Nakano and Huaye fought against Huang Wei's corps, and as a result, after a complete victory, the five columns of Huaye who participated in the battle returned empty-handed, and there were also rare three "zeros" in their battle summaries - zero capture, zero capture, and zero annihilation of the enemy.
You must know that in the Huaihai Campaign, at the end of each major war, Huaye would capture a large number of ** equipment from the Kuomintang army, capture a large number of Kuomintang officers and soldiers, and annihilate a varying number of Kuomintang officers and soldiers.
One can't help but wonder if something went wrong in the tally. Or did you get it wrong at what point?
In fact, everyone guessed wrong, after Huang Wei's corps was completely annihilated, our army not only captured a large number of advanced equipment of the Kuomintang army, but also captured a large number of Kuomintang officers and soldiers, annihilated a large number of enemies, and gained a lot.
Group photo of the General Front Committee of the Huaihai Campaign.
So, where did the loot and captives go? What's the deal with the number of enemies destroyed being "zero"?
To explain this "strange" thing, we have to start from the beginning.
In the Huaihai Campaign, our East China Field Army and the Central Plains Field Army were the absolute main forces, among them, when fighting Huang Baitao's Corps and Du Yuming's group, Huaye sang the leading role, and Zhongye was a supporting role; When encircling and annihilating Huang Wei's corps, Nakano sang the leading role, and Huaye played a supporting role.
The two main forces of our army cooperated tacitly and performed their own duties, so that they jointly won the Huaihai Campaign, a large-scale war famous at home and abroad.
At the beginning of the war, Huaye, who had won successive battles, had high morale, sufficient soldiers, excellent equipment, and the firepower of each column was also very complete.
In contrast, the situation in Nakano is less rosy.
Before advancing into Dabie Mountain, Nakano's strength was not bad, and in many respects it was even better than Huaye, but for the overall strategic situation of "a game of chess for the whole country", Nakano paid a great price.
In the battle of "advancing into Dabie Mountain", nearly 50,000 elite forces of Nakano suffered heavy losses, and at that time, in order to go into battle lightly, Nakano even discarded 90 percent of the heavy artillery, and the overall combat effectiveness of the troops was greatly weakened.
Even so, Liu Deng's army still gave full play to the "bright sword spirit" of "the brave wins when meeting on a narrow road", and in the first phase of the Huaihai Campaign, Nakano cooperated with Huaye's troops to fight bravely and achieved the campaign goal brilliantly.
Group photo of the main leaders of Nakano.
What is even more admirable is that in the battle to encircle and annihilate the Kuomintang Huang Wei Corps, Nakano shouldered the heavy burden and acted as the protagonist of this battle.
You must know that Huang Wei's 12th Corps is not an ordinary Kuomintang army, this corps has 120,000 troops, and the whole army is equipped with a full set of modern equipment, including the 18th Army, one of the "five main forces" of the Kuomintang, and most of the others are elite Kuomintang troops.
But all this did not deter Liu Deng's army, which showed fearless heroism and was determined to surround the Kuomintang Huang Wei Corps with almost equal forces.
Before the war, the head of Nakano even said: Even if the Nakano troops are exhausted, they must gnaw this hard bone!
In this regard, Mr. Chen, commander and political commissar of Huaye, said that Nakano's move was very "touched and admired."
It was at this time that Mr. Chen's Huaye did three things, and gave Nakano "charcoal in the snow" support with real actions.
First of all, Mr. Huaye Chen served as the first deputy commander of Nakano.
The Huaihai War is about to start, and Mr. Chen, the commander and political commissar of Huaye, suddenly has a new position - the second secretary of the Central Plains Bureau and the first deputy commander of Zhongye.
However, Mr. Chen still served as the commander and political commissar of Huaye, and Su Yuda became the ** commander and ** political commissar of Huaye, and was actually responsible for commanding Huaye's operations.
Such an intricate intersection of duties will indeed make people who don't know what to know bewildered, so some people may ask, the war is imminent, what is the meaning behind Mr. Chen's appointment arrangement?
The well-armed Kuomintang Huang Wei Corps.
In fact, this is an innovative move by our military to "share" resources.
At that time, the Huaye army had more than 400,000 troops, nearly four times the number of Nakano; The light and heavy ** supplies are abundant, and the "family foundation" is solid, especially the "stock" of millions of shells.
In addition, Huaye had previously defeated several main forces of the Kuomintang one after another, such as Zhang Lingfu's ace reorganized 74th Division, and captured a large amount of American-style equipment.
In general, among the several major field armies of our army, Huaye's comprehensive strength is second only to Dongye, and it can be described as a strong army.
Nakano has just experienced the battle of "advancing to Dabie Mountain", and his vitality has not yet fully recovered, and he is now about to face such a "hard bone" as the Kuomintang Huang Wei Corps, and if there is no good "tooth mouth", the battle will be very difficult.
Specifically, the first is that the troops are insufficient, and the second is that they are not too hard.
At this time, Mr. Chen suddenly became the first deputy commander of Nakano, and he could coordinate the forces of Huaye relatively smoothly and achieve the effect of "resource sharing" between Nakano and Huaye.
Later facts also proved that Mr. Chen's move had remarkable results. Under the coordination of Mr. Chen, at the critical moment, Huaye's support for Zhongye was very "powerful", which can be said to be to give people to people and cannons to cannons.
The two strong teams support each other and cooperate tacitly, objectively achieving the effect of "one plus one is greater than two".
The second thing, at the critical moment, Huaye transferred five columns.
Oil painting Huaihai Campaign.
After the Huaihai Campaign entered the second stage, Nakano seized the psychology of Huang Wei's corps' eagerness to help Huang Baitao, successfully captured the fighter plane, and surrounded the Huang Wei corps, a Kuomintang army, in Shuangduiji.
At this time, the problem of Nakano's lack of troops and firepower became the biggest problem, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as "overstretched".
The total number of Nakano's troops was only 120,000, and the Kuomintang Huang Wei Corps in the encirclement was also 120,000, but the enemy's equipment was far superior to Nakano.
The Kuomintang Huang Wei Corps was not only a formed mechanized unit, but also a large number of American-style guns, a large number of heavy artillery and tanks, and even airplanes to help it.
In contrast, Nakano is much more "shabby".
How to encircle and annihilate the opponent in a short period of time, Nakano faces a huge challenge and test.
Just when the battle entered a critical moment, Huaye sent five main columns and quickly joined the battle to encircle and annihilate the Kuomintang Huang Wei Corps.
Huaye's participation in the war this time can be said to be doing their best, they brought almost all the heavy equipment**, for the Nakano troops, this kind of support is definitely "charcoal in the snow", like a tiger with wings.
For a time, the position of Huang Wei's corps was covered by the surging artillery fire of Huaye, and our army completely suppressed the enemy in terms of firepower, coupled with the great might of our underground workers, the 110th Division of the Kuomintang successfully revolted under the leadership of General Liao Yunzhou, and Huang Wei's corps inevitably embarked on the road of no return to the annihilation of the whole army.
The third thing, Mr. Chen's three chapters: everything seized will go to Nakano.
Annihilation of Huang Wei's Corps Huang Wei was captured.
Before the war, Mr. Chen set the "Three Chapters of the Law" for Chen Shiyu, chief of staff of Huaye, and Chen Ruiting, commander of the special forces column, who participated in the encirclement and annihilation of the Huang Wei Corps.
Chapter 1 of the Three Chapters of the Law: Pull all the main artillery forces of Huaye up to ensure victory in the battle.
* Commanders are also asked to be "proactive, down-to-earth, and at any cost!" ”
This point has been implemented to the letter.
Chapter 3 of the Law "No. 2: All the captures after the war will go to Nakano, and the troops participating in the war will not take a single shot or bullet.
Huaye commanders and fighters all know that the Huang Wei Corps is well-equipped, and defeating the Kuomintang Huang Wei Corps is tantamount to "making a fortune," and Chen Ruiting, the commander of the special column, is a person who "loves artillery as his life." For him, this article in Mr. Chen's "Three Chapters of the Law" really makes people "have a special taste in their hearts."
However, Mr. Chen's order is not ambiguous, an order is an order, and it must be carried out unconditionally. What is more, the reason why our army is getting stronger and stronger is that, in addition to strict discipline, the senior commanders of our army generally have a view of the overall situation.
The officers and men of the Huaye troops finally strictly implemented this order, and after the battle, they handed over all the ** equipment piled up like a hill of the Kuomintang Huang Wei Corps to the Zhongye troops.
Then, the five columns that Huaye participated in the battle returned to the construction on time within the specified time, and unlike in the past, the five columns after the great victory returned "empty-handed."
The old ** Kuomintang soldier who has no fighting spirit at all.
This also set a record, which was the only "zero capture" of the main force of Huaye on the Huaihai battlefield.
Chapter 3 of the Covenant, Mr. Chen ordered: All captives should be handed over to Nakano.
The Kuomintang Huang Wei Corps was completely annihilated in the Huaihai Battlefield, and in addition to the officers and soldiers killed in the battle and a small number of officers and soldiers who escaped the net, tens of thousands of Kuomintang officers and soldiers were captured.
According to the usual practice, after simple training and education, the vast majority of captured officers and men of the Kuomintang will voluntarily join our army, and this is also an important channel for our army to replenish its troops.
I have to say that this article in Mr. Chen's "Three Chapters of the Law" is really sincere and meticulous. "Give all the captives to Nakano", which means that Nakano is left with a large number of supplementary soldiers.
As Mr. Chen emphasized, Huaye's support for Zhongye has indeed been "real and at any cost".
Not only that, in the post-war summary report, Huaye actually did not count the number of enemies destroyed in this battle, which set another record: this was the only time that Huaye's main force had "zero captures" and "zero enemy annihilation" during the Huaihai Campaign.
* Marshal attends a mass garden party in Shanghai.
Coupled with the aforementioned "zero seizure", these three "zeros" have become a good story, which fully embodies the high style, broad mind and unparalleled team spirit of our generals!
In stark contrast, there are many factions in the Kuomintang army, and from top to bottom they are full of decadent forms of deceit and self-preservation, so that there are countless cases of death and not being saved.
Therefore, it is safe to say that this is one of the main reasons for the total defeat of the Kuomintang army, and our people's army will inevitably be invincible and march all the way!