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Time 1948, the location of Beiping, at this time the old Jiang Zheng looked at North China "Commander-in-Chief" Fu Zuoyi with a worried face, as for the reason is also very simple, seeing that the three northeastern provinces are about to be fully liberated, North China has become the second target of our army, in order to preserve the strength of the first, he now desperately hopes that Fu Zuoyi can withdraw the army to the south, in order to avoid the edge of the Dongye million male division.
But who knows, for the kindness of the "principal", Fu Zuoyi chose to refuse, not only was he unwilling to retreat, but also said with a little disdain that this move was a corner of peace and would never end well.
As soon as he heard this, Lao Jiang was embarrassed and helpless, and seeing him like this, Fu Zuoyi had no choice but to take a step back and patiently tell him about his plan, that is, to send a surprise army to smash Huanglong, level Xibaipo, and capture *** alive
According to the situation at the time, this plan was not bad, and Fu Zuoyi did it in the follow-up, but the ending was shocking, yes, his beheading operation failed, and the defeat was very complete, the instructor only used a trick to empty the city, and only sent more than a thousand people to scare off his 100,000 elite soldiers!
So what's going on here? How did Fu Zuoyi come up with the idea of beheading Xibaipo, and how did he finally turn the danger into a disaster?
Lao Jiang came to explain the plan in person
Everything has to start with the domestic situation after the Liaoshen Campaign.
In October 1948, with the destruction of the 400,000 elites of the Northeast Army of the Kuomintang, the Liaoshen Campaign was also nearing the end, but unlike what the world expected, our army, which had won such a big victory, was not proud, let alone complacent, but only a few weeks later ignited the ambition of attacking North China and quickly liberating the whole of China.
Seeing this situation, Chiang Kai-shek at this time seemed to be faced with a choice, whether to fight to the death in North China, or to transfer the 500,000 elites of North China back to the southeast?
The impact of these two approaches can be said to be very different, the former, although the risk is large, but the harvest is not small, once the victory, the Kuomintang army will sweep away the decline to complete the turnaround, and the latter, the elite will all withdraw to the southeast, which means that China is likely to form a "northern and southern dynasties", the main forces of the Kuomintang are all gathered in the south of the Yangtze River, and our party will divide the river and rule.
So which choice does Lao Jiang prefer in his heart? To tell the truth, he really wanted to choose the former, but the problem was that at that time, this had become an impossible thing, first, the Kuomintang army had already lost its fighting spirit after a major defeat, and second, the loss of the northeast had also caused Chiang Kai-shek's prestige to drop to a low point, and he could not command the proud soldiers and fierce generals in the provinces.
For this reason, he quickly contacted Fu Zuoyi, who was on the front line of the battlefield in North China, hoping that he could lead the army to retreat and prepare to retreat to the southeast to avoid its edge, but as he said at the beginning, Fu Zuoyi chose to refuse many times, not only unwilling to retreat, but also often angry with Lao Jiang, saying that this move was to emulate the Southern Song Dynasty, thinking that the regime in a corner of peace would definitely not end well.
These words came out of the mouth of a general, which is obviously a good thing for the country, but who knows, when he heard that Lao Jiang's suspicion was committed, he began to doubt, doubting whether Fu Zuoyi wanted to surrender**, and even more doubting that at a critical moment, the commander-in-chief of the North China Suppression would backstab himself.
Therefore, in order to dispel his doubts, only in that month, Lao Jiang flew to Beiping with his son Jiang Weiguo, saw Fu Zuoyi, and began to exert pressure in person, his meaning is very simple, only one point, that is, he hopes that Fu Zuoyi can retreat to the south, as long as he is willing to obey the order, let Fu Zuoyi be the chief executive of the southeast region after the matter is completed, if you are not at ease, then take Jiang Weiguo with you as a hostage, this should always be possible, right?
I have to say that Lao Jiang's move is really full of sincerity, in his opinion, it is difficult for Fu Zuoyi not to agree when he hears this, but the fact is the opposite, even if he is willing to hand over his son, Fu Zuoyi still shook his head, and the atmosphere on the scene instantly dropped to the freezing point.
Lao Jiang was displeased, but fortunately, at this moment Fu Zuoyi spoke, only to see him take out a booklet, and then mysteriously said a plan to Chiang Kai-shek, which basically means that the reason why he is unwilling to retreat is completely because there is another hidden reason, just because he has prepared 100,000 elite soldiers, and the army is ready to attack, and is planning to raid Shijiazhuang, take Xibaipo in one fell swoop, and come to a "decapitation operation", and directly capture the communist leaders, including ***!
In this way, our party and our army will definitely fall into chaos, and then there is no need to retreat south, maybe we can complete a counterattack and recover the three northeastern provinces in one fell swoop!
Hearing this, for a while, the needle drop in the conference room could be heard, and Chiang Kai-shek's face changed abruptly, and he hurriedly asked how sure Fu Zuoyi was, as soon as he heard this, Fu Zuoyi was not modest, and immediately said that he was already nine out of ten, and now he was waiting for his old Jiang to give an order!
Good guys, nine out of ten? This news is undoubtedly another village for Chiang Kai-shek, after all, it is clear that he is about to become Zhao Gou and Adou in the last second, but in the next second, he suddenly becomes Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Shimin, and they are about to complete the Jedi turnaround, how can he not be excited?
Therefore, without any hesitation, Chiang Kai-shek immediately chose to agree, and a dangerous beheading operation was about to begin!
Get the news in advance
In October 1948, Lao Jiang personally came to Beiping to persuade Fu Zuoyi to lead the army to retreat south, but Fu Zuoyi actually came up with a "beheading plan" with his backhand, and decided to send 100,000 elite soldiers to attack the Xibaipo revolutionary base, intending to capture *** Not only that, he also claimed that his plan was nine out of ten, and finally persuaded Chiang Kai-shek, so the question is, what is Fu Zuoyi's self-confidence?
In fact, it is not to blame Fu Zuoyi for being full of confidence, it is completely because the gap between the strength of the enemy and us at that time is too big, you must know that Fu Zuoyi's 100,000 troops are all elite soldiers, not only most of them are divisions of a hundred battles, but even equipped with advanced American-style equipment, on the other hand, what about the ** guard troops stationed in Xibaipo? Although the strength is not weak, but the number and equipment are far behind, only more than 1,000 people, ** equipment is several grades behind the enemy, if this is really a fight, it is not an exaggeration to say that eggs touch stones!
Of course, it is precisely under such a comparison of paper data that Fu Zuoyi dared to boast about Haikou, and only then did he dare to promise Chiang Kai-shek that he would be captured alive in one fell swoop
It can be said that if there is no accident, it will indeed be the case, so how did *** turn the danger into a disaster in the end?
There are two main key points in this, the first is the credit of the underground workers, yes, only at the first time when Fu Zuoyi gave the order to reorganize the armament for war, that is, on October 22, Liu Guoguang, a member of our party who has been lurking in the North China Suppression General Staff Office, discovered the clues, and after a series of clichés and platoons, he also lived up to expectations and found a crucial map.
The map is marked with Shijiazhuang, Pingshan area, not only that, but also a few big red crosses are drawn in it, after visual inspection, it is obviously the location of the CCP **, look at the target location, look at the distribution route of troops, and then look at the date marked next to it, October 27, 1948, seeing this, Liu Guoguang instantly broke out in a cold sweat, and he naturally guessed what the Kuomintang army wanted to do, that is, to send 100,000 troops to raid Xibaipo, and attack the location of the CCP ** 5 days later!
Therefore, he did not dare to delay, only on the same day, Liu Guoguang risked his life to pass on the information, and under the fast whip of the correspondent, on October 24, the information finally reached the hands of ***.
Seeing the above content, not only the leading cadres present couldn't help but gasp, as for why, it is not difficult to understand, first, the time is pressing, there are only less than four days left before the arrival of the enemy, and second, there is a huge disparity in troops, 100,000 to 1,000, this battle is that the gods can't beat it!
What to do? For a while, even Mr. Zhu, who had been through a hundred battles, panicked, he hurriedly asked the Northeast Bureau of the Union to send a large army to support, but before he could dial the number, a pair of big hands slapped him on the shoulder, Mr. Zhu looked back, and the person who came was *** I saw *** slowly spit out a puff of smoke, and then said:
I don't think there's any need to toss Higashino, right? ”
Hearing this, Mr. Zhu was stunned, he seemed puzzled and urgent, so he hurriedly asked *** If you don't transfer troops, do you want to wait for death in Xibaipo?
It is naturally impossible to wait for death, ** The reason for this arrangement is obviously that he already has an idea, and soon he also said his thoughts, only one point, that is, to use the character characteristics of Chiang Kai-shek and Fu Zuoyi to sing an empty city.
First of all, in his opinion, Chiang Kai-shek and Fu Zuoyi are both suspicious people by nature, and they are the kind of commanders who would rather do nothing than make mistakes, and secondly, our army can take advantage of this to take the lead in releasing the news, and generously tell the other party that we have already learned the news, and upon hearing the news, there is a high probability that the two will not take these 100,000 elite soldiers as a bet, and this crisis will naturally be solved.
As soon as he heard this, Mr. Zhu was stunned at first, and then quickly understood the crux of it, and after persuading all the **cadres,** then began to act, only to see that he took out his pen and ink unhurriedly and wrote an article to Xinhua News Agency, titled "Commenting on Jiang Fu's Dream of Sneak Attack on Shijiazhuang", and then he attached an order, that is, to let all radio stations in the country circulate ** This article.
After everything was completed, of course, *** did not relax his vigilance, just in case, he still mobilized all the troops in the base area, and let *** Mr. Zhu and others prepare to fight the defense of Shijiazhuang, now everything is ready, our army is only Fu Zuoyi's east wind!
An army of 100,000 fled without a fight
On October 24, 1948, a secret letter was transmitted from Beiping to Xibaipo, informing Fu Zuoyi of the news that he was about to send 100,000 troops to attack the CCP. So the question is, is Fu Zuoyi fooled in this regard?
The answer is obviously yes, only in the first time after the article "Commenting on Jiang Fu's Dream of Sneak Attack on Shijiazhuang" was broadcast, Zheng Tingfeng, the Kuomintang general who was preparing to sneak attack Xibaipo, was stunned in place, listening to the telegram, the description of their every move by our army, and looking at the strange eyes of the surrounding people, at this moment he was like a shaved sheep, with no privacy at all.
Zheng Tingfeng had no choice but to order the troops to stop advancing and seek the advice of the Beiping side, however, what he and our party never expected was that Fu Zuoyi and Chiang Kai-shek did not hesitate at all, and immediately replied with a sentence, that is, "everything is going according to the original plan."
What's going on? Could it be that the two of them saw through ***'s strategy?
Yes and no, although Jiang Fu and the others at this time had doubts in their hearts, suspecting that this was a bluff, but in their opinion, even if Xibaipo was aware of it, it would be impossible to transfer a large number of reinforcements in such a short period of time, ** still has an absolute advantage in troops, as long as they hurry up, it will not be a problem to take Xibaipo!
Therefore, the two of them gave the order to continue advancing, and in the face of the Kuomintang army's move to stop and advance, ** and *** were also quite surprised, but fortunately they were not helpless, no, in order to prompt Chiang Kai-shek and Fu Zuoyi to be deceived, ** immediately ordered to add a fire, and ordered all the guard troops to launch a surprise attack on Zheng Tingfeng's department.
After receiving the order, the front-line troops quickly attacked, and took advantage of the terrain to quickly catch Zheng Tingfeng off guard, seeing this, Zheng Tingfeng and Fu Zuoyi were all panicked, but even so, they did not stop, still implemented the previous plan, and planned to take advantage of the time difference to push all the way over.
Obviously, if nothing else, it won't be long before the 100,000 troops will advance into Xibaipo, but who knows that at this time, there is good news from the northeast, that is, Liao Yaoxiang's corps has been wiped out, and the three northeastern provinces have been fully liberated.
Hearing the news, Chiang Kai-shek, in order to avoid being affected, immediately set off to return to Nanjing, and seeing this situation, he hurriedly began to "add oil and vinegar", saying that the Northeast Field Army would launch an attack on North China in the near future, and emphasizing Chiang Kai-shek's shameless act of fleeing back to the south alone regardless of the safety of the soldiers on the front line.
After hearing these contents, Fu Zuoyi finally couldn't sit still, and he finally believed that he had been prepared, so in order not to be taken advantage of by the Northeast Field Army to enter Beiping, he had to send a retreat order to Zheng Tingfeng with hatred.
Since then, the danger of Xibaipo has been lifted, and only 1,000 people have scared off the enemy's 100,000 troops, ** is really worthy of being an expert in psychological warfare!