At the same time, because the Shandong Field Army did not go south to reinforce the Central China Field Army in time, it also caused the final failure of defending the Huaihe River. After all, the Central China Field Army is outnumbered, with only 30,000 people. Therefore, the main force of the Central China Field Army was forced to abandon the Huaibei base area and withdraw from southern Shandong to the north, reducing the area of the entire East China Liberated Area by half. Many soldiers went from rich northern Jiangsu to poor Shandong, and they kept complaining: counterattack, counterattack, and arrived in Shandong, holding pancakes and biting green onions? !
From the end of June 1946 to June 10, Shandong Branch and Huazhong Branch held a series of meetings in the small town of Chen Shi 'an. At the meeting, Chen Yi was criticized, such as poor rescue of Huaihe River and poor operational command. The overall situation is passive, and it is understandable that everyone has emotions. So Chen Yi is very generous. On the one hand, he accepted everyone's criticism with great humility. On the other hand, he is actually more painful. He once said excitedly at the meeting:
Others are good students of Chairman Mao, and I, Chen Yi, am also a good student of Chairman Mao. If others can win the battle, so can I in Chen Yi? ! Objectively speaking, since the Nanchang Uprising, Mr. Chen has held many political posts. After he became the acting commander of the New Fourth Army, due to the limited conditions, he didn't have the opportunity to fight with the Japanese army on a large scale, including the previous large-scale battle of Huangqiao, which was actually commanded by Su Yu, deputy commander of Subei Command. Therefore, when the war develops into a new situation, it is normal to have some discomfort.
At this time, the enemy is also adjusting its deployment and pressing hard. After strengthening, Chiang Kai-shek's field army in East China has reached 25 reorganization divisions. Under the unified command of Xue Yue, a famous anti-Japanese, they came to southern Shandong in many ways, and the situation was still very grim. And held in the northwest of Lianshui? Chen Shi Conference? The second problem that was mainly solved at the meeting (many times) was how to unify the command of our two field armies. After all, under the oppression of the enemy, Shan Ye and Hua Ye have actually joined forces.
At the urging and recommendation of Chen Yi, the meeting decided that Su Yu was mainly responsible for the operational command of the two field armies, which was approved by Yan 'an. In the face of the enemy's repeated attacks, Chen Yi, after careful consideration, chose to attack the enemy in Shuyang direction first 1 1 whole division and 69th whole division. 1946 65438+February 1 1, Yan' an Express is commanding Su Yu in Yancheng, northern Jiangsu, congratulating Yancheng on its victory in defending the war, and ordering Wang Su to return to the north that day and deploy Shuyang to fight? Su Yu set off immediately after receiving the electricity and met Chen Yi in Shuyang.
From this day on, the former commander of the Central China Field Army, General Su Yu, actually became the unified commander of the two field armies. A famous soldier? Opponents Xue Yue and Chen Su are determined to mobilize the forces of 24 main regiments, monitor and block the whole 1 1 division with 9 columns, and concentrate their main forces on annihilating the 69th division of Dai BGF. Concentrate on the war of annihilation? Guiding ideology to reverse the unfavorable situation in northern Jiangsu and southern Shandong. 65438+February 15, Yan 'an replied:? Good determination and deployment, hope to cable the situation at any time? .
The war reached 1946 65438+February19, and our two field armies ended successfully in only three days? Battle of northern Jiangsu? Adowa Central Army belongs to the reorganization of the sixty-ninth division, Dai committed suicide after the defeat, and Deputy Commander Rao was captured. Decades later, Su Yu talked about the battle of northern Jiangsu in his memoirs, and evaluated it as? A turning point in East China? Although the scale of this battle is not a big battle compared with the future.
But Su Yu thinks: This battle is the first collaboration between the two field armies after joining forces. When the battle was won, there was a sense of trust between the brothers. After the merger, the leading bodies and subordinate units also have mutual trust, which is priceless? ! Su Yu non-stop, ordered the troops to immediately launch the Battle of Lunan, and by1October 4, adowa reorganized the 26th Division, the 5th/kloc-0 Division and the * * Fast Column with 53,000 men, achieving unprecedented victory.
Only 20 days after Su Yu took over the military command, he won two wars and turned the tide. His excellent command ability of the large corps is fully demonstrated, and he is a famous soldier, which also proves that Chen Yi's vision is very accurate. After the Battle of Lunan, Xue Yue, the enemy commander, was relieved of his post by Nanking, and the enemy attack was temporarily suspended. At the same time, the co-editing of Shandong Field Army and Central China Field Army was formally put on the agenda during the rest period.
Chen Yi personally organized the drafting? East China Field Army? Set up the reorganization draft, and telegraphed Yanan to make a detailed explanation.1February 3, 947, Yanan telegraphed? Agree to ugly Dongdian to set up ten pillars? . So the East China Field Army was formally established, with Chen Yi as the commander and Su Yu as the deputy commander.