Title: The Most Famous Battle in the War of Liberation - The Battle of Huaihai Text: Speaking of the most famous battle in the War of Liberation, it is none other than the Battle of Huaihai. As a commander, General Su Yu made the first contribution of a great victory in this campaign, and was praised by the first comrade for his first contribution in the Huaihai Campaign.
At the beginning of December 1948, Su Yu, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Field Army, led his troops to perform very well in the Huaihai Campaign, he first fought with the elite division Huang Wei's corps to the deathbed, and then surrounded Du Yuming's 300,000 troops, and annihilated them all in only one day.
At this time, Su Yu was in a happy mood, Du Yuming was also struggling like a trapped beast, and the soldiers of Huaye were also in good spirits and ready to do a big job in order to hold a celebration meeting as soon as possible.
On the morning of December 11, in the name of the Military Commission, Su Yu and others were instructed not to rush to launch a general attack on the rest of Du Yuming's group after the annihilation of Huang Wei's corps, and to give them two weeks of respite.
After receiving this telegram, Su Yu and Liu Deng and other generals were confused and did not know the intentions of ***. However, they all have a premonition that *** is in the next big game. Afterwards, Su Yu sighed *** cleverness.
** The Huaye troops led won an overwhelming victory in the Huaihai Campaign. This battle was the most difficult decisive battle among the three major battles of liberation, and it was also a life-and-death contest between the PLA and the Kuomintang army.
Despite the fact that the Kuomintang troops had 5550,000 troops, but our army annihilated them all in only 66 days, completely crushing Chiang Kai-shek's ** rule. In this battle, our army's commander Su Yu was on par with Du Yuming, the actual commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang, in terms of strategy and combat experience, and their performance was on par.
However, in the final decisive stage of the Huaihai Campaign, the 300,000 elite Kuomintang troops commanded by Du Yuming were completely annihilated by the Huaye troops led by the commander of our army Su Yu, and Du Yuming himself was captured.
In June 1948, Su Yu launched the Eastern Henan Campaign, fighting fiercely with the Kuomintang army for 20 days, annihilating nearly 100,000 enemy troops in total, creating favorable conditions for the East China Field Army to carry out the Central Plains and East China Campaign.
In September of the same year, Su Yu was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the East China Field Army and immediately led his troops to start the Jinan Campaign. Through the heroic struggle of Su Yu and all the soldiers, more than 100,000 people were quickly annihilated in less than a month, and at the same time, its commander Wang Yaowu and more than 30 elite generals were captured.
When Su Yu was nearing the end of the Jinan Campaign, he took the initiative to ask Ying and submit an operational application for the Huaihai Campaign. ** The Military Commission agreed to his request, and the war of the century was about to begin.
The Huaihai region is terrained in a dangerous area, and the PLA has assembled the East China and Central China Field Armies and some local support units, with a total of 600,000 troops participating in the operation. On the Kuomintang side, Liu Zhi and Du Yuming are in Xuzhou, with nearly 800,000 troops, of which 300,000 are Du Yuming's elite.
In fact, the entire campaign was personally commanded by Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Kai-shek originally planned to first capture Huai'an and Huaiyin in the Huaihai Campaign, and then gradually advance to Lianyungang and other places, which would lay a good start for the Huaihai Campaign.
** This strategy was very recognized, and on this basis, it was proposed to divide the enemy forces in the Huaihai area into three parts. First of all, it is the first Huang Baitao Corps.
At that time, due to Chiang Kai-shek's misjudgment, Huang Baitao failed to evacuate at the best time, and was finally besieged by the People's Liberation Army in Nianzhuang. Liu Zhi was worried about the loss of Xuzhou and violated Chiang Kai-shek's military orders and refused to support Huang Baitao.
At the same time, Qiu Qingquan's reinforcements took a full 11 days to arrive, which led Huang Baitao's troops to ruin in despair.
The first was Huang Wei's corps, a close confidant of Chiang Kai-shek, who was surrounded by the People's Liberation Army on its way north. The second piece is Du Yuming's group corps, when Du Yuming saw that Huang Wei was in a predicament, with many years of combat experience, he knew that the People's Liberation Army would attack Xuzhou sooner or later, so he suggested to Chiang Kai-shek to abandon Xuzhou and evacuate urgently to the southwest.
However, Chiang Kai-shek urged Du Yuming to go to the rescue of Huang Wei's corps at this time, and fight against the PLA together with the **6th and 12th regiments. At this time, Du Yuming's heart was in turmoil, and he couldn't help but feel that Lao Jiang was a little eccentric, they themselves were unable to protect themselves, and they had to die in vain because Lao Jiang was reluctant to descend from the army.
Just when Du Yuming was hesitating whether to disobey the military order, the 6th Regiment, which was supposed to go to support, also began to retreat. However, the military orders were like a mountain, and the three corps under his command were not completely under the command of Du Yuming, so he had to fly to Nanjing in person to discuss with Chiang Kai-shek, repeatedly analyze the situation, and finally get the consent of Lao Chiang to evacuate Xuzhou and flee south.
Su Yu had foreseen that Du Yuming might abandon Xuzhou, and he analyzed in detail three possible escape routes: the first was to go east to Lianyungang via the Longhai Road, then retreat south; the second is to detour to the Lianghuai region and go straight to the Nanjing-Shanghai-Hangzhou area in the southeast; The third one was evacuated south along the Jinpu Line to the west.
The outcome of this battle depends to a large extent on whether Du Yuming's retreat route can be accurately judged, because once the judgment is wrong, it is equivalent to letting the tiger return to the mountain, which will inevitably become a major hidden danger in the future, and will also have a far-reaching impact on the development of the entire war situation.
Chiang Kai-shek's march route planned for Du Yuming was originally Lianghuai, that is, the second route estimated by our army, but due to the complex terrain of the mountains, tortuous roads, and dense water flow, it was difficult for mechanized troops to pass.
However, Du Yuming was not an idle person, and he had already made full preparations and decided to take the third line predicted by our army. He suspected that Guo Rugui was an undercover agent of our army and was worried that the evacuation route would be leaked, so he made this decision.
At this time, the main forces of Nakano and Huaye were besieging Huang Wei's corps, and Su Yu's troops stationed on the periphery of Xuzhou were only 7 columns, compared with the 300,000 elite forces he held in his hands, he had enough confidence to fight.
Du Yuming, a wise and brave general, is full of wisdom in his tactical choices. First of all, he liked the flat terrain behind the mountainous area, which was convenient for the army to move. Secondly, he believed that the proximity to Huang Wei's corps provided the possibility of rescue.
In the end, he hoped to enhance his combat strength through cooperation with Liu Ruming and other corps. However, Du Yuming's route was precisely aimed at the main force of our army, and Su Yu had already been aware of this, and he was deployed here in advance, waiting for the best time to come.
At this time, Guo Rugui, an underground party member of our army, sent back Chiang Kai-shek's secret order to Du Yuming, which made Su Yu fall into deep thought. Although according to the secret order, even if Du Yuming's group is released, it is not a major mistake, but Su Yu must be responsible for all the soldiers on the front line, and he cannot make a decision lightly.
Su Yu's firm judgment enabled Huaye to maintain a strategic deployment on the Jinpu line, and his wisdom was also verified. At the end of November 1948, when Du Yuming tried to evacuate, he was unfortunately intercepted by 7 columns of the Eastern Field Army commanded by Su Yu.
To make matters worse, a secret letter from Chiang Kai-shek pushed the Huaihai Campaign to the final abyss. It turned out that Du Yuming received an order from Chiang Kai-shek on the way to evacuate, asking him to urgently rescue Huang Wei's corps, which made him fall into despair for a while.
However, at this time, Huang Wei's corps could not be rescued, and only when he was not completely annihilated could he evacuate to save the survival of his 300,000 troops.
Du Yuming had no choice but to find Qiu Qingquan, Sun Yuanliang and others to discuss whether to continue the battle or retreat. However, after a day of discussion, they finally chose to obey Lao Jiang's orders.
However, when their heated discussion failed, Su Yu had already sent people to besiege them in the area of Chenguanzhuang. At this time, Su Yu deployed 10 columns, with a total of 240,000 troops, and at the same time cut off the Jinpu line and blocked the food and ammunition supply of Du Yuming's corps.
In the final battle of the Huaihai Campaign, Su Yu's foresight played a key role. At this time, Du Yuming's corps had become a turtle in an urn, and the soldiers were cold and hungry in the narrow area of Chenguanzhuang.
However, Chiang Kai-shek's supplies had not arrived for a long time, and they could no longer hold on. It was the end of December, the end of the year and the beginning of the year. The wind and snow in the Xuzhou area are combined, and the weather is cold.
Our army has besieged Du Yuming's group for nearly 30 days. At this time, the East China field soldiers all changed into thick winter clothes, and the 300,000 soldiers of ** were still thinly dressed.
In addition, there were no food rations, hunger and cold, and there were not a few soldiers who died of starvation and froze to death, and there were even chaotic scenes of fighting and grabbing food. In order to further weaken the will and strength of the enemy army and reduce the number of troops in the general offensive, Su Yu made a move and launched a fierce and powerful political offensive against the soldiers.
First, send an envoy to the ** headquarters with a letter of reconciliation, and then write the PLA's initiatives and propaganda slogans on straw mats and white cloths, and post them at the intersection where ** is stationed.
Finally, powerful electric broadcasters were installed on the positions, and the preferential treatment of prisoners began to be broadcast daily, and it was regularly announced that there were prepared meals to eat. At night, the shouts of the People's Liberation Army hit the psychological defense line of the ** soldiers: "* Brothers, you think about your relatives in your hometown, they are worried about you, who are you fighting for?" ”
This series of operations caused the psychological defense line of many Kuomintang soldiers to collapse, and they came to our camp to disarm and surrender.
The enemy's positions have been broken through many times, and Du Yuming has reached the point where there is nothing to be done. Just when General Su Yu was about to defeat Du Yuming in one go, an urgent telegram was sent.
Over the next two weeks, our army adopted the tactics of "encircling but not fighting" the enemy, and many generals were puzzled as to why the battle was not resolved immediately. However, General Su Yu was able to think deeply and quickly grasped the strategic significance behind this strategy.
For the encirclement of Du Yuming's group, there are more important strategic goals hidden behind it.
In the Pingjin Campaign, the Northeast Field Army and the North China Military Region were engaged in fierce battles with the Kuomintang troops. Since the Northeast Field Army had not yet completely surrounded Fu Zuoyi's corps, they might be in a hurry to retreat because they saw Du Yuming's corps completely annihilated.
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek, in order to retain Fu Zuoyi's lone army, would desperately use all his forces to rescue Fu Zuoyi's army. This is not what our army wants to see.
Therefore, we must be patient and not rush to annihilate Du Yuming, but to let Chiang Kai-shek see a glimmer of life. As *** expected, when Su Yu adopted the strategy of encircling but not attacking, Chiang Kai-shek mistakenly thought that there was still a chance to turn the tables, so he let Fu Zuoyi stay in place and let Du Yuming hold on and wait for support.
In January 1949, Su Yu led 15 columns to launch a general attack on Du Yuming's group, and it took only 4 days to annihilate all of them, and the Huaihai Campaign ended successfully. In the same month, Peking was also peacefully liberated.
Chiang Kai-shek's decision-making mistakes were evident in the Huaihai Campaign, and if he had not been so obsessed with protecting his descendant, Huang Wei's corps, perhaps he would have made a more sensible battle strategy.
And a secret letter hindered the evacuation of Du Yuming's corps, resulting in Du Yuming not only failing to rescue Huang Wei, but instead putting his entire corps in. In the end, his blind optimism and obsession with victory led him to ignore the people's desire for peace until the PLA wiped out his army.
Chiang Kai-shek's defeat was fundamentally due to his untimely and contrary to the will of history and the people. The Communist Party, on the other hand, conforms to history and fulfills the people's desire for peace.
1.After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, our party was well aware of the importance of peace to the Chinese nation. In order to satisfy the people's desire for peace, we signed the Double Tenth Agreement with Chiang Kai-shek, but unfortunately, Chiang Kai-shek's betrayal forced us to start a war.
2.In the decisive stage of the Huaihai Campaign, the leaders of the first and first leaders always paid attention to the people, according to the changes in the situation, used wisdom and the concept of the overall situation, unified all the battlefields in North China, Central China and East China, and finally directly attacked the enemy's vital points, and at the same time reduced the number of our army and won the victory.
3.General Su Yu was full of emotion after the war, he believed that the decision-making of the first class was very wise and patterned, and he was truly a great man who led the country.
Su Yu: A Rare Military Wizard In the victory of the Liberation War, the leadership wisdom of the first class and countless heroes like General Su Yu who have firm faith, defended the homeland and defended the country, and insisted on peaceful development have made great contributions.
Among them, General Su Yu of the Huaye Army, with his outstanding military talent and fighting spirit, led the army to overcome difficulties, fought against several hardest ace troops of the Kuomintang, and constantly seized the opportunity to win many exciting victories.
At critical moments for the people and the country, he always did not hesitate to shoulder the heavy burden, showing the courage of others. He is a rare military wizard and the pride of our country.
General Su Yu, an outstanding Communist Party member, adhered to the party spirit, always maintained independent thinking, bravely put forward different opinions on military strategy, and dared to insist on seeking truth from facts.
He always had firm trust in the old leader, worked closely with him, and made great contributions to the victory of the Liberation War. At the 1955 ceremony, although many soldiers believed that he was qualified to be a generalissimo, he insisted on his heart, content to be named a general, and did not pursue these titles.
His spirit is worth learning from and emulating by each and every one of us.
In the years of fire, China's outstanding military strategists, politicians and strategists have always taken the country's great plans and the people's expectations as the guide to his actions, defying difficulties, and finally leading our country to the national dream of peace, democracy and prosperity.
General Su Yu, as one of China's ten founding fathers, was undoubtedly an outstanding revolutionary and military strategist. He fought for the country all his life, was not afraid of sacrifice, and repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and was praised as the "God of War" by the soldiers, and also became the most trusted general.
** Such admiration for General Su Yu is not only because of his outstanding military talent, but also because of his noble character and firm party spirit, he always has the courage to take on heavy responsibilities and is a veritable leader in the army.
Su Yu, because of the stubborn resistance and unremitting struggle of great men and many brave and fearless patriotic generals, we can enjoy today's peaceful, beautiful and happy life.
As younger generations, we have the responsibility to inherit and carry forward the spirit of patriotism and contribute our strength to the realization of the prosperity and strength of the motherland.