Historical background of the battle of Shatuji
On June 30th, 1947, according to the strategic deployment of the Central Military Commission, the East China Field Army, in order to cooperate with the main force of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army to cross the Yellow River to the outside line and smash the key attack of the Kuomintang army on Shandong, the 3rd, 8th, 10 and 1 4 columns marched from central Shandong to western Shandong and southern Shandong respectively. The Kuomintang army was forced to deploy troops from Luzhong to attack the 57th, 48th and 84th divisions and the 5th and 7th armies reorganized in Shandong Liberated Area. Five columns of the East China Field Army entered the southwest of Shandong Province in early August (10 column crossed the Yellow River to rest) after fighting hard in the west and south of Shandong Province, and actively wiped out the enemy together with the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army 1 1 column to cover the main force of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army entering the Dabie Mountains.
Battle of Shatuji
Combat description
1947 (36 years of the Republic of China) In September, during the War of Liberation, the Outer Line Corps of the East China Field Army of the People's Liberation Army carried out mobile warfare against the Kuomintang troops in Yuncheng, Heze and Juye areas of Shandong Province. In August of that year, in order to restore and develop the liberated areas in Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu, the Revolutionary Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided that Chen Yi, commander and political commissar of the East China Field Army, and Su Yu, deputy commander, led the main force of the 6th column and artillery column to Shouzhang area, and cooperated with Liu Deng and Xie Chen to assist the military and civilian operations in the liberated areas in rusu. Together with the 3rd, 8th, 10, 1 and 4th columns that arrived in southwest Shandong in advance, they formed a peripheral corps (also known as Chen Sujun) to command the 1st 1 1 column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army, first opening up the situation in southwest Shandong and then advancing to Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu. According to the instructions of the Central Military Commission and the enemy situation in southwest Shandong, Chen and Su ordered 1 and the third column to move northward from Dingtao and Chengwu areas on August 36, attracting the 57th and 5th divisions of the Kuomintang army to the north, and arranging snipers in the areas north of Shaji, Longdongji and Juye to cover the 6th and 65th divisions first. September 1 day, 1 and the third column moved north. 2, 6, 10 column began to cross the Yellow River south. The fifth, fifty-seventh and eighty-fourth divisions of the reorganization hastily turned to the north in an attempt to stop Chen Su's army from going south. On the 3rd, columns 1 and/or 3 got in touch with the advancing Kuomintang troops in the north of Juye and Shatuji. By the evening of the 6th, the 57th Division of the whole West Road and the 5th Division and 84th Division of the whole East Road stopped at Huanggu 'an, Chenlichang and Dingguantun, south of Yuncheng, respectively. The main force of the whole 57th Division is located in Shajiji, with the distance between east and west roads about 20 kilometers. In the afternoon, the eighth column was ordered to conquer several peripheral strongholds of Shajiji from the south, and the entire 57th Division troops that had advanced to Huanggu 'an were forced to retreat to Shajiji. 3, 6 columns followed, with 8 columns in the evening to complete the siege of the 57th Division of Shajiji. Shatuji is a village on the highway from Heze to Juye. East-west length 1km, north-south width of 0.5km. There are earth walls around and trenches outside. There is water in the trenches on the east, south and west, and the terrain in the north is higher. There are bunkers and Abatis inside and outside the village. The whole 57th Division was divided into one regiment to defend the outlying strongholds, with Ji Juan in the village as the main force. On the 8th, after the 3rd, 6th and 8th columns cleared the peripheral strongholds, they launched a general attack that night, and fought fiercely until 3 am on the 9th, and wiped out the 57th Division. 4. 1 1 The column repelled the east and west reinforcements of the 84th and 68th divisions. 10 column blocked the attack of the 5th division and killed 1 unit.
Chief assessment:
The victory of the Battle of Shatuji not only fundamentally reversed Hua Ye's passive situation in southwest Shandong, created conditions for the restoration and construction of the base areas in southwest Shandong, and opened up the road to March into Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu, but also forced Chiang Kai-shek to deploy four divisions from the Dabie Mountains and the battlefield in Shandong to help southwest Shandong, effectively cooperating with the actions of Deng-jun Liu and our army in Shandong. In an interview with Xinhua News Agency, Su Yu pointed out that this victory showed that Chiang Kai-shek's key offensive, which had been repeatedly defeated in Shandong, was finally declared bankrupt. Chiang Kai-shek became passive and our army became active. ? The Battle of Sandy Land was a great victory, and the head of the field army spoke highly of it. Deputy commander Su Yu said? The victory of Sha Sha changed the battlefield situation in Shandong, and the enemy's attempt to attack Shandong was mainly bankrupt. Since then, the Kuomintang has been passive and the People's Liberation Army has taken the initiative. ? The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China sent a telegram to congratulate and express condolences to the whole army of Hua Ye Western Corps, pointing out that the great victory of Yuncheng and Shatuji in annihilating all the enemy's 57th division was of great significance to the development of the whole southern line war situation. ? Chairman Mao also spoke highly of Shajiji Battle as a classic battle. Sha Tuji's victory in annihilating the enemy's 57th Division (reorganization) is of strategic significance to the development of the whole war situation and deserves to be celebrated. ? [2]
Significance and influence of the battle of Shatuji
In this battle, Chen Su's army mobilized and encircled 9560 people from the 57th Division of the Kuomintang Army, including 7560 captured enemies and 2000 killed. The victory of this campaign was the first victory after the peripheral corps of the East China Field Army turned to attack, which forced the Kuomintang army to deploy four reorganization divisions from the Shandong battlefield and Dabie Mountain area to support it, effectively coordinating the actions of the main force of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army in Dabie Mountain and the Jiaodong Campaign conducted by the Internal Affairs Corps of the East China Field Army. This campaign was the first victory after the West Line Corps of the East China Field Army turned into a strategic attack, which improved the confidence and morale of our officers and men, forced the Kuomintang army to transfer four reorganization divisions from Dabie Mountain and other battlefields in Shandong Province to help, and effectively coordinated the main force of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army to enter the Dabie Mountain and the East Line Corps of the East China Field Army to defend Jiaodong. This is of great significance to the development of the entire southern line war situation.