On May 16, 1947, the Kuomintang reorganized 74th Division, known as the head of the "five main forces", was wiped out in the Menglianggu area, and the elimination of the 74th Division also meant the beginning of the overthrow of old Chiang Kai-shek, and even when the instructors mentioned this battle, they even said two unexpected things: Chiang Kai-shek did not expect it, and I did not expect it.
Frankly speaking, the 74th Division's collapse tactics were only secondary, and the deepest reason was that there were many factions within the government, which eventually put itself in an embattled situation.
However, the Battle of Menglianggu was also very difficult for the People's Liberation Army, among which although there were speculators like Li Tianxia in the state government, they were also tough generals like Huang Baitao.
At that time, Huang Baitao's 25th Division was only a few kilometers away from Meng Lianggu, where Zhang Lingfu was surrounded, and Tianma Mountain outside Meng Lianggu was also captured by Huang Baitao, but since Huang Baitao was so close to Zhang Lingfu, why didn't he use artillery to support it?
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the reorganized 74th Division was the most elite unit within the state government, known as "fighting out", and it was good at fighting hard and vicious battles.
Before the battle of Menglianggu began, Zhang Lingfu was full of confidence, and his idea was to reorganize the 74th Division to attract the firepower of Huaye's troops, and then the other soldiers and horses took advantage of the battle between Huaye and the 74th Division to take advantage of the opportunity to surround the entire Huaye and complete the battle.
The only way for Hua Ye to break this stalemate was to eat the 74th Division first, and the focus of this battle was who had stronger willpower.
From a strategic point of view, Zhang Lingfu's plan is very feasible, otherwise the great man would not say that he did not expect it, but tactically Zhang Lingfu underestimated human nature and lost to his colleagues.
At that time, although Zhang Lingfu's troops were fully equipped with American weapons, after all, they were fighting alone, and he did not wait for the follow-up troops to follow up and go deep alone, which led to Meng Lianggu's dilemma.
When huaye headquarters learned of Zhang Lingfu's movements, it realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and once the integrated 74th Division was eaten, it was a huge blow to the nationalist army at that time.
Therefore, Su Zong immediately dispatched troops and asked all units to eat the 74th Division one step ahead of the Kuomintang against all odds.
In the end, Zhang Lingfu defended Meng Lianggu for three days, because there was no reinforcement to run out of ammunition and food, and more than 30,000 soldiers of the 74th Division were captured.
In the process of being surrounded, Zhang Lingfu constantly asked for help from various soldiers and horses, but most of the rescue was besieged by Huaye soldiers, and the closest to Zhang Lingfu was Li Tianxia's 83rd Division and Huang Baitao's 25th Division.
Li Tianxia and Zhang Lingfu had a vendetta, so after symbolically sending a company, they no longer sent troops, but Huang Baitao did his best, and it was only a few kilometers away from Zhang Lingfu.
At that time, Huang Baitao's troops were not as well-equipped as the 74th Division, but they were also fully equipped with japanese weapons, and it was reasonable to say that he could fully support Zhang Lingfu with artillery, so why not?
In fact, it is not that Huang Baitao does not want to use it, but it cannot be used.
At that time, although Huang Baitao had captured Tianma Mountain and was close to Zhang Lingfu, he was also strongly blocked by various units in our Huaye, causing him to be unable to advance near Tianma Mountain, and Zhang Lingfu's Meng Lianggu was condescending, and if he wanted to use artillery, he could only use long-range artillery, and the artillery at close range could not be used at all.
However, the use of short-range artillery will involve the second problem, because the distance between our side and Zhang Lingfu is relatively close, and the two sides are even fighting for one position after another.
However, this will lead to the artillery may also explode Zhang Lingfu himself, so that it will help zhang Lingfu himself, so in the face of Zhang Lingfu who is close at hand, Huang Baitao can only use light and heavy weapons to advance.
However, Zhang Lingfu still did not wait for Huang Baitao, it was this short three kilometers, the stubborn resistance of our Generals in Huaye made Huang Baitao unable to advance, when he learned the news of Zhang Lingfu's death, Huang Baitao was very sad in his heart, and he also knew that the Nationalist army had no chance of winning this time, and could only turn to attack and defend.
Zhang Lingfu's failure was determined by his personality factors, but what Old Jiang did not expect was that a year later, the scene of Meng Lianggu was staged again in Huang Baitao, and Huang Baitao also encountered the dilemma of Zhang Lingfu that year, and the fate of the two was the same.