In 1947, when Xiye was first established, there were less than 30,000 people, and it was the weakest of the five major units of our army, but it resisted Hu Zongnan's 240,000 army and developed into the first field army.
So how did the weak Nishino become so strong? First of all, our army's intelligence work has been very successful. In order to win the Liberation War, our army installed Xiong Xianghui in the Northwest Group Army of the Kuomintang. And Xiong Xianghui served as Hu Zongnan's secretary, so that Hu Zongnan's every move was well known to our army. Although Xiong Xianghui left Hu Zongnan in May 1947, he had already provided a large amount of important materials and intelligence to our army's command organs for more than ten years. In 1947, the Kuomintang army attacked Yan'an, but the Military Commission had already known in advance and quickly transferred, leaving Hu Zongnan with an empty city. Judging from this, Xiong Xianghui has played a great role, and the role of intelligence work on the battlefield is also very large.
Secondly, the Kuomintang army commander was incompetent. Although Hu Zongnan commanded an army of 240,000, it was not because of how strong his military ability was, but because he was born in the first phase of Huangpu and was a descendant of Lao Jiang. So Lao Jiang handed over more than 200,000 troops to him. In terms of military talent, Hu Zongnan is not the opponent of Mr. Peng of Xiye at all, Hu Zongnan's style of play is sluggish, and the early stage of the division of troops to occupy the city of the style of play, in the later stage due to successive defeats, the Kuomintang with a lot of heavy ** can only walk along the mountain in the end, which makes people laugh and cry. Hu Zongnan's lack of command led to the death of Kuomintang generals such as Liu Hu and Yan Ming. Furthermore, Nishino's style of play is flexible. In 1947, Hu Zongnan attacked Yan'an, Yan'an is the location of the Military Commission, which is of great significance to our army, Xiye was still shouldering the task of defending the Military Commission, but after analysis, the Military Commission took the initiative to evacuate Yan'an when the enemy was strong and I was weak, which made Xiye have no worries and could rest assured that he would deal with Hu Zongnan. In the case of a large disparity in strength, Nishino created the mushroom method of warfare to consume the enemy. Hu Zongnan was overwhelmed, and Xiye continued to develop, and in 1949 the number of troops had reached 150,000.
In 1949, the two corps of the North China Military Region were transferred to Xiye, which was reorganized into the First Field Army, which greatly increased its strength and finally liberated more than 3 million square kilometers in the northwest region.