On the eve of the "Battle of Huaihai" in 1948, the Kuomintang superiors were holding a meeting on relevant military deployments, at which the debate was fierce, and the generals of the Nationalist army headed by Du Yuming took the lead in proposing a step of careful thinking "chess", hoping to take advantage of this war to change the internal situation of China at that time.
Unfortunately, at this moment, although Du Yuming was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, he could not fully gain chiang kai-shek's trust, so that his "chess" step was not taken by other generals and even Chiang Kai-shek.
For this meeting, Du Yuming recalled in his later years: "
I think that if the principal had listened to my "chess" move, the Battle of Huaihai might have had a glimmer of hope to turn the tide of the war, but it was a pity
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I. The fundamental source of the Huaihai Campaign
By the end of the 1940s, most of China's foreign enemies had been expelled, and the warlords of earlier years had disappeared into the long river of history in the evolutionary patterns of reorganization and decline, leaving only the Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang government. Due to the national conditions at that time, and because China had already become devastated after many wars, and the people were in urgent need of recuperation, the Chinese Communists, regardless of their personal safety, went to Chongqing to negotiate, hoping that peace talks could solve China's party and government problems, but in the end, they still imagined too much.
The Kuomintang top brass was ostensibly negotiating, but in fact it was "sharpening the knife" and putting the butcher's knife on the heads of the Chinese Communists behind their backs, and at this point, an extremely large-scale liberation war in China's modern history was officially launched with the betrayal of the Kuomintang.
In the face of the Kuomintang's advanced weapons such as aircraft and tanks, the army of the Communist Party of China Chinese the People's Liberation Army did not fear the slightest, rose to the occasion, led the people to hold high the banner of resistance, and launched countless charges against the fierce enemy.
At that time, many countries had doubts about the strength of the Chinese Communist Party, believing that within half a year, the Chinese Communist Party would only exist in the history books. I believe that everyone knows very well that the Communists only have old-fashioned weapons such as millet plus rifles, which is completely crushed for the development era, and there is no possibility of victory.
Is this really the case? The answer, of course, is no. Communists are the people's contingent, the people are the People of China, and if such a contingent cannot win victory, there may be no one in the world worthy of the word "victory."
2. The Battle of Huaihai began
Of course, having said that, things still have to be done by people. So how did they get their victory under such a bad situation?
The story begins with the famous "Battle of Huaihai" in history, which was an extremely important battle in the Liberation War and an important battle in modern history.
This battle involved several famous generals in China's modern history, and in the foreign war, they showed great military strength, so the command of the civil war naturally fell on their heads, of which Du Yuming was one of them, and he was the direct commander of the Nationalist army in the Huaihai Campaign.
In fact, the origin of this war is also simple, Chinese the forces of the People's Liberation Army have gradually become strong opponents of the Kuomintang after a long period of precipitation, which makes them not to be underestimated, and it is also a direct threat to the defense of the Xuzhou generation area, which is also the fuse of the Huaihai Campaign.
In 1948, Du Yuming was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Xuzhou Suppression, and directly had the command of 800,000 troops under his hands, in this battle, the Kuomintang can be said to have made sufficient blood, all the elite soldiers and strong generals were put to use, weapons and equipment were more than in supply, as for the biggest problem in ancient warfare - grain and grass, directly transported by plane, other materials are countless. However, at that time, the number of regular troops in our army was only about 600,000 (except for the militia), and the weapons and equipment and other logistical support could not be compared with it.
Third, Du Yuming's plan was rejected
At that time, an emergency meeting was held at the top level of the Kuomintang in response to the attack of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and they were always discussing how to deal with it, but some high-level officials had no sense of crisis at all, believing that the Platon Was playing a game and absolutely had no strength to attack them, and the preparations now were simply a big deal. In this regard, Du Yuming saw it very clearly, as a general who had been in the battlefield for a long time, he had a very clear judgment on the situation of the war, and he had a rational response, even if it was a completely victorious battlefield, he still could not take it lightly, otherwise, as early as the battlefield of expelling the foreign Kou, he would not have won many victories.
Du Yuming pointed out at the meeting:
Chinese people's liberation army has occupied a large area in the eastern Henan and Jinan areas, and the teammates who once fought together have also been lost, if they do not act like this, they can only sit still, so for the sake of the century-old foundation of the party-state, we must take the initiative to attack.
In addition, he was acutely aware:
The People's Liberation Army that attacked Xuzhou actually did not have many, and it was a feint attack, they went to Huang Baitao's army, broke through in turn, and ate step by step, at this time they were very empty inside, if we sent troops to launch an attack, we would definitely get its unexpected effect.
In addition to these, Du Yuming also mentioned: First, shrink the total strength of Xuzhou and turn to attack Huaye; second, send troops from east China to contain Liu Deng's troops in the southern Henan region; third, break through Huaye's unit, hold and carry out encirclement point reinforcements.
It can be said that the emergence of this plan can be said to be deeply rooted in the essence of Sun Tzu's art of war, and at the same time it also proves Du Yuming's command strength, unfortunately, this "chess" step has not been recognized by Lao Jiang. Many generals feel risky about this, once the judgment is wrong, it will be a weak defeat, the most important point is that many high-level and Du Yuming are sworn enemies, the people's hearts are very incomplete, which makes Du Yuming seem to be the commander-in-chief, in fact, the actual power is very few.
As the meeting progressed, many high-ranking people were already tired of it and did not pay any attention to it, so everyone began to look at the highest-ranking leader "Chiang Kai-shek" and asked him to make a decision; Chairman Chiang Kai-shek attached great importance to his beloved general "Huang Baitao.", knowing that he had been besieged to the point of no return, and still had to devote a large number of troops to save him, and this strategy directly provided our army with the prerequisite for "encircling the point to provide assistance."
Originally, he only planned to eat one legion first, but he did not know that Chiang Kai-shek had sent more legions, which made the balance of the Huaihai Campaign tilt in an instant. It is understood that Chiang Kai-shek has a characteristic, he is very persistent, if others want to get a little advantage from his hands, then he will definitely stumble to the end, half a point will not give you, so you can understand why Du Yuming's plan is obviously very correct, but got the end of rejection. It is not difficult to see from this that Chiang Kai-shek will have a personal disposition toward war and ruling, and this nature will be blinded to the essence of the facts at many times.
Fourth, the final outcome of the Huaihai Campaign
After the strategic direction of rescue and adherence was set, Du Yuming no longer struggled and silently practiced his essential work as a soldier. To be precise, he still had a glimmer of hope for the Kuomintang, and in the ensuing war, he himself predicted his defeat.
First of all, obeying orders is the natural duty of soldiers, but unfortunately, the command of the Kuomintang army was explicitly handed over to Du Yuming, but in fact Du Yuming's command was quite difficult, and many generals supported the troops and respected themselves, turned a blind eye to his deployment and orders, listened to them, and even if they did, they were perfunctory, so as to preserve their strength.
Secondly, Chiang Kai-shek's undecided moves, and the eight hundred thousand troops were all handed over to Du Yuming, which made Chiang Kai-shek very uneasy in his heart, so a funny scene appeared, such as sending a supervisor from time to time, and still considering removing him at every turn, which made Du Yuming very passive, originally the enemy's forces were very large, and after this operation, the strength was greatly reduced, and it was already known to be defeated before the war; finally, our army had the support of the people, as if there was a steady stream of vitality, even if the conditions were difficult, it was still a concerted effort.
With the passage of time, Du Yuming was captured after the end of the war, at first, he still wanted to preserve the last dignity of the soldiers, wanted to shoot himself, was stopped by the Communists, sent to a military court, and tried him, he himself also believed that he was a bureau that was bound to die, but the People's Liberation Army was not a ruling person in the old society, and he also recognized Du Yuming's brilliant achievements, and also granted him amnesty after the founding of the country.
After the amnesty, Du Yuming began his retirement life, and many Communist Party officers discussed many issues and views on the military with him about the well-known general. It was precisely because of these discussions that people profoundly realized how uncoordinated the Kuomintang army was at that time, and even more impressed by Du Yuming's strategy; if Chiang Kai-shek had listened to this man's plan at that time, then the People's Liberation Army at that time would most likely have been divided into countless small pieces, or even broken one by one, so that the situation would be defeated and the final outcome would become unpredictable.
Unfortunately, there is no time machine in the world, and the past events cannot be repeated again, and Chiang Kai-shek no longer has the strength to stop the pace of the People's Liberation Army after experiencing this defeat.
After a hundred years, China has become a powerful country, and the people are happily living under the blue sky and white clouds, which also confirms that the people's choice is correct, and I believe that in the future, China will inevitably become stronger under the leadership of the Communists.