When Commander Li said this, he glanced at the commanders of the East China Field Army below, and then said to them: "Comrades, here, I would like to recommend to you a master of attacking fortifications in our East China Field Army, that is, Comrade Zhou Wu, commander of the First Army of our Advance Corps.
Zhou Wu didn't expect the commander to call his name, he didn't have any mental preparation in his heart, he heard the commander's words, hurriedly stood up, rubbed his hands and said to everyone: "I, I actually don't have any experience in tackling tough battles, but I have fought some positional battles with Japanese devils in the Kuomintang army before, and I have learned how to conquer Jiancheng when I was in a military academy before. ” Commander Li saw that Zhou Wu couldn't let go, so he hurriedly encouraged him: "Comrade Zhou Wu, you are the only general here in our East China Field Army who has a military academy diploma. ” As soon as Zhou Wu heard the commander's words of encouragement, his face turned red, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, if you want to say that our comrades sitting here are all commanders who are in charge of their own affairs, and each has their own set of things, this little thing of my Zhou Wu is really nothing, and it makes everyone laugh when I say it."
"Lao Zhou, don't be modest, we all know that you have a set of things in this aspect, didn't we go to you to learn the scriptures a few days ago, take advantage of this opportunity that we are all here now, you can talk about it."
As soon as Chen Guofu saw Zhou Wu, he hurriedly urged him, Lao Chen's troops suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Mengshangu due to blocking the Li Corps that reinforced the 47th Division, and a column was almost disabled, leaving less than one-third of the troops that could continue to fight, and then it was quickly replenished, and was reorganized into an army under the East China Field Army, and now he is the army commander, and the level is the same as Zhou Wu.
"Okay, since that's the case, then I'll fry cold rice again, attacking a strong city is actually a military last resort, especially attacking a big city with strong fortifications, and there are heavy troops guarding it, and the enemy's food and ammunition logistics are sufficient, even more so, but now the situation on our Shandong side, except for a few big cities in Jinan, the rest are under the control of our People's Liberation Army and the local militia armed forces, so the situation of attacking the fortified is different."
Zhou Wu paused when he said this, he wanted to see the reaction of the other commanders who were at his level.
As soon as the commanders of the other fraternal units below saw that Zhou Wu had suddenly paused, they hurriedly urged him with applause: "Comrade Zhou Wu continue to speak, we are listening attentively." ” Hearing the good reaction of those comrades of the friendly commanders, Zhou Wu was very encouraged, and hurriedly continued: "If we want to conquer Jinan now, we must first cut off the enemy's two major railway arteries, and only by cutting off the two major arteries of the Jinpu line and the Jiaoji line, the enemy will not be able to get reinforcements from the sea, and in addition, we will continue to destroy the roads and wire facilities leading to Jinan and other places, and the enemy will definitely fall into a chaotic transportation and communication chaos, so that even if the enemy has a large amount of food and ammunition stored in the city of Jinan, it will be useless.
Because once the support is cut off, Jinan City is a lonely city, the lonely city is not defended, this ideal must be that Jinan Wang Wang who defends the city is also very clear in his heart, he is also a battle-hardened veteran, and the 47th Division Commander Zhang, are all generals who can fight in the Kuomintang army, I suggest that this attack on Jinan, not in a hurry, must first pull out the enemy's material transportation lines and support points from the periphery, cut off the railway and highway communication lines, if you can through the efforts of the underground party comrades, If we succeeded in plotting an uprising against the Kuomintang troops in Jinan, the success rate of capturing Jinan would have increased significantly, and the casualties of our troops would have been reduced considerably.
Zhou Wu meant to use the underground party to counter the enemy's interior and destroy the enemy's communication lines, cut off the enemy's material supply and intercept the enemy's reinforcements, so that the capture of Jinan would be more certain, and it would also greatly reduce the casualties of the siege troops.
Hearing Zhou Wu's method, the commanders of the friendly fraternal units below all responded with bursts of warm applause, and Commander Li nodded his head frequently in approval, he stood up and said to his comrades: "Comrades, Comrade Zhou Wu's exposition just now is very clear, he is very correct, we should fight like this, I think this Jinan campaign is still commanded by Comrade Zhou Wu, do you have any opinions?"
After Commander Li finished speaking, he was the first to raise his hand, and when Lao Chen heard this, he hurriedly raised his hand to express his agreement to be commanded by Zhou Wu to command the battle of Jinan, and most of the commanders of other brother troops supported Zhou Wu to command this battle, and Zhou Wu, who had fought a face-to-face battle with the little Japanese devils, should have no suspense in this battle to capture Jinan, plus there is also the strong support of the East China Field Army Command, and his own strength in this area has an advantage over the Kuomintang Commander Wang, as long as the tactics are appropriate, The measures are effective, and the liberation of Jinan is just around the corner Therefore, Commander Li immediately announced the appointment, appointing Zhou Wu as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Jinan Campaign, and he himself served as the commander-in-chief, responsible for coordinating the mobilization of various units of the East China Field Army, formulating a specific combat plan, and Zhou Wu specifically implemented it At the end of the military meeting, Commander Li stayed with Zhou Wu and Lao Xu and said to them: "Comrade Zhou Wu, this Jinan Campaign is of great importance, and it is related to whether our Shandong People's Liberation Army can liberate the entire Shandong region, contain the enemy in Xuzhou, and reduce the pressure on the Central Plains Field Army troops on the north bank of the Yangtze River in Central China.
Since then, there will be no major war south of the Yangtze River, the main elite of the Kuomintang army has been finished, what is the use of the Yangtze River alone, so this Jinan Battle is the prelude to the decisive battle between us and the Kuomintang army, whether we fight well or not, it will directly affect our next decisive battle, and it has a very important relationship with the situation of the liberation battlefield of the whole country.
Strive to win the first battle, eliminate the enemy in Jinan, and liberate the whole of Shandong" Zhou Wu listened to the commander's advice, and knew that the responsibility on his shoulders was heavy, so he said to the commander: "Commander, I know the stakes of this battle, I know, in case we fail to attack the city, it will lead to unpredictable consequences, the enemy in Jinan is very strong, although it is not as good as the ace 47th Division in Mengshangu, but it is not much worse, and they are more advantageous than the 47th Division is to occupy Jinan, a place with dangerous terrain and convenient transportation, and there is plenty of food and ammunition in the city, and the population is large, In addition, relying on the natural danger of the Yellow River, there are high mountains such as Mount Tai in the south, and it is indeed very difficult to storm the city, so we must formulate a thorough and detailed battle plan, try our best to counter the enemy's uprising in Jinan City, and make all kinds of material preparations before the battle. ” "Then do you think there are any other things that need to be paid attention to in addition to these preparations" Commander Li reminded Zhou Wu, Zhou Wu, as a commander under him, sometimes does not consider the problem comprehensively, which is also caused by the environment, a army commander can follow the instructions of the commander of the field army, accurately implement the battle plan, and can succeed, it is already very competent, and Commander Li is different, he is the commander of the People's Liberation Army in East China, of course, the consideration of the problem is more comprehensive and detailed than Zhou Wu, So when he heard about Zhou Wu's plan, he reminded him if he had missed something Zhou Wu Jingli reminded him of this, and immediately thought of it: "Commander, and we must pay attention to the enemy in the direction of Xuzhou at any time, only by stabilizing them and containing them on the line of Taierzhuang and Ganyu, can we attack Jinan City safely and steadily, otherwise, our back and flanks are not asked, and we are very vulnerable to the enemy's flank, and if we fail to attack Jinan at that time, our team may be surrounded by the enemy, and then the danger will be great."
Zhou Wu realized that he had to pay attention to his back, in the direction of Xuzhou, there were still a large number of Kuomintang troops stationed, and there were also a large number of enemies in the nearby Bengbu and Suxian areas, and according to intelligence, this time Lao Jiang sent a large number of troops to the direction of Xuzhou, trying to strengthen the military strength of the northern and southern Jiangsu regions, echoing with the Wang commander in the direction of Jinan, and then attacking the north and south again, defeating the main force of Shandong.
In view of the fact that Chief Gu, who had previously served as the General Headquarters of Xuzhou Suppression, did not listen to him and always acted on his own initiative, resulting in his own combat intentions not being well reflected, and even losing one of his generals and an ace army in Mengshangu, the chairman of the committee learned from the pain and decided to appoint the obedient "Fu General" Chief Liu to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Xuzhou Suppression Headquarters, and in addition, he urgently recalled the famous anti-Japanese general Du in the northeast.
Let him serve as the deputy commander of the Xuzhou Suppression General Headquarters, responsible for the actual military command of the Xuzhou Theater, this time there is the famous general of Jinan in the north to guard, and occupy the Yellow River Mount Tai in the dangerous location of Jinan City, the south has the famous anti-Japanese general Du to lead the Xuzhou army, the total number of troops far more than three times that of Shandong, as long as the Wang Commander in Jinan can hold on for more than a month, you can achieve the strategic goal of attacking Shandong from the north to the south, and realize the big turnaround of the salted fish in Shandong and even the entire East China region.
Then Chairman Chiang's military pressure on the battlefields of the civil war throughout the country would be quickly reduced, so that he could concentrate on dealing with Central China, which had already moved to the north bank of the Yangtze River t1706231537: