In May 1947, General Su Yu won a great victory at Meng Lianggu, beating Zhang Lingfu "martyred with his body". After more than 40 days of rest, the Kuomintang army mobilized 240,000 heavy troops and all-american equipment, and on June 25, launched a third offensive against the Yimeng Mountain area, in an attempt to annihilate the East China Field Army in the central part of Shandong.
Battle of Namma
In order to stop the enemy, Generals Chen Yi and Su Yu, following the instructions of the Central Military Commission and Chairman Mao, decided to fight a frontal battle with four columns to contain the enemy's main force, and three columns attacked the Jinpu line, attacking tai'an, Qufu, and other cities along the line, and marching south to Lunan with two columns to help Liu Deng's army enter the central plains.
Chen Yi and Su Yu The picture comes from the Internet
Faced with the "big move" of the People's Liberation Army, Chiang Kai-shek panicked, changed the original deployment, and mobilized 7 divisions to the west, so that the Kuomintang army in central Shandong had four reorganized divisions left. In order to solve the problem of the reorganized 11th Division in the Nanma area, the People's Liberation Army arranged four columns of the inner line to surround and annihilate the enemy's 11th Division, and the Battle of Nanma began.
The commander of the enemy's reorganized Eleventh Division was Hu Lian, a "victorious general" of the Kuomintang, who was scheming and quite a general, and was very much valued by Chiang Kai-shek.
On July 8, 1947, Hu Lian led the 11th Division to occupy Nanma, seized the time to build positions such as Nanma, Gaozhuang, and Beiliuzhuang, and built new military fortifications.
Hu Lian The picture comes from the Internet
On the 17th, Su Yu commanded the 9th, 6th, and 2nd Columns to attack the Nanma area in multiple ways, and the 7th Column cut off the 11th Division from the east and other troops, strategically completed the encirclement of Hu Lian, and prepared to completely annihilate it.
On the 18th, Hu Lian found himself a bit like following the path of Zhang Lingfu's 74th Division, ordered his troops to hold their positions, and at the same time contacted Chiang Kai-shek to send reinforcements. Of course, Chiang Kai-shek wants to save his beloved general,
Immediately mobilized the strength of the 9th Division, the 25th Division, the 64th Division, and the 75th Division to rush to the Nanma area overnight to rescue the siege of Nanma.
On the 19th, the enemy army indiscriminately bombarded the positions of our East China Field Army, destroying our army's defensive positions, and our army organized a counterattack, giving play to the spirit of short-term engagement and bayonets, launching a white-knife battle, fighting fiercely for one day, annihilating 1,000 enemy troops, and by the 21st, fiercely fighting for more than 30 hours, crushing the enemy army 16 times, annihilating 2,000 enemy troops, coupled with the bad weather environment, the enemy had tanks, artillery, aircraft and other heavy weapons cover. At the same time, our army had difficulties in blocking the reinforcements and supply of weapons and ammunition, and with the approval of the Central Military Commission and the study of Generals Chen Yi, Su Yu, and Tan Zhenlin, it was decided to withdraw from the battle, and the troops were put on standby.
General Su Yu on the front line The picture comes from the Internet
The Battle of Nanma was very heavy for our army, and the political commissars of the 2nd Column and 5th Division were all sacrificed on the battlefield, which was not expected before. According to statistics, the casualties of the People's Liberation Army are about 14,000 people, while the casualties of the Nationalist army are about 9,000, which is rare in the history of the People's Liberation Army and is worth pondering for future generations.
Strong showdown, peak duel
Some people say that in the Battle of Nanma, it was a rare defeat for Su Yu, but from the perspective of strategic objectives, the Battle of Nanma did not fail, and to a certain extent, the pressure on Liu Deng to enter the Central Plains was alleviated, and the strategic purpose was still achieved. Unfortunately, he did not annihilate Hu Lian's troops and did not achieve the effect of annihilating Zhang Lingfu of the 74th Division, so he felt that Su Yu had lost.
Hu Lian was one of the few senior Kuomintang generals and a famous anti-Japanese general. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Hu Lian led the 11th Division to defend the Stone Monument Fortress, defeated the crazy attack of the Japanese army, and defended the Kuomintang capital Chongqing, which was a turning point in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
Defense of Stalingrad in the East"
。 It can be seen that Hu Lian still has the ability.
As we all know, Hu Lian and Zhang Lingfu are classmates and fellow countrymen, and Zhang Lingfu's 74th Division is the ace unit of the Kuomintang and the first of the five main forces of the Nationalist Army. It was such an ace army that was eaten by Su Yu on Meng Lianggu. As a classmate, does Hu Lian want to avenge Xue Hate? The Battle of Nanma became a battlefield where the two men clashed.
Field Army on the Position Picture comes from the Internet
Hu Lian's superior was Huang Wei, and Huang Wei was Hu Lian's senior, but compared to his command ability, Huang Wei was not as good as Hu Lian, at that time Huang Wei was the commander-in-chief of the 12th Corps, and Hu Lian was the deputy commander, and in Hu Lian's heart, he was still a little uncomfortable. The results of the two were also different, on December 13, 1948, Su Yu launched an attack on these two people, and Huang Wei and Hu Lian escaped separately in the double pile, Huang Wei had a bad life, became a prisoner, and Hu Lian successfully escaped....
The battle between Su Yu and Hu Lian ended like this? No, in the later Battle of Kinmen Island, the two fought again, and I will not elaborate here, and who is better is left to posterity to comment.
Why is it said that the Battle of Nanma was Hu Lian's "victory"?
This has to mention the Battle of Meng Lianggu, Meng Lianggu can be completely annihilated by Su Yu, in addition to our army's good command, the generals bravely marched forward, there is another important reason, that is, the Kuomintang army support is one step slower, Zhang Lingfu to the end, did not expect reinforcements, who can blame this? In the Battle of Nanma, the Kuomintang army summed up the reasons for Meng Lianggu's defeat, and the speed of support from various Nationalist troops was not the same as the former.
Hu Lian was also a cunning person, plus God did help Hu Lian, and the heavy rain for several consecutive days was very unfavorable to the People's Liberation Army, and the logistics support line was blocked by this heavy rain, and the East China Field Army had to withdraw.