Welcome to Shiyuan Epic No. 929. In November 1948, the Liberation War entered a white-hot stage, the Battle of Huaihai began, and the last elite of the Central Army of the Nationalist Army set up 800,000 main forces in order to defend the key areas in East China and fought a decisive battle with Huaye and Nakano. However, the battle was lost, and 5 armies and 110,000 men of Huang Baitao's 7th Corps were surrounded by Huaye and annihilated in Yaowan, Cao Baji, Nianzhuang and other places (the main force of 4 armies). In the face of such a fiasco, Commander Huang still had 3 questions to figure out before committing suicide.
Huang said to his subordinates: "Why wait for the 44th Army in Xin'an Town?" Why not let the sappers build pontoon bridges for retreat? Li Mi's corps could have merged with the 7 corps in the same place, so why did they retreat west to Xuzhou in the first place? In fact, these three questions are not difficult to answer, on the one hand, Huang Baitao sees that the trend has gone, and regrets self-deprecation; on the other hand, of course, there is also the selfish meaning of several friendly troops. Let's take a look at each of them.
The first question is the 44th Army. Huang Baitao was born as a miscellaneous warlord, and the old soldiers still had ideas. What do warlords rely on most? It's the "human gun." The more soldiers, the better, the more troops under command, the higher their status, and the safer they are. Since Huang Baitao was still only a unit of the 25th Army that started a year ago, and because of his outstanding military achievements in the past year, Nanjing gave him both the 63rd and 64th Armies of Guangdong and promoted him to the commander of the corps, and the strength of the army expanded several times, which made Huang Chunfeng proud. At present, the 44th Army and the 100th Army have been added again, how can Huang Baitao let go of such an opportunity for expansion? So it is not incomprehensible to risk waiting for the 44th Army to come and join the large troops. He can only blame himself for this.
The second problem is not to repair the bridge while waiting. It should be said that compared with waiting for the 44th Army, this is the thing that makes Huang Baitao feel deeply remorseful. Waiting for the new troops, involving the problem of risk decision-making, since the choice is the election, it is not worth regretting much, not to mention the factors of the sudden uprising of Jifeng after that, no one can predict, which makes the 7 Corps quickly fall into the encirclement, not entirely Huang Baitao's personal problem. However, during the 48 hours of waiting, the sappers were not allowed to hurry up and build the bridge, which was a matter of military common sense. Huang Baitao, who has experienced hundreds of battles, should be said to be a member of the national army, but here he suddenly became confused, how can an original railway bridge bear the transportation of more than 100,000 people of the whole corps to quickly cross the river? Huang's mistake was fatal and should be his own responsibility.
The last question is the action of Li Mi's corps. We know that after the Yellow Corps was besieged, the Xuzhou Kuomintang Army sent 170,000 people from Li Mi's Corps and Qiu Qingquan's Corps to attack the east in an attempt to rescue the 7 Corps trapped in The Mill Village, but was blocked by Hua Ye and failed. Huang Baitao's doubts at this time were obvious: Since Li Mi wanted to come to my rescue, he did not retreat into Xuzhou in the first place, and Li Mi's corps stayed in Cao Baji (for this reason, Huang Baitao asked Li Mi in person, but was rejected) can not only buy time, but also form a heavy army group with the Huang 7 Corps to ensure mutual safety, why enter Xuzhou and come out to rescue, is it not inexplicable?
This is to blame the military system of the nationalist army: Li Mi had retreated to Xuzhou to ensure the safety of his own corps, and with the help of the city fortifications and the Qiu Qingquan Corps and Sun Yuanliang Corps, the three major corps totaled 300,000 people, which could ensure a temporary period of peace. As for re-coming out to save Huang Baitao, it was a death order issued by the deputy commander-in-chief of Nanjing and Du Yuming, and Li Mi himself would definitely not make such a decision, and dongjin was just helpless to obey the order. In this way, there is no contradiction, and such a selfish and self-serving military clique cannot be defeated!