In 1948, there was a major decisive battle on a rare scale in modern China, the Battle of Huaihai, which was completely out of the original conception of the two sides of the battle, after which the People's Liberation Army basically liberated the whole country in just three months, while the defeated Side of Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan.
On this day on November 25, 1948, the nineteenth day of the battle of Huaihai, Liu Deng's army trapped the Huang Wei Corps, led by 120,000 horses, in a narrow area centered on the double pile.
Speaking of this Huang Wei, who was the commander of the corps at that time, he had only been in office for three months, and before becoming the commander of the corps, he was engaged in education in the army school in Wuhan, and later he was recommended by Chen Cheng to become the commander of the corps, but he was rejected by Huang Wei and He Yingqin, and finally Chiang Kai-shek saw his loyalty and talent, and under many invitations, Huang Wei had to become the commander of the corps.
At that time, although the Huang Wei Corps was surrounded by Liu Deng's army, the number of soldiers was only 120,000, but compared with Liu Deng's army, it was well-equipped, strong and strong, and its combat effectiveness could not be underestimated.
At the same time, for the Huang Wei Corps, Liu Deng's army did not dare to slack off at all, why would such a corps with excellent equipment and good combat effectiveness eventually be completely destroyed? The reasons for this ending are thought-provoking.
The Initial Action Plan of the Yellow Wei Corps
Surrounded by Liu Deng's army, Huang Wei knew that it was not feasible to stick to the local area, and he had to use the means of surprise attack to break through to have a glimmer of life. The specific plan of action is to transfer one main division from each of the four armies stationed there, and then go hand in hand to have a glimmer of life.
From an objective point of view, this operation is highly likely to succeed. Because although Liu Deng's army surrounded Huang Wei's army at that time, the weapons and equipment of Liu Deng's army at that time were not very advanced, and the lack of heavy weapons was also the same.
Coupled with the fact that the siege time is still very short, and some of the fortifications have not yet been established, in summary, the success rate of Huang Wei's plan is at least more than 50%.
Transformation of the action plan
If it is according to the initial plan of action, then a prominent question is placed in front of Huang Wei, who should be let by these divisions together?
In the Kuomintang army, a general has a unit of his own, then this general can stand in the army, if he is brave for a moment, take the initiative to stand up and lead the troops to take the lead, then it will become the target of the initial attack by Liu Deng's army, the loss of the troops will definitely not be a small amount, the losses of the troops are too much, the cost is lost, and there will be no position and rights in the troops, so none of the generals of these four divisions are willing to take the lead.
At this time, Liao Yunzhou, the commander of the 110th Division of the 85th Army, took the initiative to undertake this task, which made Huang Wei very moved, and after saying a word of praise to Liao Yunzhou, Liao Yunzhou put forward a suggestion to Huang Wei: "Replace the breakthrough of four divisions with three divisions to break through, and the main division of the 18th Army is the starting unit of Commander Chen. ”
In the end, Huang Wei agreed to this suggestion, and replaced the four divisions with the 110th division leading the charge, and the other two divisions followed suit.
What no one expected was that this change in action plan had fundamentally changed the fate of the entire corps, and in the course of the follow-up operation, due to the weak strength of the two divisions that followed up behind, it was impossible to open a breakthrough in Liu Deng's army, resulting in the entire corps being wiped out in the double pile, and Huang Wei eventually became a prisoner of the People's Liberation Army.
"Scholars lead soldiers, there is death and no life"
The final outcome of the Huang Wei Corps cannot help but be lamented, but when we delve into the reasons for the defeat of this battle. We found that Huang Wei himself was only committed to the education of the army school in Wuhan, and did not personally lead the soldiers to fight, and the lack of this prerequisite allowed us to see a lot of problems exposed to it.
The reader went to order the soldiers, which was already a big taboo for the soldiers. The same was true of Zhao Kuo during the Warring States period, as the son of Zhao Hao, a famous general of the State of Zhao, Zhao Kuo had been familiar with military books since childhood, but he only knew how to talk about soldiers on paper, lacked battlefield experience, and did not know how to be flexible.
Later, under the scheme of the State of Qin, Zhao Kuo replaced Lian Po and changed from defense to attack, and finally interrupted the lives of 450,000 soldiers of the State of Zhao at the Battle of Changping, accelerating the process of the demise of the State of Zhao during the Warring States period.
And this paper's appointment of Huang Wei also hints at Huang Wei's end.
There is a folk joke called: "Students lead soldiers, there is death and no life." This does not discriminate against the students, but only argues the importance of battlefield experience, how a general who only knows how to read to death, does not know how to be flexible, and does not dare to be firm in his own methods can lead the soldiers to win the battle.
As early as Chen Cheng's recommendation to Chiang Kai-shek, He Yingqin opposed Huang Wei as the commander of the corps on the grounds that "it is not appropriate for students to order soldiers", but in the end Chiang Kai-shek did not listen to He Yingqin's opinion.
The shortcomings of the Kuomintang army system
In this real case, we can clearly see that when making the plan arrangement, the Kuomintang army has no initiative to speak of, and leading the lead is a matter of showing his courage and ambition, but just when Huang Wei wants to personally order the general, Liao Yunzhou is the first person who dares to stand up.
Many people say that a large part of the battle in which the Kuomintang troops lost was in Liao Yunzhou, which is understandable, and Liao Yunzhou's real identity is that he is a secret underground party member of our army, who has been lurking in the 12th Army for a long time and has been looking for the right time to lead the uprising.
In this crucial battle, Liao Yunzhou ostensibly led a charge, but in fact led an uprising in the battle, giving a fatal blow to the Huang Wei Corps, which was already under siege, and finally defeating the Huang Wei Corps under the combination of internal and external cooperation with our army.
Removing Liao Yunzhou, a secret party member of our army, and the fact that no one in the corps dared to take the lead in charging is the sadness of the Kuomintang army, and this has already exposed the shortcomings of the army system and doomed it to the result of its failure.
brief summary:
Under the wrong operational guidelines, the Huang Wei Corps was eventually defeated and double-stacked under the circumstance that our army's weapons and equipment were far behind, and the entire army of 120,000 troops was destroyed, because in a certain sense, the Huang Wei Corps was the winner and loser of the entire Huaihai Campaign, and it was also the only heavy group eliminated by the Nakano troops, thus our army ushered in the victory of the entire Huaihai Campaign.
On the one hand, the defeat of the Huang Wei Corps fully confirmed the importance of battlefield experience for a general who commanded the campaign, and at the same time, on the other hand, it also explained the result of the selfishness of the generals in the Kuomintang army itself that led to the defeat of the Kuomintang army.
The people have chosen our party, and our party represents the interests of the people and determines that our party will eventually win the war.