The day of September 12, 1948, seems to be remembered by history.
On this day, the 11th Column of the Northeast Field Army conquered Changli and Beidaihe on the Tangyu section of the Beining Line, cutting off the connection between Tang Yu and opening the prelude to the Liaoshen Campaign.
At the same time, Lin Biao used the main column to skillfully encircle and divide the xingcheng, Suizhong, Gaoqiao, Yixian and other strongholds on the Jinyu section of the Beining Line, creating conditions for annihilating these enemies later.
The sudden appearance of the main force of the Northeast Field Army on the Beining Line and the rapid attack of the battle action caused Wei Lihuang, commander-in-chief of the Northeast "Suppression General" Headquarters, to wake up from a big dream.
The Northeast Communist Army did not want to attack Changchun, so why did it suddenly run to the Beining Line?
Wei Lihuang immediately guessed that our army was going to close the door and beat the dogs, showing special panic.
He hurriedly complained to Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing, saying that the northeast communist army had a great potential to capture Jinzhou, and asked Chiang Kai-shek to send troops to aid Jinzhou.
Where did Chiang Kai-shek have the heart to take care of Jinzhou?
At this time, the East China Field Army was attacking Jinan, what did the loss of Jinan mean? This means that the PLA will approach Xuzhou and then Nanjing.
Therefore, he first had to take care of Jinan, and it was not until September 24 that Jinan was conquered by me, and it was also a burden for Chiang Kai-shek, that he turned his attention to the northeast.
Chiang Kai-shek was also in a hurry, and on the same day that our army conquered Jinan on September 24, he ordered Wei Lihuang to fly to Nanjing to discuss the matter.
At the meeting to study how to save the war situation in northeast China, Chiang Kai-shek strongly advocated that Shenyang send troops to aid Jin, while Wei Lihuang resolutely opposed it. He advocated taking Shenyang as the center to support the situation in the northeast, and you sent troops from Shenyang to aid Jinjin and weaken Shenyang's defensive forces.
Chiang Kai-shek asked, "Then what do you say about Jinzhou?" ”
Wei Lihuang said: "Quickly order the first corps of Zheng Dongguo stationed in Changchun to withdraw to Shenyang, so as to increase Shenyang's defensive strength, and secondly, the reinforcement of Jin's troops can also be solved." ”
Chiang Kai-shek pondered for half a moment and said hesitantly: "Don't throw Changchun to the communist army!" ”
Wei Lihuang said, "Then ask the president to send another army to aid Jinzhou." ”
Chiang Kai-shek said: "I can airlift an army to strengthen the strength of Jinxi and Huludao, and aid Jinxi from the west, and Shenyang must also send troops to aid Jinxi from the east, so that it can move east and west, form a pinch attack situation against the communist forces that threaten Jinzhou, eat it, or drive it away from near Jinzhou!" ”
Wei Lihuang did not reply.
As soon as Chiang Kai-shek said that he was advancing from east to west and attacking from north to south, he listened to it a lot, but which time was it all annihilated by the communist army, and which time had the communist army been caught? It seemed that he had never had it in Wei Mou's memory.
When Chiang Kai-shek saw that Wei Lihuang did not express his position, he said: "Now that the main danger is in Jinzhou, aren't you still safe and sound in Shenyang?" Why can't you send troops to help Jinjin? Tune Liao Yaoxiang out! ”
Wei Lihuang said, "Shenyang doesn't want it?" ”
Chiang Kai-shek said, "Which one said Shenyang didn't want it?" I want long, shen, and jin, and I can't lose any of them! It is necessary to stick to Chang, Shen and Jin to wait for the opportunity, such as the help of the United States. Throwing away any one now will make a big mistake. I put these words here first, and you will know it in the future. ”
From Chiang Kai-shek's seemingly rather obscure words, Wei Lihuang heard a strange voice and finally understood his true intentions -- it turned out that the opportunity Chiang Kai-shek was waiting for was the Third World War!
At that time, once the United States hit the Soviet Union, China was exactly the base or rear area that the United States could use, especially chang, Shen, Jin, and even the entire northeast, which was of great significance to the United States to defeat the Soviet Union.
At that time, the United States will help to purge the Chinese Communist Party, but now you have lost everything and have no support point, how unfavorable it is to the future situation! Isn't that a big mistake?
In fact, Wei Lihuang also hoped in his heart that the United States would launch a third world war and hope that the United States would win. But when will this third world war begin, will it be the Year of the Ox or the Moon of the Horse? Now he could only sigh.
At this time, the most important thing is that Jinzhou is tight; once Jinzhou is tight, Shenyang's sense of security will be gone, and you still ask Shenyang to send troops to aid Jinzhou, demolish the east wall to make up for the west wall, to say something bad, isn't this simply nonsense?
Wei Lihuang no longer objected to Shenyang sending troops to aid Jin, but Chiang Kai-shek knew that he was opposed in his heart. Therefore, after deliberation, he sent Gu Zhutong, the chief of staff, to leave Nanjing with Wei Lihuang and fly to Shenyang. The purpose was to supervise Wei Lihuang in carrying out the battle plan of sending troops from Shenyang to aid Jin and forming an east-west attack with the aid troops from Huludao and Jinxi.
However, Chiang Kai-shek's efforts were futile – a month later, on October 15, the Northeast People's Liberation Army captured Jinzhou. Chiang Kai-shek's layout in the northeast ended in failure, and the plot to launch a third world war failed to materialize.