preface
According to the traditional understanding of the Chinese, the miscellaneous card army is a local armed separatist force with backward equipment, loose discipline, and poor combat effectiveness, in fact, in the Republic of China era, there were very strange military characteristics of the Republic of China, that is, the ace is not as good as the miscellaneous card, the concubine is not as good as the situation of foreign relatives, in many battles, the performance of the miscellaneous card can be described as stunning, the more famous miscellaneous card army in the Republic of China era is all strong hands, such as the Gui army in Guangxi, the Majia army in Ningxia, the Jin army in Shanxi, the Dian army in Yunnan, as well as the Northwest Army, the Sichuan Army, and so on Today, the author introduces to you a miscellaneous card in the ace army reorganized 25th Division (that is, the Twenty-fifth Army of the Nationalist Army), this miscellaneous army that is not hurt by uncles and does not love by grandmothers, the battle is extremely fierce, causing a lot of trouble to the East China Field Army at that time.
First, the origin of this military number, three changes to its master
The name of the reorganized 25th Division (25th Army of the Nationalist Army) originated from the Qian Army, belonging to the troops of Zhou Xicheng, a graduate of the Guizhou Wushu Academy, and later the department was reorganized into the Twenty-fifth Army, the commander of which was Zhou Xicheng, three years later, Zhou Zhan died, and his subordinate Mao Guangxiang took over, but unfortunately the deputy commander was the famous Wang Jialie of Guizhou, who did not obey Mao Guangxiang at all, and the contradictions between the two sides gradually arose.
Another 25th Army fan belonged to the Xia Douyin department of the 2nd Mixed Brigade of the Hubei Army, and later fought heroically at the Battle of Songhu, suffering heavy casualties, and the fan number was forced to be cancelled.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Fifty-second Division and the 190th Division of the Central Army were reorganized into the 52nd Army, and in 1944, Huang Botao, who had made meritorious contributions to the Anhui Southern Incident, became the commander of the army, and Huang was not Chiang's concubine, and he was able to become the commander of the 25th Army, thanks to the grace of the old commander Gu Zhutong. However, the 25th Army belonged to the miscellaneous army of the Central Army. The personnel of the troops are very mixed, including the remnants of the Northeast Army, the Sichuan Army, and the Tax Police Regiment, and the combat effectiveness is very weak. However, Huang Zhibing did have a set, and this unit had strong combat effectiveness under his tutelage. Later, he was known as the ace of miscellaneous cards!
Second, desperately rushed to the aid of Meng Lianggu, almost succeeded
On May 15, 1947, the 6th Column of Huaye and the 1st Column successfully attacked and occupied Duozhuang, completely leaving the 74th Division, the strongest main force of the Kuomintang, in a dead end, and together with other brother troops, surrounded the division in the lushan and Menglianggu areas.
According to the history of the war, the reorganized 25th Division (reorganized into the 25th Division in 1945) located in Tao Hui at that time showed more vigor than the 74th Division in order to rescue the 74th Division. At the crucial moment, a reinforcement battalion in Huaye happened to pass through the blocking area, saw this battle situation, took the initiative to join the battle, and only blocked the mouth, and later in the competition in the Shandong battlefield, this unit also fought more and more fiercely, causing great trouble to the Huaye troops, and Commander Su once said that if the same troops fought, they would not necessarily be able to defeat the entire 25th Division. It can be seen that the combat effectiveness of this miscellaneous army!
Third, the mill was destroyed, and fuzhou, the remnants of the miscellaneous army, were completely destroyed
In September 1948, the division was once again restored to the military rank, the commander was Chen Shizhang, organized as the 40th Division, the 108th Division, the 148th Division, at this time Huang Baitao had been promoted to the commander of the 7th Corps, but this miscellaneous army would soon usher in his final defeat, after the outbreak of the Battle of Huaihai, on the night of November 19, 1948, the 4th, 8th, and 9th Columns of our East China Field Army simultaneously attacked the headquarters of the Yellow Corps, and the 25th Army of Zhuangnei and the East China Field Army participated in the battle, and the sun and moon were dark. After paying a huge price, the 9th Column broke through the outer defense line after several charges, and did not fully capture the mill until dawn the next day.
On the 21st, the 4th Column began a final decisive battle with the remnants of the 25th Army, and the commander of the army, Chen Shizhang, had collapsed in fighting spirit and fled the front line in disguise, and then more than 3,000 remnants of the 25th Army were annihilated. At this time, Huang also killed Youjiahu, and the last person to take care of the aftermath for him was Yang Yanting, deputy commander of the 25th Army. At this point, the army was basically completely destroyed. Later, the remnants of the army were reorganized in January 1949, and the commander was Chen Shizhang, who escaped from the Huaihai Campaign, but the ace army in the miscellaneous cards at this time had long since lost its vigor, and half a year later, it was completely annihilated by our army in Fuzhou.