In early 1946, the Kuomintang New 6th Army, under the command of Liao Yaoxiang, launched an offensive against Western Manchuria and Liaodong. The New 6th Army is an elite unit returned from an expedition to Burma, not only well-equipped, but also extremely experienced in combat, especially its main force, the New 22nd Division, which has repeatedly defeated the Japanese 18th Division, which is known as the "King of the Subtropical Jungle" in Burma, which shows how strong its combat effectiveness is.
In this attack, the New 6th Army, with the New 22nd Division as the vanguard, attacked all the way north and won many battles. Soon, the 66th Regiment under the command of the New 22nd Division successively attacked Panshan and Liaoning, and reached the "doorstep" of the 4th Column of the Shandong Military Region -- Shaling Village south of the LiaoHe.
Seeing that the enemy had hit the "doorstep," the Platon Naturally wanted to give it some color to see. On the night of 10 February, in order to kill the enemy's vigor, Xiao Hua, commander of the Shandong Military Region, sent 4 columns and 5 regiments to take charge of the main attack, plus 2 regiments of 3 columns to fight, a total of 7 regiments participated in the battle, while the enemy only had 1 regiment, and the strength of the Platon Army completely crushed the opponent.
On the 15th, the 4 columns marched in multiple ways, and the spearhead pointed directly at Shaling. Shaling is a town of a thousand people, the enemy 66 regiment is very arrogant, seeing the PLA army coming, it is actually not afraid, the enemy regiment commander also released words: "No reinforcements, I have no problem beating him with one regiment!" ”
The enemy was so arrogant, the People's Liberation Army did not ink, at about 17:00 on the 16th, the 4 columns launched a fierce attack on Shaling in three ways. Unexpectedly, the enemy was really powerful. After the 31st Regiment occupied the river embankment, the attack on the village was continuously frustrated; when the 28th Regiment attacked forward, it was also blocked by enemy artillery fire, and the loss of the attack was even greater, and the commanders of the main forces of the 28th Regiment were all killed; after the 29th Regiment surrounded Majiadian, the overnight onslaught was no progress...
The attacks of various people and horses were frustrated, and Xiao Hua could only order a retreat to rest. That night, after the rest of the units, they continued to attack. In order to ensure victory, Xiao Hua even sent a guard regiment. How did it end? When the 32nd Regiment seized the high ground north of Shaling Village, it "smoothly" entered the north street of the village, who knew that the enemy was very cunning and actually played the "empty city plan".
When the 32nd Regiment entered the North Street of the village, it was hit by enemy fire, and the 32nd Regiment "smoothly" came all the way, despised the enemy army, did not take any precautions at all, and finally suffered heavy losses and had to withdraw. The same was true of the 28th Regiment, which had just broken through the enemy's forward defenses and was beaten back. As a result, the 4th Column attacked overnight, suffering heavy casualties, but making no progress.
On the 17th, in order to alleviate the pressure of the 3rd Column to fight, Xiao Hua also transferred the 34th Regiment of the 12th Brigade to participate in the battle, so that the PLA attacked 4 troops, forming a four-sided siege of the enemy.
At 15:00, with the support of artillery fire, 4 regiments simultaneously launched an attack on the defending enemy. Soon, the 28th Regiment broke through the edge of the village and occupied the enemy's position, but the enemy counterattacked fiercely, and the 28th Regiment insisted for 2 hours, due to heavy casualties, and had to withdraw. The 34th Regiment also launched an attack, but because the regimental commander did not understand the enemy situation and gave hasty orders, the troops were repeatedly frustrated in the attack, suffered heavy casualties, and finally could only return in vain. After the 33rd Regiment launched the attack, the enemy first fled in a daze, and then retreated, using the favorable terrain to resist, the 33rd Regiment continued to attack, but 7 consecutive attacks in 1 hour, all of which were suppressed by the enemy's fire...
At this point, several regiments of the 4th Column fought fiercely all day, but there was still no progress. Seeing the huge casualties, Wu Kehua, commander of the 4th Column, blushed and ordered: "Resolutely fight!" "The units continued to engage in the fighting as ordered. In this battle, the 4th Column gradually turned around, but at this moment, a bad news came: "The enemy of the mountain 2 regiments came to the rescue!" ”
Lieutenant General Wu Kehua
4 The battle was long and there was a risk of being surrounded, and Wu Kehua reluctantly issued a retreat order. In this battle, the 4 columns fought fiercely for 3 days, although the enemy 66 regiments were severely damaged and more than 670 enemy were annihilated, but their own casualties were very huge, with more than 2100 casualties. After the war, even Wu Kehua couldn't help but say: This is a truly defeated battle!