During the Liberation War, many senior generals of the Nationalist Army showed great arrogance, and people who bragged and talked big talk abounded, such as Chen Cheng, who once said wildly: "Solve the problem of the Communist Liberated Areas within three months to five months", and Hu Lian also said that he could "eliminate Huaye" by giving himself three armies, but the process of the Liberation War made these wild words a laughing stock. So in addition to the arrogant people like Chen Cheng and Hu Lian, are there any people among the senior generals of the Nationalist Army who understand?
Some people say that Wang Yaowu is one of the few generals in the Nationalist army who understands, and although Lao Jiang repeatedly encouraged him before the Battle of Jinan broke out, Wang Yaowu had a sober understanding of the battle situation, he knew that he could not defend Jinan at all by relying on his own strength, so he repeatedly suggested to Lao Jiang to abandon Jinan and withdraw his troops to Xuzhou in order to preserve his strength for future operations, but he was sternly rejected by Lao Jiang and reprimanded him for "not thinking in the big picture." In the end, Wang Yaowu could only hold on to his scalp, but he only defended Jinan for eight days before being conquered by our army.
At the last moment of the Jinan Campaign, Wang Yaowu gathered his henchmen on the shores of Daming Lake to discuss the way out, and present were Deputy Chief of Staff Gan Ji, Director of the Fourth Division Zhang Jieren, Deputy Chief of The Bureau, Lu Dengke, Director of the Deputy Officials Division, and Wang Zhaojian, Government Secretary. Wang Yaowu said to these people with sorrow: "Yaowu thanked all of you for your full cooperation in my tenure. What a glory we were during the Eight-Year War of Resistance! However, since the turn into the civil war, the Nationalist army has lost its divisions and brigades everywhere and lost to the hands of the communist army. On troop strength? On equipment? Or is it about combat technology and experience? The national army should not be defeated by the communist army. But we have lost again and again, what is the problem? Can any of you sue me? ”
It can be seen that Wang Yaowu did not understand why the Nationalist army failed at the last moment of the Jinan Campaign, so he could not be called an understanding person. So among the many senior generals of the Nationalist Army, who is the one who really understands? Only these two fierce generals were qualified, and they were also the most loyal to Old Jiang. These two people are Zhang Lingfu and Huang Baitao. Zhang Lingfu graduated from the Huangpu IV period, and among the many generals of the Nationalist Army, his qualifications and military achievements were not particularly prominent. However, Old Jiang favored him and handed over to him the reorganized 74th Division, the head of the five main forces. Old Jiang's move made Zhang Lingfu grateful and determined to repay him with death.
After the outbreak of the Liberation War, Zhang Lingfu led the reorganized 74th Division to win consecutive battles, but he also suffered certain casualties. Zhang Lingfu, who had a premonition of the difficulty of the war situation, wrote this letter to old Jiang on May 6, 1947: "Since entering Shandong, every post has felt that the combat results have been difficult to satisfy. Those who express the national army on the battlefield, the brave let them advance on their own, timidly listen to their feet, the victims sacrifice only, and the skillful people think that they have won. Rewards are difficult to understand, punishment is not appropriate, mutual existence is more wait-and-see, rare cooperation, each for their own sake, the same bed and different dreams. And so on. If we do not make up our minds to improve, we will be afraid of the war situation. At this time, the Nationalist army still had an advantage in the Shandong battlefield, but Zhang Lingfu saw many shortcomings in the Nationalist army and believed that "if it is not improved, the war situation will be worrying." Do you say he's an understanding person?
In addition to Zhang Lingfu, the second person who understood among the senior generals of the Nationalist army was Huang Baitao. Among the many senior generals of the Nationalist Army, Huang Baitao was a standard miscellaneous origin, but in the end he was appointed by Lao Jiang as the commander of the 7th Corps, so he was grateful to Lao Jiang and said bluntly: "The country is thick to me, the leader is thick to me, only to die!" ”。 After the Battle of Huaihai, Huang Baitao and his 7th Corps were surrounded by Huaye in the Nianzhuangwei area. He knew that there were many evils and few lucks, so he hurriedly sent away Major General Li Yili, who had joined the army in the Presidential Palace.
Before leaving, Huang Baitao said this heartfelt remark to Li Yili: "State affairs are heavy, the head is light, and personal life and death are not a pity, but this is the main decisive battle, the relationship between survival and death, please tell General Manager Liu, we must encourage battlefield commanders at all levels to move closer to me, otherwise they will all perish, and no one will be able to leave." Please report to the president in person, I Huang Mou was blessed by the president's knowledge, life and death have long been put aside, and I will not be spared in the face of difficulties. The Kuomintang cannot defeat the Communist Party, and the people follow the instructions of their superiors to the end, while we follow the yin and yang in violation of the law. Compared with Zhang Lingfu, Huang Baitao saw the next battle situation more thoroughly, and almost asserted that Old Jiang would be defeated. Although Zhang Lingfu and Huang Baitao were both rare people who understood among the senior generals of the Nationalist Army and had a clear understanding of the battle situation, in order to repay the kindness of old Chiang Kai-shek,they still chose to fight for him to the death, and they could be called the most die-hard generals of the Nationalist Army.