In the War of Liberation, the Kuomintang had ten ace armies, namely: the 1st Army, the 5th Army, the 7th Army, the 8th Army, the 18th Army, the 25th Army, the 35th Army, the 52nd Army, the 74th Army, and the New 1st Army. Their equipment and combat effectiveness ranked among the best in the Kuomintang troops, but most of them were annihilated by the People's Liberation Army.
Correspondingly, the People's Liberation Army also had ten aces, but at that time it was not called an army, but a column, and the subordinate organization was actually the same as that of the army.
So which of the ten ace columns of our army was at that time? Who is the commander?
In no particular order, in the order of the four field armies:
1. The First Column of the Northwest Field Army
The commander was Zhang Zongxun, this unit was very prestigious, formed by the 358th Brigade of the former Jinsui Military Region and the independent 1st Brigade, and fought fiercely with several times the enemy for seven days and seven nights in the Yan'an Defense War, so that the central organs had time to withdraw and made great contributions.
Later, the whole army was reorganized, the Northwest Field Army was renamed the First Field Army, the First Column was also renamed the First Army of the People's Liberation Army, the First Army in the First Field Army, and the title of double first shows the strength of the troops!
Since then, he has performed well in the process of liberating the northwest, such as the Spring Campaign in the Northwest and the Battle of Shaanxi.
2. The 3rd Column of the Central Plains Field Army
The commander was Chen Xilian, who participated in almost all the battles of Liu Deng's army and was known as the "Tiger Column"; the Battle of Zhangjiadian was fought by the three columns without support from the rear, but the results of the battle were extremely brilliant, and the headquarters of the 88th Division and the 62nd Brigade of the Nationalist Army were completely annihilated, totaling more than 5,300 people, which was the first great victory since approaching Dabie Mountain, which was of great significance.
In the Battle of Huaihai, it was one of the main forces of the Huang Wei Corps, the ace army of the Kuomintang, and after the reorganization of the whole army, the Central Plains Field Army was changed to the Second Field Army, and the Third Column was also changed to the Eleventh Army.
3. The 4th Column of the Central Plains Field Army
Commander Chen Geng spent most of his time in charge of mobility strategy, belonged to the units directly under the central authorities, and had a fairly strong record of victory; he was the unit that annihilated the enemy the most in the whole army; in the Linfu Campaign, he also completely annihilated the reorganized First Brigade of the Kuomintang Army, known as the "First Brigade under Heaven," and captured Lieutenant General Huang Zhengcheng alive.
In the Battle of Huaihai, he made a pioneering contribution when he surrounded and annihilated the Huang Wei Corps, and this battle was also the most annihilated by the enemy. Because the combat effectiveness was too strong, it was merged with other units to form three corps at the time of reorganization: the 13th, 14th, and 19th Armies, of which the 13th and 14th Armies belonged to the Fourth Corps of the People's Liberation Army, with Chen Geng as commander.
4. The 6th Column of the Central Plains Field Army
Commander Wang Jinshan, Wang Jinshan is the prototype of Li Yunlong in "Bright Sword", this column also has a very bright sword spirit, Nakano's vicious battles and bitter battles are basically handed over to the six columns, and the Battle of Dingtao can be called a stroke of God. When Nakano was faced with a desperate situation, the six columns broke through the Ru River and killed a bloody road for the breakthrough.
In the Battle of Huaihai, the Sixth Column blocked the repeated attacks of the Kuomintang Eighteenth Army and the Tenth Army, making great contributions to the final victory, and after reorganization, it became the Twelfth Army.
5. The First Column of the East China Field Army
Commander Ye Fei was invincible on the battlefield in East China, and fought a hard battle, and in the Battle of Laiwu, when the friendly troops had not yet arrived, a column pinned down more than 50,000 people in Li Xianzhou's corps. In the battles of Lunan and Subei, a column was often quickly interspersed with fewer enemies and more enemies.
The most cattle was that in the Battle of Menglianggu, the first column faced the two aces of the Kuomintang 25th Division and the 74th Division at the same time, and still fought to the death and did not retreat, and completed the task excellently. In the Battle of Huaihai, the first column first annihilated the enemy's Sixty-third Army at Yaowan Town, cutting off the support of Du Yuming's corps and creating conditions for victory. After the reorganization, it became the Twentieth Army.
6. The 4th Column of the East China Field Army
Commander Tao Yong, one of Huaye's main columns, fought bravely in major battles such as Suzhong, Laiwu, Menglianggu, Eastern Henan, Jinan, and Huaihai, and was also a unit that Su Yu liked to use very much.
After the reorganization, it formed the Twenty-third Army, shelled and severely damaged the provocative British Far East Fleet on the road south, greatly enhancing the prestige of our army.
7. The 6th Column of the East China Field Army
Commander Wang Bicheng, who has a nickname called "Wang Tiger", has such a commander unit will certainly not be bad, the Sixth Column and the Nationalist Seventy-fourth Division have fought many battles, and are the first to climb to the top of Meng Lianggu Peak, destroy the headquarters of the Seventy-fourth Division, and set a precedent for annihilating the Kuomintang's "five main forces."
In the Battle of Huaihai, it was also one of the main forces of encirclement and annihilation, and after the reorganization, it became the Twenty-fourth Army.
8. The Ninth Column of the East China Field Army
The commander was Xu Shiyou, and his offensive ability was very prominent; in the Battle of Laiwu, nearly one-fifth of the enemy was annihilated with the strength of two divisions; the bloody battle of Jiaodong fundamentally reversed the situation on the Shandong battlefield; in the Battle of Jinan, the limelight was exhausted, and the secondary attack was changed to the main attack, and the first breakthrough defense rushed into Jinan City, and Wang Yaowu was captured alive.
After the reorganization, it became the Twenty-seventh Army, the first to break through the Yangtze River defense line of the Nationalist army in the Battle of the River Crossing, and later the first unit to enter Shanghai.
9. The 2nd Column of the Northeast Field Army
The commander Liu Zhen, who was well-known in the northeast battlefield, swept through all enemies, annihilated a division of the Kuomintang in five hours, and was the main force in the Liaoshen Campaign to conquer Jinzhou.
After the reorganization, it was renamed the Thirty-ninth Army, which was the first unit to break through the defense of Tianjin City, and after going south, it fought all the way to Zhennanguan.
10. The 3rd Column of the Northeast Field Army
Mainly in the hands of Han Xianchu, he played a prestige, and made great contributions in the battles of Linjiang, Siping, and Jinzhou.
In particular, in the Battle of Western Liaoning, the Kuomintang New Third Army was divided and annihilated, and then decisively attacked the enemy in depth, destroying the headquarters of the Kuomintang New First Army, the New Sixth Army, and the Liao Corps, and the New First Army and the New Sixth Army were all elites of the Kuomintang troops and the 74th Army, making the opponent Liao Yaoxiang call the "Whirlwind Column."
After reorganization, it was renamed the 40th Army, participated in the Battle of Pingjin, and then fought all the way to Hainan Island.
Among these ten commanders, Chen Geng had the highest rank and was a general. Later, Zhang Zongxun, Chen Xilian, Ye Fei, Xu Shiyou, Liu Zhen, and Han Xianchu were six generals, and Wang Bicheng, Tao Yong, and Wang Jinshan were lieutenant generals.
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