Among the high-ranking generals of the National Revolutionary Army,There is one person, both whose experience and ability, is extremely controversial。This man isZhang Zhonglin, who once shouted with General Su Yu that "there are 74 soldiers of the first division, and there is no place for the opponent to survive"., tooBattle of MengliangguMiddle-of-the-body fallenZhang Lingfu
Zhang Lingfu's body,What are some secrets that have been difficult to reveal until now?Why did he change his name?What's even more curious is thatHow did the battle of Meng Lianggu, which made Zhang Lingfu swear, end his life?
Zhang Lingfu, formerly known as Zhang Zhonglin, was born in a poor family in Dongda Village, Dongda Township, Chang'an County, Shaanxi Province. But Zhang Lingfu has been smart and diligent since he was a child, so he is alsoHe was admitted to Peking University to study history, but eventually dropped out because he couldn't pay the tuition
Since he couldn't study, Zhang Lingfu turned to Congrong. After a few months of training in Kaifeng, Henan Province, which joined Hu Jingyi's Nationalist Second Army Officer Training Corps in Henan, Zhang Lingfu became a formerHe was admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy and became a regular cadet of the fourth phase, starting his military career
It is precisely because of this study experience that Zhang Lingfu has both the elegance of a literati and a writer, as well as the indifference of a soldierHe is a "Confucian general" and a "cold-blooded soldier".。This point, Zhang Lingfu served in the reorganized 74th Division, and later the officers who stayed on the mainland once recalled:
"He has a bold personality, with a good demeanor but not a lustful personality. On weekdays, he likes horseback riding, calligraphy and painting, and is quite kind to people. But in the army, it is extremely harsh. ”
Once, one of the troops led by Zhang LingfuThe head of the art troupeWith the power in his hands, he abducted other people's wives. This matter reached Zhang Lingfu's ears, and he was very angry, and immediately ordered his subordinates to investigate the matter strictlyThat is, according to the law, he was sentenced to death and beheaded for public display
As soon as this matter came out, let it goZhang Lingfu's cold-blooded temperament was deeply imprinted in the hearts of the soldiers。But the bloody aura on his body has also had a negative impact.
According to some information, during the Liberation War, Zhang Lingfu's troops also brought disasters to the people. At the time when Meng Lianggu was surrounded by the People's Liberation Army,Zhang Lingfu's 74th Division also "replenished on the spot" and looted the people's grain
In Zhang Lingfu, there is one moreThe jaw-dropping thing is the "wife murder case".
Under the introduction of a friend, Zhang Lingfu met Wu Hailan, a formally educated person in Guangyuan County. Zhang Lingfu is a cultural person, and Zhang Hailan is beautiful, so she fell in love with her at a glance. And Wu Hailan was very satisfied when she saw Zhang Lingfu's talent, just like thatThe two came together and also gave birth to a daughter.
But within a few years of marriage, Zhang Lingfu bizarrely shot his wife to death. The reason for this cannot be completely restored to this day. Some people say that Zhang Lingfu noticed that his wife was having an affair, and he raised his gun in angerSome people also said that Zhang Lingfu suspected that his wife had something to do with the Communist Party, so he fabricated false news of cheating.
But no matter what the reason is, it is a fact that Zhang Lingfu killed his wife, so it is also a fact that he was imprisoned.
Many years later, Zhang Lingfu remarried, and also talked to his new wife about the "disaster" of his prison:"At that time, I was very annoyed, even if I died, I was much more dignified than I was at that time!”
However, the occurrence of the "wife murder case" did not prevent Zhang Lingfu from rising to prominence in the Kuomintang, which was naturally closely related to his own ability
Zhang LingfuHe loves calligraphy and horseback riding, for the matter of good horses, Zhang Lingfu is serious. Hu Zongnan's new division came with a batch of new horses, all of which were as fierce as steel, but no matter how difficult they were to tame, as long as they were long enough, they could be tamed by people after all, but only one horse was always difficult to get close to.
After Zhang Lingfu learned the news, he came to the place where the fierce horse wasStrode onto the horse, grasped the reins, and surrendered it in no two blows
Again, for some reason, his beloved horse suddenly contracted pneumonia, and the veterinarians were helpless and sighed. Zhang Lingfu watched it, but he was helpless, and he stayed with him for a long time, and burst into tears
In Zhang Lingfu's body, you can see the tenderness of a soldier, and you can also see blood.
At the end of October 1937, Zhang Lingfu was appointed as the colonel of the 305th Regiment of the 153rd Brigade of the 51st Division of the 74th Army of the KuomintangSong Meiling and Chiang Kai-shek and his wife had personally inquired, and Zhang Lingfu had to change his name
In early December,Zhang Lingfu led the 305th Regiment to the defense of Nanjing。In the battle near Chunhua Town, Zhang Lingfu successfully blocked the Japanese army that intercepted Wang Yaowu's troops by building a position. It was also the 51st Division that successfully covered Wang Yaowu's retreat into Nanjing, and Zhang Lingfu made another meritorious service and was successfully promoted to the deputy commander of the 153rd Brigade, and also served as the commander of the 305th Regiment.
When he was promoted to deputy brigade commander, Zhang Lingfu was only 35 years old。In April 1938, the 51st Division was reviewed by the Military Commission in Huangpi, and Zhang Lingfu was evaluated by the Military Commission, and the results of the 305th Regiment ranked first in the division. Zhang Lingfu, the deputy brigade commander, was once again promoted to major general and brigade commander
In 1940, Zhang Lingfu was appointed deputy commander of the 58th Division of the 74th Army. After the end of the Second Battle of Changsha in September 1941, the 58th Division suffered extremely heavy lossesChiang Kai-shek shot Liao Lingqi, the commander of the 58th Division, in a fit of rage
After Liao Lingqi's death, Zhang Lingfu was appointed as the acting commander of the 58th Division of the 74th Army. In the winter of the same year, he was officially promotedMajor General and Division Commander of the 74th Division of the 58th Army
The 74th Army is not an ordinary army, it is the Kuomintang"The first of the five main forces".。The 74th Army was established in September 1937 on the Songhu battlefieldThe establishment of the 74th Army can be described as "ordered at a time of crisis".On the battlefield of resistance against Japan, the 74th Army also made great contributions.
It was also because he helped Wang Yaowu before, after Zhang Lingfu entered the 74th Army, he was also valued by Wang Yaowu, and after getting along several times, Zhang Lingfu became Wang Yaowu's confidant and favorite general. The two can be regarded as a fateful friendship.
The Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi in 1942Zhang Lingfu led the 58th Division to fight the Japanese army in a bloody battle on the outskirts of Quzhou for 3 days, suffering heavy casualties, but he did not flinch。A few days later, the main force of the 58th Division was regained**, and Huangshi and Jiuxi were recaptured in November.
In June 1944, the Kuomintang's 24th Group Army was reorganized into the 4th Front Army as a whole, and Wang Yaowu was promoted to commander of the Front ArmyZhang Lingfu was promoted to deputy commander of the 74th Army and was awarded the rank of major general in February 1945
After the surrender of the Japanese,Zhang Lingfu was promoted to lieutenant general of the 74th Army and commander of the Nanjing garrison。Nanjing was Chiang Kai-shek's confidant, and his appointment as garrison commander was enough to show his trust. But it is also his progress,made Zhang Lingfu's heart gradually produce an arrogant atmosphere, and this doomed him to the final outcome of the battlefield.
From the beginning of 1947, the Kuomintang army made corresponding adjustments to the offensive strategy of the PLA. In the beginning, the KMT focused on it"All-out offensive".However, due to the lack of troops, it was difficult to control them in an all-round way, so they had no choice but to adjustFor the "key care" of northern Shaanxi and Shandong
And on the Shandong battlefield,The Kuomintang's 1st Corps can be regarded as their absolute main force, and Zhang Lingfu's integrated 74th Division is the core of the 1st Corps。Therefore,Zhang Lingfu's focus has always been on the Shandong battlefield.
Hold onThe 74th Army is strong and strong, well-equipped and well-organized, Zhang Lingfu can be described as full of confidence. In mid-to-late March, as the Kuomintang army began its "all-out attack", the section from Xuzhou to Jinan was basically opened by it in April, and successfully occupied the Lunan area, and there is still a continuous directionLuzhong attackedmomentum.
It was also at this time that the PLA troops strangely did"Retreat on their own initiative", which made the Kuomintang troops smell the breath of victory and immediately and quickly follow upIn more than a month, they occupied Laiwu, Mengyin, Heyang and so on.
With such a record, even Tang Enbo, commander of the 1st Corps of the Kuomintang Army, thought that the People's Liberation Army had "become timid," so he was proud and thought that it was about to be completedHe changed his previous steady and steady battle, and did not wait for the arrival of other support units, he immediately ordered Zhang Lingfu's integrated 74th Division and the integrated 25th Division as the main force, and immediately set out from Duozhuang and marched north rapidly, just to be able to capture Tangbu before May 14.
When Zhang Lingfu got the order, he also had the same idea, thinking that this battle would be won, so he thought about how to win this work. On May 11, Zhang Lingfu, who was eager to take the lead, led the 74th Division to go deep and launch a fierce attack on our Huaye troops at the western foot of Menglianggu
Zhang Lingfu's move was directly to throw off the covering troops on both wings, although it wastook the lead, but there was no help。But Zhang Lingfu, who had been confused by the PLA's initiative to retreat, still didn't react at this time, thinking that as long as he was one step faster, the first merit would be his own"Happy" forward
Not only that, Zhang Lingfu had the chance to win, and even made a bold statement to our commanders **Marshal and General Su Yu on the other side:"There are 74 soldiers of the first division, and there is no place for the opponent to survive!”It can be described as arrogant to the extreme.
But what Zhang Lingfu didn't know was that the PLA's retreat was precisely to "invite you into the urn". * I said it when I was in Yan'an in the car:"We must look at the overall situation and not be limited to the gains and losses of one city and one pool. ”
When Huaye surrounded the 74th Division from all directions with 5 columns and 100,000 troopsAt that time, Zhang Lingfu realized that something was wrong, but he had already gone deep alone, and there was no possibility of retreating, so in desperation, he could only pull the troops to Meng Lianggu, which was not far away.
Zhang Lingfu was surrounded, but in the eyes of Chairman Jiang, it became a reality"Annihilation of the East China Field Army", a good opportunity to fight to the death, ordered Zhang Lingfu's troops to resist on the spot, to buy time for the entry of follow-up troops, and also promised to drop food bombs for it through the air force.
At the same time, 10 integrated units, including the 25th and 83rd Divisions of the Kuomintang, rushed to Meng Lianggu's aid.
But how could Chairman Chiang's intentions, our ** marshal and General Su Yu not see it?In order to eliminate the 74th Division as soon as possible, the Huaye troops immediately adjusted their deployment according to the order of Marshal **, and ordered the troops to immediately launch a general attack. At 17 o'clock on the 16th, under the joint siege of the 4th, 6th, 8th, and 9th columnsThe 74th Division was soon annihilated, and Zhang Lingfu also fell.
From the "Confucian general" who rose to the end of the world;From the very beginning of the rhetoric, to the final death on the battlefield, Zhang Lingfu did not have the opportunity to choose the right path, but after all, he lost his life because of his mistakes. List of high-quality authors