Before the Battle of Menglianggu, the reorganized 74th Division had a chance to break out of the encirclement, and Zhang Lingfu and his subordinates were also aware of Huaye's movements. Zhang Lingfu wanted to make a great contribution, and used the reorganization of the 74th Division as a bait to attract the main force of Huaye, so as to buy time for the 450,000 troops of Xuzhou to encircle the periphery of Huaye。。。。。。。。。

The concept of the 74th Division "sticking to the danger and blossoming in the center". At that time, the commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang Army on the East China Battlefield was Gu Zhutong, who sat in Xuzhou and concentrated three corps to encircle and suppress Huaye, and the 74th Division was reorganized from the 51st Division of the Tang Enbo Corps to attack the East China Field Army of the People's Liberation Army.

The entire battlefield situation was that the Kuomintang army had the advantage and the initiative, and they kept chasing and searching, but they couldn't find the main force of Huaye. Zhang Lingfu is very confident, this stems from his equipment and strength, he and Huaye have fought each other, the most typical is the two battles, although the strength has been consumed, but he thinks that he is victorious and undefeated, all of which makes Zhang Lingfu look down on the miscellaneous troops, arrogant, arrogant and underestimate the enemy。。。。。。。

In response to this information, Chairman Mao of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China said with a smile, don't worry, there are many enemy troops, not scattered, and it is not easy to fight, so wait for the opportunity to find a breakthrough, Chen Yi listened to the chairman's report in the telegram, our troops might as well lead the national army out to eliminate, the troops began to retreat to the northeast, and a part of Huaye's troops began to retreat In order to confuse the enemy, Chen Cheng, Chiang Kai-shek, saw the retreat of Huaye's troops and thought that Huaye could not hold on, and began to escape, and Lao Jiang was really fooled。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。

Lao Chiang then sent troops to begin the pursuit, so that a part of the national army was successfully transferred, so that the main force of Huaye could fight a decisive battle with the main force of the national army, and successfully deceived the national army, Tang Enbo, the commander-in-chief of the corps on the southern front, changed the tactics of steady and steady fighting,,,, did not wait for the second corps and the third corps to act in unison, and reorganized the 74th division of the national army, the 83rd division of the national army, and the 25th division of the national army。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。 。。。。。。。

The 500,000 troops under the command of Gu Zhutong of the Kuomintang Army still adopted the strategy of steady and steady advance, deepening vertical and horizontal, intensively approaching, steadily advancing, advancing step by step, and approaching our army's base area step by step。。。。。。。。

On May 15, under the command of General Chen Yi, our army led the main force of Huaye to retreat to, Xintai, Laiwu, and Yimeng.

The commander of the Kuomintang, Gu Zhutong, soon discovered our army's attempt and quickly sent troops to pursue it。。。。。。。

ordered Tang Enbo, commander of the First Corps, to command the 74th, 25th, and 83rd Divisions to attack Yishui in an attempt to encircle our troops。。。。。。。 At this time, our Huaye troops officially kicked off the battle of Menglianggu with the Kuomintang troops.

The 74th Division of the Kuomintang was originally the 74th Army of the Kuomintang, and the reorganized 74th Division was one of the five main forces of the Kuomintang.

Zhang Lingfu followed Yu Youren's suggestion and was admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy and became a cadet of the fourth phase of Whampoa。。。。。。。。。。。。。

Zhang Lingpu injured a leg in the Gao'an Campaign, and then sent to ** for treatment, relying on the weight of Lao Jiang, looking down on colleagues, occupying Laiwu, Mengyin, and Heyang on May 10, Tang Enbo, commander of the 1st Corps of the Kuomintang Army, was confused by the actions of the People's Liberation Army, changed the previous tactics of steady and steady fighting, and immediately ordered the reorganization of the 74th Division and the reorganization of the 25th Division as the main attack, from Duozhuang and Taoxu to the north。。。。。。。。。。。。。

On May 12, the 74th Division began to march in a big way, with the 58th Brigade as the vanguard, the division headquarters and directly subordinate units as the main team, and the 57th Brigade as the rearguard, directly attacking Tangbu. In the morning of the same day, the main force of the 51st Brigade of the 74th Division crossed the Wen River and captured the first line of Triangle Mountain, Shuitanggu and Yangjiazhai on the north bank in the afternoon, but when it continued to advance northward, it was met with stubborn resistance from the People's Liberation Army and had to retreat to Triangle Mountain before dark. The resistance encountered that day was fiercer than before, and Zhang Lingfu judged that he had already begun to engage the main force of the People's Liberation Army. However, according to reconnaissance, it was found that there were at least three main columns of the People's Liberation Army near Tangbu, which made him realize that the situation was much more serious than before, and decided to change the original plan.

On the 13th, the 74th Division only sent the 51st Brigade to continue the offensive north of the Wen River, while the main two brigades were on the south bank of the Wen River, so that even if the situation was different, it could respond in time. However, the 1st Corps did not agree to his plan, and demanded that the 74th Division must cross the Wen River north with all its divisions and occupy Tangbu before noon on the 14th as planned. The 74th Division continued to attack and advance as planned, and after fierce fighting, it captured Mashan, Maiqiushan, and Dajian, and was less than 6 kilometers away from Tangbu. Mashan is the last barrier of Tangbu, and there is no danger to defend from Mashan to Tangbu, almost a flat river, but the progress of the two wings of friendly neighbors is slow. In order to avoid the lone army from penetrating deeply, Zhang Lingfu ordered in the evening to abandon the newly occupied positions, and only left a small number of troops on guard in the key areas of the front, and the main force was reduced to the banks of the Wen River on the line of Yangjiazhai, Mamuchi, Chongshan, and Aishan, so that the whole division was in a situation where it could advance and retreat. Tang Enbo received Zhang Lingfu's report and did not think so, but repeated that it was necessary to capture Tangbu at noon on the 14th, and at the same time ordered the 83rd Division and the 25th Division to ensure the safety of the flanks of the 74th Division. However, Mao Sen, commander of the 2nd Division of the 1st Appeasement Zone, who was operating with the army, immediately pointed out that there was probably indeed a main force of the People's Liberation Army in front of Tangbu, and that the 74th Division was separated on both sides of the Wen River, and that the 83rd Division was in steep mountainous terrain, and that it was very difficult to march, and that there was only one Linmeng road between the 25th Division and the 25th Division, making it difficult to deploy troops in a timely manner, and the situation was dangerous. Tang Enbo immediately contacted the Ministry of Defense and the Xuzhou Command, hoping to change the plan. However, the Ministry of National Defense and the Xuzhou Command passed the buck to each other, and Tang Enbo did not know the essentials, so he had to decide to send Li Yannian, deputy commander of the Corps, and Mao Sen, to the front line tomorrow to inspect the situation and supervise the battle nearby.

After nightfall, the situation of the 74th Division had suddenly become grim, the 58th Brigade was fiercely attacked by the main force of the People's Liberation Army on the front line of Mamuchi and Wangshanzhuang, the 51st Brigade's position on Dajian Mountain was also attacked by the People's Liberation Army at the same time, and PLA activities were found in the areas of Tianma Mountain and Muhu Mountain on the left and right flanks and rear directions. To make matters worse, the 83rd Division reported that its 19th Brigade was stubbornly blocked by the PLA at Huangshi Mountain and could not advance; The 108th Brigade of the 25th Division also gave up Huangdouding and Yaoshan and retreated south under the strong attack of the PLA, so that the left and right flanks of the 74th Division had been vacant for more than 20 kilometers. After receiving these reports, Zhang Lingfu judged that the PLA had the intention of encircling and annihilating the 74th Division, but his authority could only order the troops to shrink to the banks of the Wen River, and could not continue to retreat without the consent of his superiors. So he repeatedly complained to Tang Enbo, the commander of the 1st Corps, but Tang Enbo not only did not agree to him to continue to retreat, but also asked Zhang Lingfu not to listen to false reports, and Zhang Lingfu had to give up the idea of continuing to retreat...

On the People's Liberation Army side, the encirclement and annihilation of the 74th Division also took shape on this day. That night, Chen Yi and Su Yu jointly reported to the Central Military Commission on the determination and plan to encircle and annihilate the 74th Division: "The 74th Division is one of the main backbones of Chiang Kai-shek's reactionary army, and the total annihilation of the enemy behind the enemy will have a far greater impact on the war situation than the annihilation of the 7th Army and the 48th Division; The enemy is in front of the spearhead of the main force of our army, and I can concentrate four times the enemy's forces without a major mobilization, so as to create an absolute superiority, facilitate the division and encirclement and annihilation, and seek a quick solution. The 7th Army and the 48th Division are the Guangxi Army, which is good at defense, and it is difficult to quickly destroy all of them. Although the 74th Division is the elite of Chiang's army and has strong combat strength, it is more prominent and isolated, and very arrogant, and has deep contradictions with the rest of Chiang's army, and because it is deep in the mountains, the heavy equipment is left in the rear, and the combat strength is relatively weakened, and the enemy is in an offensive posture and has no defensive support, our army's sudden counterattack can force it to be caught off guard and fall into chaos, and the enemies on the left and right will not dare to rush to help because of the unknown situation and fear of being annihilated, which is conducive to our main attack group to take the opportunity to counterattack fiercely and achieve a complete victory.

On the evening of the 13th, the main forces of the 1st and 8th columns searched for gaps and penetrated deep into the enemy's depth, and the 1st Column and 1st Division occupied Yaoshan in the northwest of Menglianggu at dawn on the 14th

The 74th Division was ready to attack Tangbu again as planned, but the People's Liberation Army had already launched an attack first, and the troops invested were even stronger than the previous two days. The left-wing People's Liberation Army has crossed Tianma Mountain and is advancing towards Duozhuang; The right-wing People's Liberation Army has also crossed Muhu Mountain and is advancing towards Wanquan Mountain. At about 9 o'clock in the morning, Zhang Lingfu finally realized that the PLA had the intention of encircling and annihilating the 74th Division, so he decided not to obey the order to capture Tangbu, and ordered the 51st Brigade to take the lead and the division headquarters in the center, and the 57th Brigade to retreat south along the west of Menglianggu after the palace, and the 58th Brigade to occupy the front line of Menglianggu to cover the main force of the division to retreat, and then retreat alone along the east of Menglianggu after the main force of the division retreated.

The 1st Column of the People's Liberation Army captured Caozhuang, Huangdouding Mountain, Tianma Mountain and other key points, cut off the connection between the 74th Division and the 25th Division, and occupied the 285th and 330th heights, cutting off the urgent military road connecting Duozhuang; The 8th column captured Taohua Mountain and Nose Mountain, severing the connection between the 74th Division and the 83rd Division; 6 Zong also advanced rapidly overnight, and arrived at the southwest view of Duozhuang and Baibu area on the morning of the 14th; The 4th and 9th columns on the front attacked overnight and captured Huangluzhai, Mamuchi and other places.

At this time, the national army had been surrounded by our army, and on the afternoon of the 14th, a large number of troops surrendered, and our army regained the Menglianggu position。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。