Yang Dezhi’s Siege & Aid

Dong Yachun
Li Hongtao, Gao Zhiqiang, Yang Jun, Su Li
2006
Mainland China
Completed
Mandarin Chinese
89 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known as杨得志围城打援,is aMainland ChinaProducerwomen sex,At2006Released in year
。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese,Current Douban rating5.6(For reference only)。
In July 1947, the Liberation War entered an important turning point. To restrain the enemies in North China from reinforcing Northeast China, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China decided to form the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Field Army, appointing Yang Dezhi as commander. By October, Yang Dezhi's troops advanced towards Xushui, implementing a siege. In Yang Dezhi's strategic plan, the siege of Xushui was a pretext to lure the Nationalist Party’s elite Third Army stationed in Shijiazhuang, and then to annihilate them. Considering the distance and the presence of Baoding between Xushui and Shijiazhuang, Yang Dezhi ordered an intensified offensive to draw out the Third Army commander Luo Lirong. To effectively annihilate the defending enemy in Xushui, which was heavily fortified and had a complex situation, Yang Dezhi enlisted the famous female guerrilla leader Ma Qiufeng, along with the special forces company commander Cao Erniu, assigning them to form a vanguard force for the siege. It’s worth noting that six years prior, Ma Qiufeng and Cao Erniu had been married but failed to achieve a happy union due to Cao Erniu’s fear of Ma Qiufeng. Under the powerful offensive of our army, Xushui was quickly breached. With Xushui in crisis, Luo Lirong finally, under repeated urging from Commander Sun Lianzhong, led over 17,000 troops comprised of two divisions and one regiment towards Xushui. Luo Lirong was no fool; he had already deduced Yang Dezhi’s intention of “besieging the city to aid.” So when his troops entered the liberated area of Xinle, Luo Lirong camped there, holding his forces still, choosing to disobey orders rather than risk losing his position and face. Luo Lirong’s inactivity surprised Yang Dezhi for a moment, but a telegraph from Chairman Chiang helped Yang tremendously. Knowing the risks involved, Luo Lirong had to bite the bullet and proceed towards Xushui with the telegraph’s backing. To prevent the garrison in Baoding from providing aid, Yang Dezhi, breaking convention, established the battlefield in Qingfengdian, west of Baoding. The distance from Xushui to Qingfengdian was over 200 miles. Under Yang Dezhi’s orders, the troops completed a strategic deployment in just 24 hours that Luo Lirong would have never imagined. By nightfall, all of Luo Lirong’s forces were encircled. As the battle began, Luo Lirong responded in panic, suffering heavy casualties. Once he realized what was happening and attempted to implement a counter-surrounding maneuver, Yang Dezhi launched an even stronger offensive that suppressed Luo Lirong’s morale. After a night of disarray, Luo Lirong finally awaited support from Sun Lianzhong’s aircraft, but without ground troop coordination, he was only left to flee in panic, ultimately getting captured by the female guerrillas while attempting to escape disguised. Thus, the Qingfengdian battle lasted for 30 hours, completely annihilating over 20,000 troops of the Nationalist Third Army, creating a successful example of our army's long-distance mobile warfare on the plains.