In the second half of October 1948, Lao Chiang went to Beiping in person and commanded the Northeast Chiang army to do a death struggle。At that time, the overall situation in the northeast had been decided, and the Chinese People's Liberation Army set its sights on itNorth China
Especially after the Battle of Jinan, he immediately sent a telegram to **, requesting the launch of the Huaihai Campaign, and the main goal wasAnnihilated Huang Baitao's corps and Li Yannian's corps farther away from Xuzhou。A few months ago, the policy of "transition from guerrilla warfare to regular warfare" was set.
And Su Yu proposed to carry out the Huaihai Campaign, compared to the later one"Huaihai Campaign".In fact, the scale is smaller, and the number of troops invested is less. As for the strategic deployment, ** has also been discussed, and the preliminary setting of the three phases of the Huaihai Campaign has been finalized. The Chinese People's Liberation Army is in full swing preparing for battle, whileLao Jiang's ** became a mess of porridge
With the start of the Huaihai Campaign, the **, which originally had the advantage in numbers, retreated again and again, and was finally defeated. This far-reaching, tone-setting battle, finallyIt ended in Du Yuming's regret。Later, Du Yuming recalled this battle, and he regretted it a lot. In his opinion, it was not that he was ineffective in command, but that Lao Jiang was too ***, so that the whole battle was always passive.
Now it seems that what Du Yuming said is not unreasonable, because long before the Huaihai Campaign, Du Yuming had already begun to lay out, and if it could be carried out according to his plan, the outcome of this battle would be difficult to say. So what kind of plan did Du Yuming make? What role did Lao Chiang play in the Huaihai Campaign? It all started in the spring of 1948.
At this time, the old Chiang army suffered heavy defeats one after another, and Du Yuming set up a powerful mobile corps for this purpose, and took advantage of the fact that the People's Liberation Army could not attack for a long time, and mobilized the corps to fight a decisive battle with it. By the second half of 1948, Lao Chiang decided to adopt this scheme, andStick to the three strategic places of Xuzhou, Zhengzhou and Jinan.
To this end, the "Xuzhou General Advance Command" was also set up to prepare for a decisive battle with the People's Liberation Army. AlthoughAt this time, the number of Chiang's army fell from 4.3 million in the early years to 3.6 million, and the number of the People's Liberation Army rose to 3 millionRight. But Du Yuming still thinks that he has a chance to take the initiative. So he specially formulated a "plan to attack the Shandong People's Liberation Army", attemptWhile the two fields and the three fields have not yet converged, they will be broken one by one!
Du Yuming analyzed, the number of the People's Liberation Armyis still lower than Jiang Jun, and the equipment is backward, if you use the mobile corps, you have every chance to take advantage of the ** and numerical advantage to give Sanye a heavy blow. In this way, the morale of the entire army will be boosted and the decline will be swept away!
Moreover, Du Yuming judged that the People's Liberation Army was very likely to launch an offensive in a short period of time, and the Jiang army would once again fall into passivity. Instead of this, it's better to take the initiative!
When Du Yuming proposed this plan, Liu Zhi and Li Shuzheng, who were firmly in Xuzhou, had a violent quarrel with him. In the end, both sides made concessions, but a consensus was reached - gather forces and launch an attack on the Shandong Liberation Army!
Since there was no problem with the Xuzhou headquarters, Du Yuming immediately flew to Beiping and negotiated with Lao Jiang repeatedly, and finally Lao Jiang and Bai Chongxi agreed to this plan. Even the Jiang army in Xuzhou held a meeting and set a time for action. If Du Yuming's plan is realized, not to mention whether the Huaihai Campaign will be carried out as scheduled, such a concentration of troops gathered in Xuzhou alone will also bring great trouble.
At this time,Lao Jiang retreated！Just when Du Yuming was preparing everything, Lao Jiang personally approached Du Yuming, asked him not to carry out this plan, and asked Du Yuming to accompany him to the northeast.
At this time, the situation in the Northeast was not optimistic, and with the People's Liberation Army launching the Liaoshen Campaign, Lao Chiang devoted almost all his focus to the Northeast region. It was precisely because of the tense situation in the Northeast that he would bring Du Yuming to the front line to supervise the battle. Du Yuming did not shirk either, although the plan of "attacking the Shandong People's Liberation Army" was very important, its main purpose was only to boost the morale of the soldiers, and the situation in the northeast was related to the overall situation.
Du Yuming accompanied Lao Jiang to Beiping, who originally thought that he would make some achievements for thisUnexpectedly, Lao Jiang repeatedly ** the situation in the northeast, which led to the defeat of the war。After the old Jiang left、AndDu Yuming stayed to clean up the messTherefore, not only did he fail to implement the original plan, but he also trapped himself in the northeast and could not return to Xuzhou in time.
At this time, Lao Jiang was a demon again and introduced one"Xu Beng Battle Plan".。In this plan, Lao Jiang decided to concentrate his forces in Bengbu, first to defend as an attack, and then to turn defense into an attack. Although this plan is a remedy, it can also delay the offensive of the PLA. When this plan came into Du Yuming's hands, he found the problem at a glance.
Although Lao Chiang had already made a plan to gather his forces in one place, how and when to gather them was not specified. If it is not deployed in advance, vulnerabilities will inevitably be discovered, and there is a danger of being broken one by one. In the end, Du Yuming still agreed to this plan, but specifically pointed out that he needed to wait until the Huludao troops had retreated before he could go to Bengbu to command.
What Du Yuming didn't expect was that after Lao Jiang set this plan, the troops did not retreat to the Bengbu area according to the established plan, which means that the "Xu Beng Battle Plan" has almost completely failed. Even more severely, the causeLiu Zhi's incompetent command caused Jiang's army to be passive everywhere, and was even divided into several pieces.
At this time, someone suggested to Lao Jiang that he put forward the policy of "defending the river must defend Huai", pointing out that all cities on the Longhai Road should be abandoned, and all troops should be concentrated in Xuzhou to fight a decisive battle with the People's Liberation Army!
But at this time of life and deathLao Jiang's suspicionsAgain! The so-called employment is not suspicious, and there is no need to suspect people, Lao Jiang was afraid that his generals would defect to the battle, so he was also committed to calculating people's hearts. Until the official start of the Huaihai Campaign, the original plans were not realized.
On the contrary, the PLA's constant adaptation and clever use of tactics have completely controlled the entire battle. Jiang Jun, who was already passive, became more and more chaotic internally at this time. The inaction of the upper echelons caused the soldiers to be at a loss, and they could only be beaten passively. But Lao Jiang still insisted on the established set: No matter how big or small, you have to ask! Big and small decisions, all involved!
This means that in the face of the ever-changing battlefield, Lao Jiang is making decisions alone. But he neither commanded nor supervised the battle in the backfield, and sometimes even orders were completely whimsical. A war that is enough to affect each other's fate, and he was forced to play as a player.
And in the child's playful operational command here, there are also factional disputes and personal interest disputes! When he was in crisis, most of Jiang Jun only cared about himself and abandoned the overall situation! This made every war a conflict of personal interests, leading to repeated defeats and hastening the demise of Chiang's army.
As early as a few months ago, the CCP ** was confirmed"In about five years, the Kuomintang reactionaries will be fundamentally defeated."tasks. And as Chiang's army rotted internally, this process was greatly curtailed.
For this reason, before Du Yuming went to Xuzhou to serve as the commander-in-chief, he had a premonition that he would either be captured or killed in battle! Before leaving, Du Yuming was very entangled.
To go or not to go on this trip? As early as the end of the Liaoshen Campaign, some people persuaded Du Yuming to abandon the secret and turn to the light, saying that the Jiang dynasty would not be long in life. Du Yuming also knew that with the entry of the Northeast People's Liberation Army, the Chiang dynasty would be over within a year, and his political career would come to an end.
can predict the later results, Du Yuming saw it instead. In the end, he decided to start from the beginning and go to Nanjing first! But when he arrived in Nanjing, almost all he heard was bad news. Du Yuming, who originally decided to go to Xuzhou and try his best to save Jiang Jun, has lost any fighting spirit.
At this time, infighting broke out again within the Kuomintang, and many people were no longer willing to fight again, hoping for peace talks! And Lao Jiang knew that the peace talks were the end of his politics, and he did not agree!
is unwilling to fight and negotiate peacefully, which makes Du Yuming see no hope. From the Liaoshen Campaign to the Huaihai Campaign, Lao Jiang has made too many wrong moves, and now he is just dying. But Du Yuming, who has come to this point, has to bite the bullet. But after arriving in Xuzhou, Du Yuming realized that all the previous information was wrong, and the situation here is not the worst, only worse!
But he still tried his best to deploy, after all, at this time, the main forces still had the strength to fight! If it can be mobilized properly, it may be able to relieve the siege of Xuzhou.
It is ridiculous that the situation of Chiang's army is already so critical, but the Chiang Kai-shek clique has chosen to deceive themselves, cover up the truth of the war, and threaten a great victory in Xuzhou. In the case of Chiang Kai-shek's military mistakes and political defeats, the Huaihai Battle was finally lost. After this war, Lao Chiang's descendants were completely lost, among themHuang Wei's corps and Qiu Qingquan's corps were all wiped out！And the most fatal thing is that the People's Liberation Army pointed at the Yangtze River and aimed at Lao Chiang's last base campJiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai
Due to Lao Chiang's command mistakes, which led to the fiasco of the Huaihai Campaign, it is no wonder that Du Yuming would comment on him like this!