Preface
In China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there were many heroic anti-Japanese generals who made outstanding contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance with their wisdom and courage. Xue Yue is one of them, he performed well in the War of Resistance against Japan, with the three battles of Changsha became the nemesis of the Japanese invaders, created the "Heavenly Furnace Tactics", and made great contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan.
However, although Xue Yue performed well during the Anti-Japanese War, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he suffered a series of setbacks, and was finally abandoned by the Nationalist Government, and even suffered successive defeats in the Battle of Xuzhou and Laiwu, which made people feel regretful and incomprehensible.
Xue Yue's origins and tactics
Xue Yue was born in a military family, and was influenced by military thinking since he was a child, coupled with his intelligence and cleverness, he soon showed extraordinary military talent. Xue Yue once served in the Guangdong Army, participated in many military operations, and accumulated rich combat experience, especially in mountain warfare and guerrilla warfare, and was known as an "expert in mountain guerrilla warfare".
In the Battle of Changsha, Xue Yue relied on his superb tactics to successfully annihilate a large number of Japanese troops and achieved a key victory, and the "Heavenly Furnace Combat Method" he used became a must, and he was known as the "Heavenly Furnace General".
The so-called "Heavenly Furnace Tactics" is to use the terrain and weather conditions to lure the enemy into a closed valley, and then use firepower suppression and ambush tactics to annihilate the enemy.
It can be said that it was with the "Heavenly Furnace Tactics" that Xue Yue was able to win successive battles in the Battle of Changsha, became the nemesis of the Japanese army, and made indelible contributions to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
Factional struggles within the national army
However, although Xue Yue performed well during the Anti-Japanese War, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he suffered a series of setbacks and was finally abandoned by the Nationalist Government.
First of all, Xue Yue's background became an important reason why he was abandoned. Within the Nationalist government at that time, there was a serious factional struggle, and Xue Yue was born in the Cantonese army and had no relationship with Chiang Kai-shek's Whampoa faction, which made him appear out of place among the factions within the Nationalist army, and he was soon excluded and marginalized by other generals with lineage backgrounds.
Secondly, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Xue Yue was not promoted and reused on a large scale like other generals, mainly because he did not have his own descendant troops, which was very disadvantageous in the military appointment at that time, coupled with the fact that he had certain conflicts with the personalities and views of other generals, and was soon excluded to the fringes of the army.
Collision with General Su Yu
Xue Yue's fate was even worse after suffering a huge setback in the Battle of Xuzhou and the Battle of Laiwu, the failure of these two battles not only made him suffer a lot, but also caused him to have huge contradictions and contradictions with Su Yu, an important general at that time.
In the Battle of Xuzhou, Xue Yue adopted conservative tactics, which led to the passivity of the battle situation, and finally suffered a major setback, and in the Battle of Laiwu, although he realized his mistake and tried to adjust, but in the end he failed to achieve the desired results, while Su Yu relied on flexible tactics to achieve a major victory and became a well-deserved "Laiwusu General".
It can be said that it was in these two battles that the tactics of Xue Yue and Su Yu produced huge conflicts and confrontations, and Xue Yue's successive defeats also made him completely lose his dominant position in the military leadership of the Nationalist Government, and was finally abandoned by Chiang Kai-shek.
epilogue
As a famous anti-Japanese general, Xue Yue performed well during the Anti-Japanese War, but after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he suffered a series of setbacks and was finally abandoned by the Nationalist Government, which is very regrettable.
Xue Yue's experience reflected the factional struggle within the Nationalist Government at that time and the political factors in military appointments, and also reminded people that flexible tactics and timely adjustments and adaptations were needed in the war in order to achieve ultimate victory.
At the same time, Su Yu showed extraordinary military talent and wisdom in the confrontation with Xue Yue, and made important contributions to the military struggle of the Nationalist Government.