What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
During the period of the War of Liberation, the four major field armies in the history of our Party made great contributions to the victory of the War of Liberation. In particular, the Third Field Army and the Fourth Field Army have made outstanding achievements in battle and are full of glory. Famous battles such as the Liaoshen Campaign, the Liberation of Tianjin, the Battle of Hengbao, the Battle of Liangguang, the Liberation of Hainan, and the Battle of Menglianggu in Sanye, the Battle of Yudong, the Battle of Jinan, and the Battle of Nianzhuang (annihilation of Huang Baitao's Corps) and the Battle of Chen Guanzhuang (annihilation of Du Yuming's clique) in the Battle of Huaihai were all completed by the Third Field Army and the Fourth Field Army.
It can be said that during the period of the Liberation War, the three fields and four fields were definitely the main force of our army. However, it should be known that during the liberation war, in addition to these two field armies, there were two field armies, also known as two of the four major field armies of the liberation war. So, what battles did the First And Second Field Army command during the Liberation War?
First Field Army
The First Field Army was reorganized from the previous Northwest Field Army, and the commander-in-chief was The famous marshal of our party, General Manager Peng. The NorthwestErn Field Army in northern Shaanxi adopted mushroom tactics and concentrated superior forces to implement various breakthrough strategies against the enemy. Achieved a record of three battles and three victories in one month. The three battles were the battle of Qinghua, Yangmahe and Panlong Town. Shortly thereafter, the Northwest Field Army annihilated two enemy brigades in the Battle of Shajiadian.
In the ensuing northwestern campaign, all the officers and men of the Northwest Field Army, under the leadership of General Manager Peng, launched the battles of Huanglong, Yanqing, Yiwa, Xifu Longdong, Chengguo, Libei, Fumei, Longdong, Lanzhou, Ningxia, Hexi, and Longnan in southern Shaanxi, but the most influential was the Lanzhou Campaign. In the subsequent Battle of Hexi, Hu Zongnan's clique was dealt a heavy blow and forced Hu Zongnan to retreat to Qinling. Subsequently, he removed Ma Hongkui's troops, who had been in Ningxia for many years, and successfully liberated the four northwestern provinces.
The Greatest credit of the First Field Army in the Liberation War was the successful liberation of the Great Northwest, the removal of the Three Horses of the Northwest (Ma Bufang, Ma Hongkui, ma Hongbin), the Tu Emperor who had been in the northwest for many years, and the reduction of Hu Zongnan's forces, forcing him to withdraw to Chuanzhong.
There was also the Second Field Army, also known as the Central Plains Field Army, a heroic unit led by two chiefs, Liu Deng, during the Liberation War. After the outbreak of the Liberation War, the Second Field Army launched the Dingtao Campaign, Juye, Huaxian, Yuwanbian and other battles in Shandong territory, and dealt a heavy blow to the enemy. It liberated large areas, thwarted the enemy's strategic offensive, and effectively supported other battlefields. However, the Second Field Army was best known for its most famous and most influential battle at the same time advancing into the Dabie Mountains. After ten months of bloody war, he stood firm and created a base area and began to chase the excellent situation in the Central Plains. It became a turning point in the War of Liberation and a turning point in the history of the Chinese revolution.
Commander Liu of the Second Field Army
In 1948, the Second Field Army participated in the Battle of Huaihai, and in this battle, it annihilated the Huang Wei Corps, the most effective army in the Central Plains, which became a key battle in the Huaihai Campaign, greatly accelerating the pace of victory in the National Liberation War. After that, the Second Field Army participated in the Battle of Crossing the River, and then the soldiers liberated Zhejiang and Ganzhou in three ways, and finally marched into the southwest under the command of Grandpa Mao to fight for the reunification of the motherland.
After the Second Field Army entered the southwest, with the military as the mainstay and politics as the supplement, under the double blow, it took only half a year to destroy Chiang Kai-shek's 900,000 troops in the southwest, of course, there were also battlefield uprisings, such as the Sichuan warlords Pan Wenhua, Deng Xihou, and Liu Wenhui who declared uprisings. At this point, the Second Field Army successfully liberated the four provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Xikang, and finally, it peacefully settled Tibet.
Although during the Liberation War, the First Field Army and the Second Field Army were not the main aces of our army. However, the First Field Army liberated the Great Northwest and the Second Field Army liberated the Great Southwest, both of which brilliantly fulfilled the combat tasks in the Liberation War and made major contributions to the reunification of the motherland.