In fact, during the fifth encirclement and suppression campaign, the operational command of our army was not in our own hands, but in the hands of Li De of * * * Production International. With the support of * * * international and Bo Gu, this German, who knows nothing about the deployment of military operations, or knows nothing about the operational plan arranged according to our operational opportunity, began to dictate the operational plan of our army. Li De completely copied the operational experience of the Soviet Union and applied it to the battlefield of our army. As a result, it is conceivable that our army suffered heavy casualties at the beginning of the war, which made the Kuomintang get a big bargain in vain.
Faced with the huge losses caused by this wrong command line to our army, Zhu De, Lin Biao and others have long been dissatisfied. In particular, Lin Biao, Nie Rongzhen and other Red Army leaders have repeatedly suggested to Zhu De to take the tactics of luring the enemy in depth and thoroughly crack down on the arrogance of the enemy.
But the decision was still in the hands of Li De, who rejected their proposal in the name of Zhu De. In this case, out of the attitude of being responsible for the Party and the revolutionary work, Lin Biao decided to take the initiative to retreat 20 miles in the study area of western Fujian, and induced Li Yannian Sizong to make an aggressive move before he got the fighter plane.
Although this battle plan was highly supported by the soldiers of our army, it was also in line with the battlefield situation at that time, but Lin Biao and Nie Rongzhen had to bear great risks. Lin Biao and Nie Rongzhen had to be put to death for the safety of the whole Soviet area and the Red Army, and had to take the risk of being punished or sacrificed to direct the battle.
To win the battle, it is very important to choose a suitable starting point. With its unique vision, Lin Biao turned his attention to the study. The study room is the only place where the Kuomintang troops attack, and the mountains on both sides can provide good hidden terrain for our army. In order to determine the battle position, we must choose an accurate battle plan. In order to confuse the enemy's attention, Lin Biao and Nie disguised a unit of their own legion as a whole regiment marching westward, because the fighting capacity of Lin Biao's troops had a great deterrent to the enemy. At the sight of Lin Biao's retreat, the Kuomintang troops were naturally careless and pursued our army.
However, after all, the Kuomintang has rich combat experience and the level of military fortifications is superior to our army. The entire military structure is relatively dense, and it is difficult for our army to concentrate on attacks. Lin Biao and Nie Rongzhen came up with a clever plan, and arranged for the 24th Independent Division to pretend to be a local army, creating the illusion of guards where the enemy could see them, so as to lure them forward again.
At this point, the Kuomintang army finally entered the tight encirclement set by Lin Biao and others. When the enemy was still laying out his position, our army launched a surprise attack on him and laid the enemy's position in less than three hours.
After the short-term cessation of this battle, due to the limited combat materials and strength of our army, we should take a proper rest or act immediately after attacking the enemy under normal circumstances, and our superiors also have orders. However, Lin Biao and Nie thought that the Kuomintang army would have misgivings about this defeat and would definitely fight back again, so they applied to Zhu De to continue fighting and caught the enemy off guard.
At that time, Zhu De has regained the command in the hands of Li De, and agreed to their battle plans. At the same time, he instructed the 1st 1 9th Corps to "prepare to meet and destroy Li Zhujun". As Lin Biao expected, the Kuomintang army became blind and confident again. They thought that our army just won by luck and assembled more troops to counter our army. At this time, according to Zhu De's instructions, Lin Biao and Nie dealt a brief blow to the enemy and wiped out the main force of the enemy.
Our soldiers seized the enemy's distance gap and launched an attack on the other side. Our army suddenly attacked each other and finally fled. When its rear troops came to help, our army had withdrawn from the battlefield.
In the battle of the study, Lin Biao and Nie Rongzhen entered the war without instructions from their superiors. Although they won a great victory, their unauthorized deployment was still criticized by their superiors, which is why Lin Biao's name hardly appeared in later comments on the campaign of the study.