In the recent hit TV series "Armageddon", there is such a plot:
at
Battle of Huaihai
On the eve of the war (the history of the Nationalist army is called the Battle of Xu Beng). Gu Zhutong and Guo Ruzhi flew to Xuzhou to discuss the deployment of the campaign with the commanders of the various corps of the Kuomintang army Xuzhou.
At the meeting, as a Kuomintang army
Director of the War Office
target
Guo Rujie
, introduced this time
The Battle of Xu Beng
Strategic plan.
He said to the corps commanders:
"At present, our army is all lined up along the Longhai line, and the situation is very unfavorable. Secondary cities should be abandoned, and the main force should be concentrated on both sides of the Jinpu line for offensive defense, so as to ensure that Jianghuai arched nanjing, and that five corps plus three appeasement areas were strong and mobile, and they could wait for the opportunity to seek a decisive battle. ”
After listening to Guo Rujie's combat deployment,
Huang Baitao is a look of doubt?
He put forward a different view: "Hundreds of thousands of troops, swinging according to the railway line, the battle line is too long,
It is very easy to be surrounded by divisions
, when the time comes
It's hard to balance the end
。 ”
But besides
Huang Baitao
In addition, the commanders of other corps did not refute it, but instead served as the commander-in-chief of Xuzhou
Liu Zhi
Refuting Huang Baitao, Liu Zhi said:
"If the communist army strikes its head, it will end to it, and if it strikes its tail, it will be the first to go, and if it hits it, it will be the end to the end."
Seeing that no one agreed, Huang Baitao stopped talking. Because he knows very well that it is useless to say it, this is the plan approved by Chiang Kai-shek.
Outrageous plan for the Battle of Xu Beng
In the play, there is no map explanation, so everyone may not be able to intuitively see this deployment, the following is Guo Rugui formulated
"Battle of Xu Beng"
Schematic diagram of the plan.
This Battle of Xu Beng is simply to put it, that is, Xuzhou will be suppressed
Qiu Qingquan Corps, Li Mi Corps, Sun Yuanliang Corps, Huang Baitao Corps, Li Yannian Corps
Hundreds of thousands of troops were gathered in Xuzhou to Bengbu
Jinpu Railway
On both sides of the area, a long long snake array is placed in a longitudinal direction
Xuzhou, Suxian, Bengbu
Three points as the core, firmly controlled by the Tsuura Line.
At this time, the Huaye army commanded by Su Yu was resting in Shandong, ready to go south from Shandong at any time
Xuzhou, Huaihai area
。 Huaye is from the north of Xuzhou
National Army
It is actually arranged vertically on the Tsuura line,
What is this for?
At first glance, it looks very strange, like defending rather than defending, like attacking rather than attacking. Put on a posture that wants to defend and run, and the name is beautiful:
"Offensive Defense"
。
But it was such a strange plan that Chiang Kai-shek thought was feasible.
At this time, he was in command in the northeast
Huludao
The defenders retreated
Du Yuming
He received an order to return to Xuzhou to fight the fire and let him fly to Xuzhou to serve as a campaign commander.
Chiang Kai-shek was clear
How can the military level command these 800,000 elites? Would have liked to please
Bai Chongxi took command
I didn't expect Bai Chongxi
The battle is on the verge of change
。 There was no way, Chiang Kai-shek could only let it go
Go to Xuzhou for emergency relief.
At the same time that Du Yuming received the appointment, he also got it
Preliminary plans for the campaign. After reading this plan, he simply
Can't believe it
This is a plan that a group of senior staff officers have discussed and worked out together.
The plan is rough not to say, the strategic policy inside, but also let Du Yuming
Felt outrageous
More than a month ago, Du Yuming also proposed to gather heavy troops in Xuzhou and once again launch a decisive battle with Huaye in the Central Plains, and strive to attack Huaye's main force.
Retake it
Central Plains Initiative, and then
Counterattack on Jinan
Unexpectedly, after only more than a month, the plan actually became to abandon the outskirts of Xuzhou and place the troops on both sides of the railway directly from Xuzhou to Bengbu.
Du Yuming couldn't figure out why a large number of permanent fortifications on the outskirts of Xuzhou were abandoned and run to the Jinpu Line, which had no fortifications, to do anything.
Du Yuming couldn't think straight, and it was normal, because he had formulated this plan
Our Party lurks within the National Army
spy
。 Guo Rujie formulated this plan, and the most important purpose was to leave the main force of the Nationalist army north of the Huai River and create the possibility of large-scale annihilation of the enemy in Huaye and Nakano.
Saying that Guo Rugui's plan is so strange, why did the nationalist military top brass and Chiang Kai-shek adopt it?
Guo Rugui cleverly grasped Chiang Kai-shek's idea
He was a wise man, and the reason why his proposal was adopted by Chiang Kai-shek was because he sensed the subtle thoughts in Chiang Kai-shek's heart.
Before Guo Rugui's plan, Chiang Kai-shek, at the suggestion of those around him,
Rarely
Done
Abandon Xuzhou
The plan was to safely withdraw the last elite nationalist army under the control of Xuzhou to the south of the Huai River for defense.
Although Chiang Kai-shek chose to abandon Xuzhou, however
It is very clear that with Chiang Kai-shek's calculating character, xuzhou is such an important military town, how can he be willing to surrender?
Because before the earlier Battle of Jinan, Wang Yaowu had repeatedly persuaded Chiang Kai-shek:
"We can abandon Jinan and gather heavy troops in Xuzhou to stabilize the situation in the Central Plains first."
But Chiang Kai-shek did not listen, that is, he refused to give up Jinan. In the end, Jinan was lost, Xuzhou was in danger, and the initiative was completely controlled by Huaye.
Even Jinan was reluctant to let go, so how could Chiang Kai-shek be willing to give up Xuzhou, the largest military stronghold of the Kuomintang Army in East China?
Therefore, Guo Rugui knew very well what Chiang Kai-shek was thinking, and Chiang Kai-shek did not want to take the initiative to abandon Xuzhou, but he was also afraid that the decisive battle in Xuzhou would bury his last 800,000 elites.
The 6 mobile corps of Xuzhou Suppression are Chiang Kai-shek's last old roots, and he must be cautious. Coupled with the fact that he did not have enough courage, he hesitated and was afraid.
At this time, Guo Rugui cleverly came up with such a one
It can be attacked, defended, and withdrawn
The plan was in line with the thoughts of Chiang Kai-shek and other high-level officials, so Chiang Kai-shek agreed to this strange plan.
epilogue
In October 1948, after the loss of Jinan, Du Yuming still wanted to work harder to mobilize troops to counterattack Shandong and then stabilize the situation in the Central Plains.
Unexpectedly, when the Liaoshen Campaign broke out, he was sent to the northeast to fight the fire, and when he returned to Xuzhou in November, the Central Plains Army looked like a pair
The face of the defeated army
Before I started fighting, I thought about how to run. Even Xuzhou didn't want to defend, and he also mentioned what counterattack Jinan, so Du Yuming at that time also knew that the "Battle of Xu Beng" was a big black cauldron.
It can be seen from the two plans successively adopted by the Kuomintang army that
The Kuomintang army was already afraid from top to bottom
。 Therefore, when Huang Baitao opposed this plan at the meeting, no one agreed with his ideas. Huang Baitao wanted to fight, he also dared to fight, in hindsight, in the Battle of Huaihai, the Nationalist army
Played the best
A corps is exactly that
Huang Baitao's Seventh Corps
。 ，
The plan to retreat to the Huai River is to take the initiative to retreat directly and proactively. The plan to control the Jinpu Line, although it was still guarding Xuzhou on the surface, but the large army was placed along the Jinpu Line, for fear of being cut off from the rear road.
Compared with HuaYe's detailed battle plan, it is simply a heaven and an underground,
This also doomed the Kuomintang army to end in a crushing defeat in the Battle of Huaihai.