During the Liberation War, a total of 520,000 enemy troops were eliminated in Ichino, 2.3 million in Erye, 2.47 million in Sanye, and 1.88 million in Siye, plus some local armed forces such as some security forces that were wiped out, and our army wiped out a total of 8.07 million nationalist troops in the War of Liberation. So why did Chiang Kai-shek, who had more than 8 million troops, eventually lose the War of Liberation? Look at why these famous generals of the national army entered the Gongdelin forest to understand. During the Liberation War, more than a hundred senior generals of the Nationalist army entered Gongdelin one after another, and among these people, Wang Yaowu, Liao Yaoxiang, Du Yuming, and Song Xilian were the most famous.
Let's start with Wang Yaowu. By the time the Liberation War was in September 1948, most of Shandong had been captured by Huaye, and Jinan had become an isolated island. Although Wang Yaowu still had 100,000 troops in his hands, many of them were local security regiments and miscellaneous troops, and there were not many who really had combat effectiveness. Wang Yaowu had been in battle for a long time and knew that he could not defend Jinan by relying on these people alone, so he personally flew to Nanjing and suggested to Old Chiang Kai-shek that Jinan be abandoned and his troops withdrawn to Xuzhou to facilitate future operations.
This suggestion was categorically rejected by Lao Jiang, and not only that, but Lao Jiang also criticized Wang Yaowu for "not thinking in the big picture" and believing that it would be too bad to abandon Jinan without a war. In order to cheer Wang Yaowu up, Lao Jiang promised that once Jinan was besieged, he would organize a powerful mobile corps to break the siege. Old Jiang said this, and Wang Yaowu was not able to argue anymore, so he had to return to Jinan to stick to it. The development of the war situation did not come as Wang Yaowu expected, Hua Ye only took 8 days to break through Jinan, Wang Yaowu was defeated and captured, and entered Gongdelin.
Next, liao yaoxiang. After the Battle of Jinzhou began, in order to relieve Fan Hanjie, Lao Jiang ordered Hou Jingru's corps and Liao Yaoxiang's corps to advance east and west, in a vain attempt to fight a decisive battle with Dongye under Jinzhou City. At that time, Liao Yaoxiang's corps was the absolute main force in the Northeast National Army, and it was also the largest capital for Wei Lihuang to hold Shenyang. After receiving Lao Jiang's order, Wei Lihuang was very unhappy, he believed that this was old Chiang's assumption, the road from Shenyang to Jinzhou was far away, there were still liberated areas along the way, and Liao Yaoxiang's corps could be surrounded by the People's Liberation Army at any time. Once Liao Yaoxiang's army was destroyed, Shenyang naturally could not be saved.
Liao Yaoxiang agreed with Wei Lihuang's view, so the two of them jointly called Old Jiang and stated the reasons for not being able to leave Shenyang. Old Jiang saw that Wei Lihuang and Liao Yaoxiang were openly disobedient, very angry, and forced Liao Yaoxiang to come to Jinzhou. Liao Yaoxiang had no choice but to go out with a hard scalp, and as a result, he was strongly blocked by Liang Xingchu at Tashan And was in a dilemma. After all, Liao Yaoxiang was a famous general of the national army, and he knew that if he insisted on going to Jinzhou at this time, he would only be a dead end, so he asked Lao Jiang to turn to Yingkou and retreat from the sea, but he was refused. In the end, the Liao Corps was completely destroyed, and Liao Yaoxiang was also captured by the People's Liberation Army.
Look at Du Yuming again. Before the Battle of Huaihai broke out, Old Jiang had planned to let Bai Chongxi command this strategic decisive battle, but Bai Chongxi first agreed and then changed his mind and took old Jiang to death. Old Jiang had no choice but to push Liu Zhi to the front desk. However, he was not at ease with Liu Zhi's command ability, so he transferred Du Yuming from the northeast to Liu Zhi as his deputy. As soon as Du Yuming arrived in Xuzhou, Huang Baitao's corps was surrounded by Huaye, and soon after, Huang Wei's corps was also surrounded by Zhongye in a double pile.
The situation on the battlefield was so passive that Du Yuming knew that if he continued to fight, he could only destroy the whole army, so he suggested to Old Jiang that Huang Wei's corps contain some of the troops of Nakano and Huaye, and he himself led Qiu Qingquan, Li Mi, and Sun Yuanliang to retreat to preserve their strength. At first, Old Jiang agreed, but when Du Yuming walked to Chen Guanzhuang, Old Jiang suddenly changed his mind and strictly ordered him to lead his troops back to rescue Huang Wei. With this move, Old Jiang personally sent Du Yuming's nearly 300,000 troops into huaye's encirclement. In the end, Du Yuming was defeated and captured, and entered Gongdelin.
Finally, let's look at Song Xilian. In July 1949, the People's Liberation Army advanced toward Yichang, and Song Xilian was appointed by Chiang The Elder as the director of the Xiang'echuan Qian Appeasement Office, and asked him to command the headquarters to block the People's Liberation Army. At that time, although Song Xilian still had 140,000 troops in his hands, except for the 2nd Army, the rest were newly trained troops, and their combat effectiveness was very limited. Song Xilian had been in the battlefield for a long time, and knew that relying on this amount of troop strength could not stop the attack of the People's Liberation Army. So he personally flew to Hanzhong and consulted with Hu Zongnan on countermeasures.
After Hu Zongnan's continuous blows by Yiye, the elites were almost lost, so he had no confidence in defending the Great Southwest. So where is the way out? Song Xilian proposed that the two join forces to withdraw the main force of 300,000 people to Xikang first, and then move to the Yunnan Burma Border Region. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Song Xilian had followed the Chinese Expeditionary Force to fight the Japanese army on the battlefield of Burma, and was familiar with the area, believing that it would not be a problem to gain a foothold in Burma. Song Xilian's idea was strongly supported by Hu Zongnan, but when he reported to old Jiang, he was categorically rejected. In the end, Song Xilian was defeated and captured in the Dadu River and entered Gongdelin.
Wang Yaowu, Liao Yaoxiang, Du Yuming, and Song Xilian were all famous generals of the Nationalist Army, and they all made good suggestions at critical junctures. If these suggestions were adopted by Lao Jiang, these four people would probably not enter the Gong de Lin. However, Old Chiang was so confident in his military talents that he rejected all the suggestions of Wang Yaowu, Liao Yaoxiang, and Song Xilian. At a critical juncture, he could not listen to the reasonable suggestions of his subordinates, and often micro-operated and remotely controlled the command, so it is not surprising that chiang kai-shek, who had 8 million troops, finally lost the liberation war.