shanxian and Mudan)

Anhui province

Bengbu City (Guzhen County, Wuhe County, Huaiyuan County, Huaishang District, Yuhui District, Longzihu District, bengshan district)

Huaibei (Suixi County, Lieshan District, Duji District and Xiangshan District)

Suzhou City (Sixian County, Lingbi County, Xiaoxian County, Dangshan County and Yongqiao District)

Fuyang City (jieshou city, Funan County, Yingshang County, Linquan County, Taihe County, Yingquan District, yingdong district, Yingzhou District)

Bozhou (Lixin County, Mengcheng County, Guoyang County and Qiaocheng District)

Henan Province

Kaifeng (lankao county, Kaifeng, Weishi, Tongxu, Qixian, Bian Xi New District, Jinming, Shunhe and Longting)

Shangqiu City (Zhecheng County, Xiayi County, Suiyang County, Ningling County, Minquan County, Yucheng County, yongcheng city and liangyuan district)

Zhoukou (Xiangcheng, Chuanhui, Shangshui, Xihua, Dancheng, Taikang, shenqiu county, Fugou and Huaiyang)

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the Huaihai Campaign

General introduction

During the War of Liberation, the field armies of China People's Liberation Army in East China and Central Plains launched the second strategic offensive campaign against Kuomintang troops in Xuzhou, starting from Haizhou in the east, Shangqiu in the west, Lincheng in the north (now Xuecheng in Zaozhuang City) and Huaihe River in the south. (Also known as the Battle of Xu Bang)

Xuzhou Huaihai Campaign Martyrs Memorial Tower

Outbreak background

1During the Battle of Jinan in September, 948, three regiments of Kuomintang troops assembled in Xuzhou170,000 people lingered in front of Hua Ye's reinforcements, afraid to go north to fight Hua Ye. Su Yu believes that this shows that the enemy is avoiding a large-scale battle with our army under unfavorable conditions, and it also shows that the favorable conditions for our army to carry out a strategic decisive battle against the enemy are gradually maturing. So, when the street fighting in Jinan was still fierce, but the victory was certain, he sent a telegram to the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at 7: 00 on September 24, "Suggesting Huaihai Campaign" ("Collected Works of Su Yu Military Affairs", pp. 393-394). After careful consideration, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) wrote back on September 25 19, agreeing with Su Yu's suggestion: "We think it is very necessary to hold the Huaihai Campaign." (Selected Military Works of Mao Zedong, Volume 5, page 19)

Process and war situation

The activity started at 1948 1 1.6 and ended at 1949 1.00, which was divided into three stages.

The first stage:1948165438+10. On October 6th, the East China Field Army went south. On the 8th, the Kuomintang troops He Jifeng and Zhang Kexia led more than 20,000 people to the battlefield for an uprising. 10 day, I

Our army divided Huang's regiment and surrounded it in Nianzhuang area east of Xuzhou. After 10 days of fierce fighting from village to village, more than 65438+ 10,000 people were wiped out on the 22nd, and Huang, commander of the enemy corps, committed suicide. At the same time, in order to cooperate with the battle, the Central Plains Field Army attacked the Xu (Zhou) clam (Hong Kong) line. 165438+1October16. Take Su County and complete the strategic encirclement of Xuzhou. At this time, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) decided to be composed of Liu Bocheng, Chen Yi, Deng Xiaoping, Su Yu and Tan Zhenlin, with Deng Xiaoping as the secretary, to command the Huaihai Campaign in a unified way. The second stage:165438+1On October 23rd, the Central Plains Field Army surrounded the Huang Wei Corps 12 Division, which had come from Central China for reinforcements, in the Shuangduiji area in the southwest of Suxian County. On the 28th, Chiang Kai-shek was forced to make a strategic retreat to the defenders in Xuzhou. Herry Liu, commander-in-chief of Xuzhou's "suppression general", withdrew from Bengbu, while Du, deputy commander-in-chief, stayed in Xuzhou for command. 65438+February 1, the enemy abandoned Xuzhou and fled to the southwest. On the 4th, the East China Field Army pursued troops and surrounded Xuzhou with fleeing enemies. On the 6th, the enemy Sun Corps attempted to break through and was annihilated. Sun escaped alone. On the same day, the Central Plains Field Army and the East China Field Army concentrated the superior forces of nine columns and launched a general attack on the Stevie Hoang Corps. After fierce fighting, by 15, more than 20,000 people in/kloc-0 were destroyed, and Huang Wei was captured alive. Since then, in order to cooperate with the Peiping-Tianjin campaign and in accordance with the unified deployment of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Du Group has been encircled without annihilation, and the troops have rested for 20 days. The third stage: from 1949 65438+ 10 to 10, the East China Field Army launched a general attack on the besieged Du Qun. After four days of fighting, Qiu Qingquan and 300,000 soldiers were annihilated, Du was captured alive, Qiu Qingquan was killed and escaped.

In this campaign, our army participated in the war with 600,000 troops, and the enemy dispatched 800,000 troops successively, which lasted for 65 days and wiped out more than 555,000 enemies. In the southern battlefield, Chiang Kai-shek's elite troops were wiped out, and the vast areas of the Central Plains north of East China and the Yangtze River were basically liberated, making Nanjing, the reactionary ruling center of the Kuomintang, under the direct threat of the People's Liberation Army.

After the Battle of Jinan, the enemy Xuzhou "suppression general" Herry Liu Group began to shrink its forces. By the end of 10, its four corps, four appeasement areas and 25 armies, with about 600,000 troops, were distributed on two railway lines, namely Longhai and Jinpu, with Xuzhou as the center, in an attempt to stop our troops from going south and cover Nanjing. Its deployment is: the seventh corps (yellow) is in Xin' an town; 13 Corps (Li Mi) is in the east of Xuzhou; The 2nd Corps (Qiu Qingquan) and 16 Corps (Sun) in Huangkou and Dangshan areas were evacuated from Zhengzhou to Mengcheng; The ninth appeasement area (Li Yannian) is in Haizhou; The third appeasement area (Feng Zhian) is in Han Zhuang and Taierzhuang areas; The fourth appeasement area (Liu Ruming) is in Shangqiu; 1 appeasement area (Zhou Yan) is in Huaiyin. This deployment is characterized by heavy troops, easy mobility and rapid reinforcement. On September 25, the Central Military Commission approved the proposal of the East China Field Army to carry out the Huaihai Campaign. 1October 1 1 day, Mao Zedong put forward the operational policy of Huaihai Campaign, demanding that the East China Field Army concentrate its troops as the first step, annihilate the Seventh Corps and complete the intermediate breakthrough. The second step is to annihilate the enemies of Haizhou and Lianyungang; The third step is to do it in Huaibei area. And asked the Central Plains Field Army to deploy the main force to attack the Zhengzhou-Xuzhou section of Longhai Road, and to contain the 16 Corps from being transferred eastward to cooperate with the East China Field Army. In order to annihilate the 7th rear regiment and confuse the enemy, so that it can't quickly identify the main targets of our army, Mao Zedong further instructed the East China Field Army to take more than half of its troops as containment and blocking tasks according to the characteristics of the enemy's deployment, and threatened Xuzhou from the north and south sides and the west. In this way, we can buy more time and destroy the Seventh Corps. 1mid-October, the Central Plains Field Army sent 2 troops to Jianghan and 6 troops to western Anhui, attracting Bai Chongxi's main force, the 3rd Corps (Zhang Qian) to the south, and12nd Corps (stevie hoang) to the west to cooperate with the Zhengzhou campaign.

1October 20th, four columns of the Central Plains Field Army launched the Zhengzhou Campaign. At this time, the enemy's main force 16 Corps had retreated eastward, and more than 10,000 remnants of the enemy were wiped out. Zhengzhou and Kaifeng are very different.

Liberate quickly. At this time, the main force of the Central Plains Field Army has been able to maneuver on the eastern front. According to the development of the national war situation and the changes of the enemy situation in the battlefields of Central Plains and East China, 1 1 month/day, the Central Military Commission decided that Chen Yi and Deng Xiaoping would command the Central Plains Field Army and East China Field Army to carry out the Huaihai Campaign. In this way, our army can participate in the war, including 15 infantry columns of the East China Field Army, one special forces column, seven columns of the Central Plains Field Army, and local troops, totaling more than 600,000 people. After the Liaoshen Campaign, Chiang Kai-shek was afraid that the enemy of Xuzhou would repeat the mistake of being wiped out by the Wei Group. In order to ensure Xuzhou, consolidate Jianghuai and cover Nanjing, on April 4th,1/kloc-0, he decided to shrink the main force of Herry Liu Group to both sides of Xubang section of Jinpu Road, in an attempt to distribute all the mobile corps on both sides of this section with Xubang section as the axis, in order to stop our army from going south by offensive defense, and to evacuate to Huainan to ensure Nanjing when necessary, and adjust the deployment according to this plan on June 6th. At the same time, the 12 Corps, which belongs to the Central China "Suppression General", was transferred to Taihe and Fuyang areas, and the camera assisted the East. According to the plan of the Central Military Commission to annihilate the Seventh Corps first, cut off the Xubang section of Jinpu Road and isolate Xuzhou, the East China Field Army decided to surround the Seventh Corps in Xin 'an Town and Ahu area with seven columns. Taking eight columns as the delaying task, three of them marched north and south, containing and blocking 13 Corps' eastward assistance, and separating the connection between 7 Corps and 13 Corps. Shandong Corps commanded three columns to annihilate the enemy in the third appeasement area or promote its uprising. Then; Cross the canal and go straight to the east of Xuzhou to contain the enemy 13 Corps, prevent the enemy from aiding xuzhou east, and threaten Xuzhou from the northwest with two columns (under the command of the Central Plains Field Army at the beginning of the campaign). The four main columns of the Central Plains Field Army moved eastward from Suixian and Zhecheng counties, seeking to destroy the fourth appeasement area of Shangqiu enemy, then captured Su Xian, cut off the Xubang section of Jinpu Road, and completed the strategic encirclement of Xuzhou. The second and sixth columns turned to Huaihai battlefield to stop the enemy 12 Corps. The East China Field Army launched the Huaihai Campaign on the night of the 6th as planned, and all the troops advanced to the scheduled goal. When they found that the enemy was shrinking, they immediately turned to chase. Enemy No.7 Corps was delayed to open to the west on the 7th due to the westward withdrawal of Haizhou No.44 Army, while 13 Corps left Xu Dong as planned to be transferred to Lingbi. 1 1 8, Zhang Kexia and He Jifeng, deputy commanders of the enemy's third appeasement area, led three and a half divisions to revolt. Our Shandong Corps successfully crossed the canal, crossed the defense zone and headed for the east of Xuzhou. Herry Liu found that our army was approaching Xuzhou in multiple ways and judged that I would attack Xuzhou from east to west. He was very frightened. He immediately changed the original plan of withdrawing to both sides of Xu Mu, and decided to transfer the 2nd, 13, 16 Corps to Xuzhou on a starry night and stick to Xuzhou. At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek decided to transfer Du back to Xuzhou as the deputy commander-in-chief, and set up the sixth corps in the ninth appeasement area in Bengbu, and changed the fourth appeasement area into the eighth corps, and cooperated with the sixth corps to advance to Suxian County along both sides of Jinpu Road, and

As a garrison between Guzhen and Su Xian. On the night of the 9th, according to the change of the battlefield situation, the Central Military Commission asked the field armies in East China and Central Plains to "strive to annihilate the main enemy forces near Xuzhou, so as not to flee south", and made up their minds to annihilate Herry Liu Group, the enemy of Xuzhou. 1 1 month 10, the main force of Shandong Corps annihilated the vanguard division of the Seventh Corps, cutting off the enemy's retreat. 1 1 month 1 1 day, the East China Field Army encircled the Seventh Corps in Nianzhuang area. In order to destroy the Seventh Corps, our army adjusted its deployment. The East China Field Army attacked the 7th Corps with the 4th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 13 columns of Shandong Corps and most of the special longitudinal guns, and blocked the enemy of xuzhou east aid with the 7th, 10,1/columns, and approached Xuzhou from the southeast. Chen Yi immediately instructed the main force of the Central Plains Field Army and the third and eighth columns of the East China Field Army to turn into the Xu clam section. Among them, the fourth column, the third column and the second column of the East China Field Army threatened Xuzhou from the southwest, the second military region of Hebei, Shandong and Henan threatened Xuzhou from the northwest, and the third and ninth columns attacked Suxian County. The main force of the 9 th column went south to prevent the enemy's 6 th and 8 th corps from aiding the north, and 1 column was the reserve.

1 1 month 15 night, the Central Plains Field Army captured Suxian County, annihilated an enemy division, cut off the contact between the enemy Xuzhou and Bengbu, and completed the strategic encirclement of Xuzhou. centre

Considering that this campaign is an unprecedented southbound campaign, the victory of the campaign will not only calm the situation north of the Yangtze River, but also basically solve the national situation. Therefore, on 16, it was decided that the General Front Committee of Huaihai Campaign was composed of Liu Bocheng, Chen Yi, Deng Xiaoping, Su Yu and Tan Zhenlin, with Liu Bocheng, Chen Yi and Deng Xiaoping as the standing committee members and Deng Xiaoping as the secretary to co-ordinate all matters in East China, the Central Plains and Hebei, Shandong and Henan areas. 1 1 month 12, our army stormed the enemy's seventh corps, captured Nianzhuang on the 20th, annihilated the seventh corps on the 22nd, and killed Gong. The enemy of xuzhou east's aid was stubbornly blocked by me, and it could only advance one or two kilometers a day. Eleven divisions of the enemy 12 Corps who came from Queshan to reinforce were blocked by the Central Plains Field Army and could only enter the vicinity of Evonne, south of Huihe River. After the enemy's 7th Corps was annihilated, Chiang Kai-shek decided to attack Suxian with Xuzhou 2nd Corps, 16 Corps, Bengbu 6th Corps, and 12 Corps in an attempt to get through the contact between Xu and Mu and evacuate the enemy from Xuzhou. As a result, the enemy 12 Corps continued to advance in the direction of Xuzhou. The General Front Committee decided to concentrate all the Central Plains Field Army's encirclement and suppression of the enemy 12 Corps, and the East China Field Army formed two battle groups to block the enemy in Xuzhou and Bengbu respectively, one as the reserve of the Central Plains Field Army's encirclement and suppression of the enemy 12 Corps. 1 1 on 25th, the enemy 12 corps120,000 people were surrounded by 7 columns of our Central Plains Field Army in Shuangduiji area in the southwest of Suxian County. After the enemy 12 Corps was besieged, Chiang Kai-shek could not break through, and Xuzhou and Bengbu had no hope of reinforcements. On the one hand, he made Herry Liu go to Bengbu and ordered the Sixth and Eighth Corps to go north again. On the other hand, he made Du rate the second, 13, 16 Corps to give up Xuzhou and bypass Yongcheng south in an attempt to attack our Central Plains field army. Solve the siege of 12 Corps and flee south together. Mao Zedong foresaw that the enemy would break through Xuzhou and instructed the East China Field Army to get ready. 1 1 On October 30th, about 300,000 people from Xuzhou Du Tuan fled in the direction of Yongcheng. Our East China Field Army pursued the enemy with eleven columns and surrounded the enemy in the Chenguanzhuang area in the northeast of Yongcheng on December 4th. ? 16 corps broke through on its own and was destroyed by me. The 2nd and13rd Corps immediately turned to defense. Our army surrounded two enemy regiments at the same time, and the enemy of Bengbu still tried to go north to rescue. The General Front Committee adopted the policy of "eating one (), holding one () and watching one (,Liu Ruming)". Six columns of the Central Plains Field Army and East China Field Army 1 column were used to block the enemy's sixth corps, and two columns of the East China Field Army were used as the general reserve. 12, our army launched a general attack on the enemy 12 corps, 15 annihilated the enemy, and captured Huang Wei alive. The aid of the enemy's Sixth Army Corps to the north was blocked. Knowing that 12 Corps had been annihilated, they fled back to Bengbu overnight. At this point, the battle of Peiping and Tianjin has been successfully launched. In order not to make Chiang Kai-shek make a quick decision and transport the enemy of Peiping and Tianjin to the south, the Central Military Commission suspended its attack on Du Group. The whole army at the front of Huaihai took a rest on the battlefield and launched a political offensive against the enemy to prepare for the attack. 1February 17, wrote "Urging Du and others to surrender". But Du and others refused to surrender. In late December, the Northeast Field Army and the Second and Third Corps of the North China Military Region divided their troops and surrounded the Fu Group on the Pingzhang Line. On January 6th, our East China Army launched a general attack on Du Group. On the 10th, we annihilated the enemy, floated in Du, and killed Qiu Qingquan. The Huaihai Campaign ended successfully. The Huaihai Campaign lasted for 66 days and wiped out 550,000 people from 56 divisions of the Kuomintang in the battlefields of East China and the Central Plains, exposing the enemy's Yangtze River defense line and the ruling centers of Beijing and Shanghai directly to our army. After the Huaihai Campaign, the enemy south of the Huaihe River fled south in panic. The 6th, 7th, 8th and13rd columns of the East China Field Army went south, liberated the vast area between the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, and went out to the north bank of the Yangtze River, which created conditions for the subsequent battle of crossing the river.