During the Liberation War, in addition to having an army of 8 million, Lao Chiang also had thousands of senior generals, among whom who could be called the real opponent of the People's Liberation Army? Some people say it is Zhang Lingfu. After the outbreak of the Liberation War, Zhang Lingfu led the reorganized 74th Division to fight against our army in Jiangsu and Shandong, and captured Huai'an, Huaiyin, Lianshui and other places, with outstanding performance. However, his achievements were mainly due to the strong firepower advantage of the reorganized 74th Division, but Zhang Lingfu's personal command level was not high.
Wu Yi, who had long served as the director of the personnel department of the 74th Army, once made this evaluation of Zhang Lingfu: "It is okay to let him become a battalion or regimental officer, but it is difficult to be a commander of the army and division; he is usually not pragmatic, he is good at vassal style, he likes to ride horses, practice writing, buy antique calligraphy and paintings, hang portraits of Genghis Khan, Napoleon, and others in the room, as if he were a Confucian general, but at a critical juncture in combat, he could not come up with a way, sometimes he only knew how to rush, and fully displayed the appearance of a martial artist." ”
In Wu Yi's view, Zhang Lingfu's level could only be a regimental commander at most, and to make him a division commander and a military commander was to drive ducks to the shelves. Old Chiang also did not have a high opinion of Zhang Lingfu, and when summing up the Menglianggu campaign, he said: "If the divisions, brigades, and regimental commanders have advanced tactical cultivation in peacetime, can choose appropriate terrain to allocate troops, and form a thorough network of fire, then no matter how strong the enemy's strength is, they will never be able to solve us within three days." However, at that time, the division did not guard the mountain pass, only the mountain, and the mountain was a stone mountain, and there was no drinking water, so the enemy's artillery fire was multiplied, and the casualties of our army were even greater, so that the whole defeat was completely lost. ”
Wu Yu believed that Zhang Lingfu was only a warrior and could only be a regimental commander at best, while Old Jiang believed that Zhang Lingfu lacked "advanced tactical recuperation" and performed badly in the Meng Lianggu Campaign, so from this point of view, Zhang Lingfu was really not a real opponent of the People's Liberation Army. Since Zhang Lingfu can't do it, what about Hu Lian? In brother Shuo's view, he is not a real opponent of the People's Liberation Army. In the Liberation War, Hu Lian rarely showed the performance of attacking the city strategically, and the only battle worthy of boasting was huang Baitao, if it were not for Huang Baitao breaking through Huaye's blocking position, Hu Lian would not be able to escape Huaye's encirclement in any way. Since the famous Zhang Lingfu and Hu Lian are not good, who are the real opponents of the PLA? In brother's opinion, there are only the following three people.
The first man was Fu Zuoyi, the most difficult opponent of the North China Field Army. During the Liberation War, Fu Zuoyi mainly fought against the Jin-Cha-Ji Field Army in North China, and many times won more with less, and was the most difficult opponent of the North China Field Army, and his battle record was even compared with that of the old Chiang Kai-shek's concubine troops. In the winter of 1945, Nie Rongzhen and He Long led 14 brigades of more than 50,000 troops to launch the Suiyuan Baotou Campaign, at that time Fu Zuoyi only had more than 30,000 people in his hands, as a result, our army could not win the bitter battle for more than a month, and was forced to retreat.
In the summer and autumn of 1946, Nie Rongzhen, Zhang Zongxun, and Luo Ruiqing commanded more than 100,000 people from the main forces of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region and the Jinsui Military Region to launch the Datong Jining Campaign, and Fu Zuoyi only had more than 50,000 people at that time. After more than 50 days of fierce fighting, the Jin-Cha-Ji forces were once again defeated, Fu Zuoyi's forces expanded from barren Suiyuan to northern Shanxi, and the Platon's troops in North China changed from offensive to defensive. Two months later, Fu Zuoyi took the initiative to launch the Battle of Zhangjiakou, and after more than ten days of fighting, he broke nearly 200,000 troops of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region with a crowd of 70,000 and captured Zhangjiakou.
At that time, Zhangjiakou was the capital of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, and a large number of military supplies of the North China Field Army were stored here. After the loss of Zhangjiakou, most of these combat materials fell into the hands of the enemy, and for a long time thereafter, the North China Field Army was suppressed and beaten by Fu Zuoyi. In March and April 1947, Fu Zuoyi commanded the troops to launch the Battle of Youyu and eventually occupied the Yanbei region, and the room for maneuver of the North China Field Army was greatly reduced, and the situation was very passive. During the Liberation War, due to the existence of Fu Zuoyi, the development of the North China Field Army was greatly restricted, and it was also defeated many times in Fu Zuoyi's confrontation. From this point of view, it is no exaggeration to call Fu Zuoyi the most difficult opponent of the North China Field Army.
The second opponent of the PLA is Zhong Song, who "cannot die". During the Liberation War, hu Zongnan, the king of the northwest, performed on the battlefield as a disaster, holding hundreds of thousands of heavy troops but being beaten by tens of thousands of northwest field troops commanded by Peng. Although Hu Zongnan's performance was very poor, one of his fierce generals was very brave and fierce, causing a lot of trouble for the Northwest Field Army, and this person was Zhong Song. Zhong Song and Hu Zongnan are fellow villagers in Zhejiang, and at the same time entered the Huangpu Phase I study, on becoming an official, Zhong Song is far inferior to Hu Zongnan, but on combat, ten Hu Zongnan can not be worth one Zhong Song.
During the Liberation War, Zhong Song followed Hu Zongnan in fighting against our army in the Great Northwest and served as the commander of the reorganized 36th Division. Due to Hu Zongnan's blind command, his troops were often surrounded by the People's Liberation Army, and Zhong Song became Hu Zongnan's "fire brigade leader". In July 1947, General Peng commanded two columns of troops to surround Yulin, Zhong Song was ordered to break the siege, he let go of the road and did not go, after leaving the Great Wall directly into the desert, after 2 days of arduous marching suddenly appeared under Yulin City, not only left our army's reinforcements behind, but also formed an internal and external attack on our siege troops, Peng zong saw that the battle situation was unfavorable, and had to lead the troops to retreat.
Three months later, Xu Shuai led his troops to besiege Yuncheng, this time it was still Zhong Song who was ordered to break the siege, and he chose an unexpected marching route, leading his troops through the Zhongtiao Mountains, bypassing the ambush circle laid by Xu Shuai in one fell swoop, and successfully lifting the siege of Yuncheng. After that, General Peng repeatedly planned to ambush Zhong Song, but Zhong Song was very cunning, and our army has not found the fighter. After the Battle of Shajiadian broke out, our army finally surrounded Zhong Song, but in the end he still escaped with his troops, so he was called "Zhong Song who could not die" by Peng Zong. In addition to his superior ability to understand the encirclement, Zhong Song's offensive ability was also outstanding, and he had caused considerable losses to the Northwest Field Army in the Battle of Xifu. From this point of view, Zhong Song can be called the number one opponent of the Northwest Field Army.
The third opponent of the PLA is Huang Baitao, who is good at attacking and defending. Huang Baitao was a standard miscellaneous general, first following Li Chun and Zhang Zongchang, and then defecting to Lao Jiang. By chance, Huang Baitao became acquainted with Chen Cheng, and was appreciated by Chen Cheng for his outstanding military skills, so he was able to serve as the commander of the reorganized 25th Division. After the outbreak of the Liberation War, Huang Baitao first led his troops to fight in Jiangsu and Huaye, Lianketai County, Gaoyou, Baoying, Yancheng, Funing and Muyang; soon after, he was transferred to Jiaodong to fight, and his achievements were equally outstanding, successively capturing Gaomi, Pingdu, Laiyang, Fushan and Yantai.
The reorganized 25th Division was equipped with Japanese weapons, and its firepower was far inferior to that of the reorganized 74th Division, which was equipped with American weapons, but Huang Baitao's performance in offensive aspects was no less than that of Zhang Lingfu. In addition to his super offensive ability, Huang Baitao's defensive ability was also good, and at the end of the Battle of Eastern Henan, he was surrounded by Huaye in Diqiudian, and as a result, he led his troops to resist for eight days and nights, and finally forced Huaye to retreat. Huang Baitao, who was both offensive and defensive, and never played a slippery head in battle, quickly won the trust of Lao Jiang and was promoted to commander of the 7th Corps.
After the Battle of Huaihai broke out, due to Liu Zhi's wrong command, Huang Baitao and his 7th Corps were surrounded by Huaye in the Nianzhuangwei area. Hua Ye's attack on Nianzhuangwei adopted the tactics of a four-sided central assault, and the field army headquarters required continuous assaults, quick battles and quick decisions, and the battle was resolved within 3 to 5 days. However, due to Huang Baitao's stubborn resistance, the Battle of Nianzhuangwei lasted for 15 days, and although the 7th Corps was eventually annihilated, HuaYe himself also paid the price of more than 60,000 casualties. During the entire Liberation War, HuaYe suffered such heavy casualties, and the only thing was the battle of Nianzhuangwei. It can be seen that Huang Baitao can be called Huaye's strongest opponent. In the Liberation War, although Lao Jiang had many high-ranking generals, the only people who could be called the real opponents of the People's Liberation Army were Fu Zuoyi, Zhong Song and Huang Baitao, and the rest were not worth mentioning.