Our generation was born in New China, in the warm embrace of the motherland's mother, it can be said that we have never witnessed the battlefield filled with gun smoke, perhaps it is this unprecedented meeting that has added interest to the imagination, and the enthusiasm for modern military has risen, and those predecessors who have laid the foundation of New China all the way from the artillery fire are even more admirable to us.
The efforts of predecessors will never be forgotten, after the founding of New China, ten marshals, ten generals, 57 generals and countless major generals were selected, totaling more than 1600 founding generals.
Su Yu's military rank of general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army is not disgraceful, and this rank also shows Su Yu's ability and contribution to new China. Such a great figure once said, "If it is one-on-one, I am not his opponent." ”
Early life deeds
The person who could make Su Yu respect him so much and say the above words was Huang Baitao. Like many people at that time, Huang Baitao's family was poor and he was at a loss in the torrent of the times, so in order to survive, he chose to join the army and become a Qiu Ba.
Unable to get a better nutritional supply during his growth, he was limited in his development, not very tall, dark-skinned, and looked as if he was not good-looking, not like a soldier.
In a chaotic world, the situation changes, people naturally have to change due to the passage of the world, can not die of the brain, Huang Baitao is obviously very flexible, in the military career, he has changed a number of loyalists.
At first, Huang Baitao followed Li Chun, the overseer of Jiangsu Province, and later switched to Zhang Zongchang, and after Zhang Zongchang's death, Huang Baitao, who had no master, turned to old Jiang.
However, in the beginning, although Huang Baitao was under the old Chiang Kai-shek, he was not valued by him, because the old Chiang was nepotistic and preferred the concubine lineage, but Huang Baitao was not a graduate of the Baoding Military Academy, nor was he born in the Whampoa Military Academy, let alone the old Chiang Kai-shek's concubine, not to mention, Huang Baitao's previous frequent job-hopping operations also aroused Chiang Kai-shek's wariness, and it was difficult to fully trust him.
Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek did not give Huang Baitao the right to fight, but let him serve as a staff officer of the Central Military Commission, but later, due to fate, Huang Baitao won Chen Cheng's blue eyes, and Chen Cheng saw the huge potential contained in him and made him the commander of the 25th Army.
This decision probably also had the intention of testing Huang Baitao, because the position of commander of the 25th Army was really not an easy task, and the 25th Army at that time was a newly formed army, the main part of which was the Sichuan Army, the Northeast Army and a small number of central armies, with mixed personnel and poor comprehensive quality.
Huang Baitao's new officer took office with three fires, carried out drastic reforms, led by example, and improved the combat effectiveness of the 25th Army through rigorous training.
During the Liberation War, the 25th Army was very beautiful, was reorganized into the 25th Division, still led by Huang Baitao, under the command of Huang Baitao, the 25th Division repeatedly won, attacking and defending are very good. This miscellaneous army, which was initially inconspicuous, later became the signature of the national army.
First confrontation
During the Battle of Menglianggu, Huang Baitao actively obeyed the order to rescue Zhang Lingfu, although he failed to do so in the end, he led his soldiers to fight desperately, causing more than half of the casualties of the 25th Division, so he was awarded a fourth-class Baoding Medal.
When the People's Liberation Army sent troops to liberate Shandong, it also confronted Huang Baitao, who commanded the operation on the Jiaodong front, which once blocked the PLA's offensive and caused great trouble to our army.
Chiang Kai-shek was very satisfied with Huang Baitao's performance, and soon transferred him to an important theater of operations in Henan, where Huang Baitao and Liu Bocheng came and went, and they did not fall behind.
In fact, the Battle of Nianzhuang was not the first confrontation between Su Yu and Huang Baitao, and in the Battle of Eastern Henan, the two of them had already fought each other.
At that time, Su Yu once crushed the Kuomintang front, Huang Baitao rushed to the rescue, led his soldiers to attack the flank of our army, dispersed the strength of our army, and alleviated the pressure on the frontal battlefield of the Nationalist army.
His performance saved Chiang Kai-shek's face and allowed Chiang Kai-shek to boldly call the campaign the "Great Victory of the Central Plains." In recognition of his bravery between the charge, Chiang Kai-shek personally awarded him a Medal of Blue Sky and White Sun and promoted him to commander of the Seventh Corps.
The death of a soldier for a confidant was appreciated by Chiang Kai-shek, Huang Baitao was deeply moved, and naturally worked harder, and Su Yu also sighed after the war: "One-on-one, I am not his opponent!" ”
Battle of Mill Village
After the outbreak of the Battle of Huaihai, Huang Baitao, who was the first to do everything, did not fall behind, he assumed the responsibility of being the vanguard, leading the warring armies in march, and it was for this reason that his troops were eventually surrounded by the East China Field Army (referred to as Hua Ye) at Nianzhuangwei, at this time, Huang Baitao's army was only one of the central armies of the Yan clan, and the others were miscellaneous armies.
Judging by common sense, the combat effectiveness of the miscellaneous troops is definitely relatively low, and it should be like a paper tiger, which will be easily defeated, but the fact is unexpected by everyone, Huang Baitao commanded well, and the soldiers under him also fought bravely, fought tenaciously, and launched a fierce battle with our army.
Before the war, the Huaye Command predicted that as little as three days and as much as five days it would surely be able to defeat the enemy, in fact, the battle lasted 15 days.
Although our army completely annihilated the enemy, the price paid was also tragic, with more than 60,000 casualties in the army, and this battle became the most painful battle experienced by The Liberation War in China.
Before the war began, Chairman Mao deliberately instructed Su Yu that Huang Baitao's troops should be taken first, because in the faction-oriented nationalist army, Huang Baitao was not a concubine, and even if he was besieged, he would not be rescued with full force.
This prediction was eventually confirmed to be correct, Huang Baitao held out with less than 80,000 troops for 15 days, but he could not wait for the rescue team, and finally it was difficult to support, and the whole army was destroyed.
In desperation, Huang Baitao swallowed a gun and committed suicide, but he still hoped that his death would sound a wake-up call for the Nationalist army, which can be said to be too naïve.
brief summary:
With Su Yu's high praise, we can conclude that Huang Baitao is indeed a general with real talent and practical learning and superb command ability.
However, it is difficult to support a single tree, no matter how great a person's strength is, he cannot save a sinking ship alone, but on the contrary, he is dragged by the ship and sinks together. Huang Baitao is a capable person, but unfortunately he got on the wrong ship and chose a wrong channel, naturally there will be no good results.