As we all know, in the course of the War of Liberation, there were three major battles, namely the "Liaoshen Campaign", the "Huaihai Campaign" and the "Pingjin Campaign". The impact of the Huaihai Battle on the War of Liberation was almost decisiveIt was this Huaihai Campaign, which took place in the middle of the War of Liberation, that laid the foundation for our army to win the War of Liberation.
After the Huaihai Campaign, the overall posture of the PLA also shrank from defensive to comprehensive. The main force of Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang army, as well as its most elite forces, was also lost in the Battle of Huaihai。Since it is said that it is an elite force, the combat effectiveness of many Kuomintang troops in the Huaihai Battle must be quite high.
In fact, this is indeed the case, and these Kuomintang elites with strong combat effectiveness have even inflicted great losses on our army in several battlesAnd the "Battle of Zhang Weizi" is one of them.
Kuomintang elite).
The battle of Zhang Weizi was actually one of the branch battles of our army in the process of destroying Huang Wei's corps in the Huaihai Campaign. In 1948, the Huaihai Battle broke out, and in the battle, our army basically formed a siege posture against Xuzhou City. Chiang Kai-shek did not want Xuzhou, a strategic town, to fall into the hands of our party, so he ordered the Huang Wei Corps in Henan at this time to support Xuzhou.
And Huang Wei's corps did rush to the Huaihai battlefield in the starry night, and Huang Wei's corps was the elite of Chiang Kai-shek's **.
The 18th Army under its jurisdiction was the most powerful and well-equipped unit in the Corps, and the most loyal to Chiang Kai-shek。The 18th Army was once a descendant of Chiang Kai-shek's general Chen ChengAnd the entire Huang Wei Corps was actually born out of the former National Army.
*Elite).After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, the 18th Army was reorganized into the 11th Division. Not only has the scale of the unit been further expanded, but all members have also been equipped with American equipment. Before the start of the Huaihai Campaign, the reorganized 11th Division had 11,520 American-style long and short guns, 2,370 submachine guns, 440 artillery pieces, 180 American-style rocket launchers, and 360 vehicles of various types.
This army was directly commanded by Chiang Kai-shek's confidant Hu Lian, who also inflicted heavy losses on our army several times in the War of Liberation. And several elite units in Huang Wei's corps are actually reorganized into the 11th Division, that is, developed on the basis of the 18th Army.
Among them is the famous 10th Army, which performed very well in the War of Resistance Against Japan. In the Battle of Hengyang, the superior strength of the 10th Army against the Japanese army held Hengyang for 47 days. Its combat effectiveness has even been affirmed by the elite divisions of the Japanese army.
Huang Wei).Therefore, the top brass of our army decided to give priority to defeating Huang Wei's corps, the trump card force in Chiang Kai-shek's hands. Because at this time, our army had already won the victory in the Liaoshen Campaign, basically controlled the vast northeast region, and had a stable rear.
Therefore, our army no longer needs to be cautious on the Huaihai battlefield. On the other hand, the victory of the Liaoshen Campaign also made the morale of ** on the Huaihai battlefield extremely low. Because no one knows whether the Huaihai Battlefield will become the "Second Liaoshen Campaign".Therefore, from generals to ordinary soldiers, it can be said that everyone is afraid of war.
Therefore, at this time, the top leaders of our party and our army, including the chairman, all believed that at present, we could give priority to eliminating the strongest Huang Wei Corps. Because this can cause a very large deterrent effect on the Huaihai battlefield, it will make the first person more cowardly. Our army is also able to eliminate the greatest battlefield threats and inflict the greatest negative impact on the enemy.
Huang Wei in film and television dramas).
On November 25, 1948, the main force of our Nakano surrounded Huang Wei's corps in Shuangduiji, southwest of Suxian County. The 120,000 army was compressed in 12 square kilometers of land, which can be described as immovable. However, such a large army, entrenched in such a small area, also means that there are a large number of troops defending in any direction.
At that time, our army had no artillery and no aircraft, it is difficult to strike at the ** in the double stack by means of "shortcuts". It can only surround Huang Wei's corps, and at the same time encircle and suppress the enemy army by conventional means. However, as we mentioned earlier, this matter is far from being as simple as it seems, because the Huang Wei Corps is mostly elite.
At the same time, many troops in Huang Wei's corps had been besieged in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and had already understood the way to break through. Hence the soldiers of the Huang Wei Corps, in fact, in the face of our army, it is not as frightened as other **, and the morale is relatively high.
Chen Cheng).Among them, the best regimental unit is undoubtedly the 223rd Regiment under the 75th Division of the **10th Army。The 223rd Regiment was considered the trump card of Chiang Kai-shek's army. Don't think that this trump card unit is very simple, in Chiang Kai-shek's army, not all elite troops can be called trump card troops.
The 223rd Regiment was also one of the directly subordinate units of Chen Cheng's "Civil Engineering Department" that year。At that time, Chen Cheng was quite strict in governing the army, and attached great importance to the development of the so-called "Three People's Youth League". Chen Cheng's army has also absorbed a large number of young backbones, and will also selectively recruit some highly educated young people to join the army.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression that year, Chen Cheng's troop atmosphere had a natural attraction for many hot-blooded young people. And these hot-blooded young people are often very different from veteran oilsIt is mainly reflected in the very strong will to fight. The 223 Regiment is such a "Youth League Force" based on the backbone of the "Three People's Youth League".
On the other hand, because this army is Chen Cheng's elite descendant, it has never been in arrears, and the military salary has always been paid in full. So in loyalty, this army is also very loyal to Chiang Kai-shek's nationals. Therefore, there is no possibility of a "temporary uprising", and it can only be fought hard.
Such an elite army is naturally the killer weapon of Huang Wei and Hu Lian. This unit was also placed by Huang Wei at the gateway to the northeast of Shuangduiji, Zhangweizi Village. It is said to be a village, but in fact, the area of Zhang Weizi is quite small, and the overall scope is only the size of 3 football fieldsThe terrain is very narrow, but the interior is very flat.
More than a dozen civil structure houses were also unable to withstand shelling at all, and were very difficult to defend. After on-the-spot observation, the 223rd Regiment even believed that these civil engineering buildings actually did not even need to be renovated. The 223rd Regiment simply did not want to retreat to the defense in such a placeBut at present, the entire corps is surrounded, and there is no way to do it.
Huang Wei Corps).But in the face of such unfavorable circumstances, Diao Bingkui, the commander of the 223rd Regiment, was not discouraged. Diao Bingkui graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, strictly speaking, he is also one of Chiang Kai-shek's students, and he also fought in the War of Resistance against Japan, so he is considered an old qualification. And officers like Diao Bingkui are simply as many as a cow in Huang Wei's corps.
This also indirectly illustrates the importance of Huang Wei's corps, and it is impossible for Chiang Kai-shek not to save such a corps.
Therefore, Diao Bingkui was very confident, he just ordered his troops to build three lines of defense around Zhangweizi Village, and built a bunker network and fortification groupAnd here it can also echo the main force of the double stack, and is supported by the artillery of the main force.
Campaign).Diao Bingkui believed that he only needed to hold on to Zhangweizi Village for about a week, and Chiang Kai-shek would definitely send a large army to rescue them。In his opinion, the outermost part is not necessarily the most dangerous, and if Chiang Kai-shek comes to the rescue, his outermost part is also the part that is most likely to escape.
However, Diao Bingkui's idea is just a dream bubble after all.
On December 6, 1948, PLA troops began to besiege the Huang Wei Corps in Shuangduiji. What Diao Bingkui never expected was that the fortifications that he saw were enough to hold for a week actually didn't hold them for even two days. And his 223rd regiment will also become a historical term in two days.
Battle) However, the battle on the first day was indeed as Diao Bingkui expected. The fighters of the People's Liberation Army began to storm the fortifications of the 223rd Regiment continuously, and then were knocked down by the powerful fire of the bunker group. It was difficult for our soldiers to rush even within 20 meters of the villageBecause the firepower network here is too powerful.
If a large number of troops of our army pressed up, the 223rd regiment would call for fire support. At this time, the narrow terrain of Zhang Weizi came in handy.
Because the charge of our troops also had to be squeezed into a very narrow terrain, which was simply created for shellingTherefore, the soldiers of our army, under the powerful artillery fire of the enemy, were also blown up one after another.
People's Liberation Army) Even if our army rushes into the village of Zhangweizi, it will be driven out by the charge of the enemy infantry. In seven hours, our troops launched three large-scale charges, but the final result was all failure.
At 24 o'clock in the evening of the same day, the position of the 223rd Regiment hardly changed, and the 223rd Regiment was even personally commended by the commander Hu Lian.
Qin Jiwei, the commander of the Ninth Column of Nakano, who was in charge of the battle of Zhang Weizi, even rushed to the battlefield of Zhang Weizi in personAfter inspecting the situation on the spot, Qin Jiwei resolutely decided to withdraw the originally planned attacking troops and replace them with the "family base" of the Ninth Column, the 76th Regiment of the 26th Brigade. The 76th Regiment is actually the trump card unit of the Ninth Column, and there are even Red Army veterans who fought in the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
The 76th Regiment was first born out of the anti-Japanese guerrillas on the Jin-Henan border, and was later reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, and at the same time, a Red Army Red Guards who had participated in the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were also incorporated into the regiment. It can be said that this regiment is also a veteran unit that fought in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the Civil War between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
After Li Zhongxuan, the commander of the 76th Regiment, rushed to the battlefield, he decisively came to his own judgment that this battlefield could not be fought hard. If it is fiercely attacked, even an elite like the 76th Regiment will only be consumed in front of the position group. If you want to lay down Zhang Weizi, you must first knock out Diao Bingkui's bunker group.
Li Zhongxuan and his staff officers came up with an "old method," that is, to use a "cannon without conscience." The so-called "unconscionable cannon" is actually the use of gasoline drums to project explosive packets onto enemy positions. The range of the "conscienceless cannon" is often not long enough, only about 200 meters, but its power is quite large.
No conscience cannon)On the night of December 8, the 223rd Regiment suddenly found that a large number of ** objects had been smashed into their positions。And the power of these ** objects is quite large, and the soldiers within a range of tens of meters are either killed or disabled. At this time, the narrow terrain of Zhang Weizi was highlighted again, but at this time, it was no longer our army that was bombed, but the ** of the 223rd regiment.
After the bombardment, the vanguard of the 76th Regiment immediately attacked and rushed into the village of Zhang Weizi in just five minutes. Generally speaking, the morale of ** should have collapsed a long time ago when the battle has developed to this point. But the 223rd Regiment is indeed an ace unit, and its will to fight is quite strong, even if it is rushed into the position by the enemy, it still has to play with the enemy.
And in this short-handed situation, the equipment superiority of the 223 regiment is reflected. Since the 223rd Regiment is all-American equipment, and the Garand rifle of the American Army is a typical repeating rifle, the enemy's rate of fire is much higher than that of our armyAt the same time, the enemy has a large number of submachine gunsThe situation on the battlefield is very unfavorable for our army.
The Battle of Huaihai in film and television dramas).
The 76th Regiment had three companies of sharp knives, and in less than two hours of 160 people, only 17 people remainedThis company, which existed during the Red Army period, was almost wiped out. The battle lasted until four o'clock in the morning of the next day, and the 2,000 troops of the **223 Regiment were almost completely wiped out, and only more than 100 people were captured by our army, and Diao Bingkui, the commander of the enemy army, was killed by our army.
However, the 76th Regiment of our army also suffered heavy losses, which can be described as a great loss of vitality, and then almost failed to participate in the battle to encircle and suppress Huang Wei's corps. The 76th Regiment was actually the 15th Army that participated in the Battle of Shangganling in the future.
In fact, the bravery of this unit has long been reflected in the battle of Zhang Weizi during the Liberation War. Or rather,In fact, the battle of Zhang Weizi is the foundation for laying the soul of this strong army. The battle of Zhang Weizi was also engraved in the soul and spirit of this army.