In the Battle of Montenegro, in order to prevent Liao Yaoxiang from fleeing, the Tenth Column of the Northeast Field Army finally annihilated Liao Yaoxiang's Ninth Corps at the cost of more than 4,000 casualties. Why is the Montenegrin Blockade so famous, just look at how powerful the Ninth Corps is. In addition to Liao Yaoxiang's ace in the Indian army, even Zhang Xueliang's guards were of the Ninth Corps.
In August 1948, at the National Military Conference held in Nanjing, the Kuomintang set the Corps as the highest combat unit. This combat unit is a mobile force, which cooperates with the unit of the Appeasement Zone. For example, the Huang Wei Corps, the Huang Baitao Corps, and the Liao Yaoxiang Corps were all elite corps on which the Kuomintang relied. Let's see what units Liao Yaoxiang's corps have, and you will know why Lin Biao must wipe them out in the northeast. After the Kuomintang set up the corps as a unit, the so-called "five main forces" had only four left. Namely: the Eighteenth Army, the Fifth Army, the New First Army and the New Sixth Army. The Eighteenth Army was assigned to Huang Wei's Twelfth Corps, the Fifth Army to Qiu Qingquan's Fifth Army, and Liao Yaoxiang's Ninth Corps to have two ace units, the New First Army and the New Sixth Army. In fact, this configuration is also more reasonable. Huang Wei himself was an old qualification of Chen Cheng's "civil engineering department", and Qiu Qingquan had always been in charge of the Fifth Army. As for the New First Army and the New Sixth Army, after Sun Liren ignored the New First Army, Liao Yaoxiang became the commander of the two corps stationed in India, and there was no problem. Moreover, both units were in the northeast at the time.
The New First Army and the New Sixth Army once rode in the battlefields of northern Burma, and these two units participated in the Chinese Expeditionary Force. The predecessors were the New 38th Division of the 66th Army and the New 22nd Division of the 5th Army. In 1945, with American equipment and training, combat effectiveness soared. From India, they fought all the way to Yunnan, China, and in coordination with the domestic expeditionary force, they beat the Japanese army to lose their armor and armor. In the eight years of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, our sons and daughters of China, under the condition of inferior equipment, made it difficult for the Japanese army to move forward, let alone equipped with advanced weapons of the United States. Even the Japanese Eighteenth Division, known as the "King of the Jungle", was beaten to the point of collapse by the expeditionary force.
In addition to the two aces of the New First Army and the New Sixth Army, there was also the 49th Army of Zhang Xueliang's guards. Zhang Xueliang's Guards were formerly the 105th Division, and in February 1937, the 105th Division was expanded into the 49th Army, under the jurisdiction of the 105th Division and the 109th Division. After experiencing the destruction of the country and the death of the family, the Northeast Army finally had the opportunity to attack the Japanese. After the Outbreak of the Battle of Songhu, the 49th Army of the Northeast Army fought bravely against the enemy, and in the Jinghai and Cangxian areas, the 49th Army suffered heavy casualties. The four regimental commanders of the 49th Army were killed one after another, and the bloodiness of the Chinese soldiers was brought out. After the Battle of Songhu, the 49th Army moved to many places and participated in many large-scale battles organized by the Kuomintang, such as the Battle of Wuhan, the Battle of Nanchang, the Battle of Changsha, and the Battle of Shanggao. After the baptism of blood and fire, the 49th Army became a strong fighting force. Unfortunately, such a unit would also have to fight a civil war under chiang kai-shek's baton.
The Kuomintang corps had the strength of four to five corps. In addition to the New First Army, the New Sixth Army, and the 49th Army, there was also the 71st Army, which was reorganized from the 87th Division of the German Mechanized Division. The German mechanic division suffered heavy casualties in the early days of the War of Resistance, but the 71st Army also caused Lin Biao a lot of trouble in Siping. In addition to the 71st Army, Liao Yaoxiang's corps also had a 207th Division. Such a powerful Ninth Corps, if they were to withdraw to Jiangnan, would cause great trouble for our army to liberate all of China. Therefore, Lin Biao must eliminate them.