introduction
"The Yellow Bridge Baked Cake is yellow and yellow, and the Yellow Yellow Burnt Cake is comforting and busy. The bread should be baked with heat, and the army should rely on the help of the common people. Comrades, eat enough, win the battle and pay more guns! ”
This short, powerful, catchy ballad was born during the War of Resistance Against Japan, and although it has been a long time, it is still in flavor, and we can't help but pull our thoughts back to the one in October 1940
"Battle of the Yellow Bridge"
。
Just as mentioned in the song, "the army depends on the help of the people", the army fights a war, and the masses of the people are the foundation, and even more a firm backer. The same was true of the Battle of Huangqiao, where the people of Huangqiao Town, even at the risk of being hit by enemy shells, insisted on sending the Yellow Bridge baked cake to the front line and supporting the battle in their own way.
So in those years of war,
It is precisely because of the support and help of the people and the unity of the military and the people that we have helped our army win many victories.
Su Yu, Chen Yi
However, as a classic battle in which less is won, the Battle of Huangqiao can be won, and it is also inextricably linked to the outstanding military ability of the mainland general.
Who is he? Whenever I mention "Yellow Bridge", I must think of him -
"God of War" Su Yu
General Su Yu has always been not afraid of dangerous battles, dare to fight hard battles, and when facing difficulties,
Always able to make dangerous moves, surprise victories, and win every battle
Even his comrade-in-arms Marshal Chen Yi commented that he was:
"The more strange it is, the better it is to fight."
The Battle of Huangqiao can be regarded as the famous battle of General Su Yu, as the first battle of the New Fourth Army when it advanced into northern Jiangsu, but this was the beginning
A dangerous move, a big gamble
。 In this battle, Su Yu was even more so
It shows its combat characteristics of being in-awe, flexible, eclectic, and bold and decisive
, amazing, wonderful, wonderful.
Su Yu
The New Fourth Army advanced into northern Jiangsu
When the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was carried out in 1940, the Japanese army carried out a large-scale increase in troops to the north of the mainland, resulting in the successive fall of most parts of north China, and also made the mainland's anti-Japanese rescue operation more and more difficult. but
"Central China is our most important lifeline"
In the face of the Japanese and Kosovars, we deeply realized that it was imperative to cross the Yangtze River, advance into the Central Plains, and develop central China, and finally decided to develop northern Jiangsu first and suppress the offensive of Han Deloitte.
In July, the former Jiangnan Headquarters was officially renamed
The Headquarters of the New Fourth Army in Northern Jiangsu
(NA4), and Chen Yi and Su Yu were appointed as their main and deputy commanders respectively.
After receiving the work instructions for vigorously developing central China and establishing anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines, Chen and Su personally led the three columns of the troops under their jurisdiction (led by Ye Fei, Wang Bicheng, and Tao Yong respectively), 9 regiments, totaling more than 7,000 people, and set out in a mighty way, crossed the rolling Yangtze River, and began to advance in the direction of northern Jiangsu.
"The sea leaps from the fish, and the sky is high for the birds to fly",
From the moment Su Yu stepped across the Yangtze River, the vast territory of central China was almost allowed to run across it.
The New Fourth Army's constant approach to northern Jiangsu naturally aroused the attention and vigilance of the Kuomintang side, making it deeply worried and threatened, and worried that the New Fourth Army would continue to grow and develop, so it was also regarded as a serious problem for its confidants.
However, seeing that Chen Yi and Su Yu had not yet established a foothold in the northern Jiangsu region, it was a rare opportunity to expel or seriously damage them, and at this time, he was the chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Government and the deputy commander of the Lusu Theater
Han Deloitte
He began to be unable to sit still, constantly creating all kinds of frictions with the New Fourth Army.
In September, the troops led by Chen and Su were forced by Han Deqin
Yellow Bridge area
(present-day Taixing, Jiangsu), the Yellow Bridge is backed by the Yangtze River, and if an anti-Japanese base area is established behind enemy lines here, it will be convenient for our army to control the entire Yangtze River passage. So Han Deloitte dispatched a large number of elite troops to this end, and even shouted:
"We must drive the New Fourth Army to the Yangtze River to drink water."
Judging from the comparison of military forces of various parties in northern Jiangsu, if the Japanese army is not discussed,
At the top of the list is Han Deloitte's troops, which are under its jurisdiction
26 regiments
Total
More than 30,000 people
, but Su Yu only has it
More than 7,000 people
The number of its troops is Han Deloitte's
1/4
It can be said that at this time, the New Fourth Army has almost no advantage in facing Han Deloitte's department, and the Yan'an headquarters is also well aware of this, and is worried that the New Fourth Army located in northern Jiangsu at this time may be difficult to resist Han Deloitte, but the success of the Battle of Huangqiao is directly related to whether the New Fourth Army can gain a foothold in northern Jiangsu, even if we have been forced into a corner by the enemy army, it must be necessary
Breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, the Jedi counterattacked, and could only fight and could not retreat
In 1940, the New Fourth Army entered Taixingqing, Jiangsu Province, and the picture shows the march before the Battle of Huangqiao, with Chen Yi in front and Su Yu in the back
Sun Tzu said: "More is the victory, less is not winnable"
This battle was like doing a mathematical problem, and in the case of the huge disparity in the strength of the New Fourth Army and Han Deloitte's troops, Su Yu, who was good at winning in danger, directly started
Two subtractions, simplifying complexity, to the end with Han Deloitte
The first "subtraction"
Although Han Deloitte's troops have a large number of troops, Su Yu believes that it is only a seemingly large number of people, in addition to the advantage of many people, Han Deloitte's troops are actually not necessarily superior to the New Fourth Army in many other aspects, and its troops are divided into three roads, and the troops are relatively scattered, and he can completely concentrate his forces to fight a war and win a glimmer of hope for victory.
Su Yu believed that there was hope for victory, but Han Deqin hardly took the New Fourth Army into account, because in his view, the New Fourth Army at this time did not have many troops, poor equipment, and had not yet gained a foothold in northern Jiangsu, but this was already a taboo for the light enemy.
In addition, Su Yu also noticed that the right wing of Han Deloitte's troops was
"Two Li Yi Chen" (Li Mingyang, Li Changjiang, Chen Taiyun)
, but "two Li one Chen" is still in place
Neutral attitude
, basically only work out of the force. So Su Yu did this first "subtraction", subtracting his right wing troops.
Only Han Deloitte's main force on the left was left, but the total strength was not more than 7 regiments
Li Mingyang
Thinking of this, Su Yudun felt relieved, so he decided to take it with Chen Yi
Lure the enemy deeper and divide the encirclement
way to fight Against Han Deloitte's left-wing forces.
The second "subtraction"
Saying goes
"Jinjiangyan, Yinqutang"
From the geographical point of view, the area around Jiangyan is in all directions, and if Han Deloitte is stuck here, it will be extremely unfavorable to the New Fourth Army, which is equivalent to indirectly trapped in the Yellow Bridge. Therefore, Su Yu realized that in order to defend the Yellow Bridge, he must take Jiang Yan.
At this time, the person in charge of guarding JiangYan was responsible for the town
Zhang Shaohua, commander of the 9th Security Brigade,
It owns
6 regiments
of troops, but Su Yu had it
9 regiments
with 9 regiments to fight 6 regiments
, fight a tough battle, the chance of victory is very high. However, in addition to the strength of 6 regiments, Zhang Shaohua was still south of Jiangyan
Near the salt river was constructed
36 pcs
Defensive bunkers, and both were installed with power grids
。 Therefore, even if the 9 regiments of our army can take Jiangyan, the casualties and losses are not small, which is really a non-cost-effective deal.
Therefore, Su Yu made this second subtraction, but the protagonist of the subtraction was Han Deloitte. Su Yu first made a move
"Moving the Tiger Away from the Mountain"
Han Deloitte, who did not take the New Fourth Army seriously, made a plan and quickly transferred the defenders stationed in the Jiangyan area to the Hai'an area.
As a result, Zhao Shaohua's troops were only a few regiments left.
The problem of troop strength was solved, but Zhang Shaohua still had 36 bunkers, and if we wanted to fight one by one, it would still take time and effort to break them one by one.
So Su Yu directly chose to simply and rudely cut off the power grid first, avoiding the bunker without attacking, and instead rushed to Jiangyan Street, straight to where Zhang Shaohua was
Zhang Shaohua was in a state of confusion for a while, caught off guard.
You may wonder why Su Yu is so decisive? But if you change into a Japanese army, or other units that are good at street fighting and have strong combat effectiveness, do you dare not hit the bunker and risk breaking in? Even Su Yu did not dare, the reason why he made a dangerous move was to see that Zhang Shaohua's troops were not strong in combat effectiveness, but when they started a street battle, they would collapse as soon as they fought, and Zhang Shaohua's troops were really vulnerable, and after the New Fourth Army hit the doorstep, they surrendered their weapons one after another. As a result, the first two subtractions, two small-scale competitions, so easily achieved the results of two battles and two victories.
Retreat to retreat
Although the New Fourth Army temporarily occupied Jiangyan, How could Han Deloitte easily give up on this, and said:
"As long as the New Fourth Army withdraws from Jiangyan, everything can be discussed, otherwise there is no room for negotiation."
According to Han Deloitte's idea, Chen Yi and Su Yu should not agree to easily quit Jiang Yan, but what he did not expect was that Chen Yi and Su Yu really went along with his wishes this time and agreed to his request.
On the surface, Han Deloitte thought that the New Fourth Army was a good bully, but in fact it was
Chen and Su planned to stage a play
Good drama. Because at this time, Jiangyan was already like a dead town, which had little practical significance, not only could not serve as a barrier to the Yellow Bridge, but also dispersed the troops
。 However, if we agree to withdraw from Jiangyan, we can buy 20 days in the process of retreating, taking the opportunity to rest and prepare for war.
At the same time, the sale of Jiangyan is actually not given to Han Deloitte, but to "two Li and one Chen", the attitude of two Li and One Chen is already wavering, if this time effortlessly easy to get Jiang Yan, naturally overjoyed, expressed willingness to continue to maintain a neutral attitude. At this time, Han Deloitte woke up like a dream, thinking that he had been played as a monkey, causing him to be angry and corrupt.
Decisive moments
Independent Six Brigades
Su Yu said to the soldiers:
"The Yellow Bridge is north of the Yangtze River, there is no way to retreat, we can only break the cauldron and sink the boat, we can't fight this battle to a draw, or a small victory is too pity, we have to fight a clean and thorough annihilation war!"
On October 3, 1940, six regiments of Han Deloitte's troops began to attack Huangqiao, and planned to take Huangqiao within 7 days. The decisive battle is imminent, and both the enemy and us are sharpening their knives and vowing to give each other a head-on blow.
In the past, under the condition that there were sufficient troops to fight more and fight less, Su Yudu chose to fight a war of annihilation and fight the weak enemy first. But this time, because he had to win more with less, he chose to fight the strongest first- by the brigade commander
Onda
Led
Independent Sixth Brigade
The Sixth Independent Brigade is the main force of Han Deloitte, with strong combat effectiveness, with a total of more than 3,000 people up and down the brigade, well-armed and well-equipped, and capable troops
Su Yu's choice of the Independent Sixth Brigade as the first target of attack also had his own considerations: if he could successfully annihilate the Independent Sixth Brigade, he would not only be able to play
The effect of surprising victory has severely damaged the combat morale of Han Deloitte's troops, and can once again stabilize the "two Li and one Chen"
, so that it continues to keep its distance from Han Deloitte and remain neutral.
Second, the Independent Sixth Brigade was the right wing of the Middle Route Army when Han Deloitte's troops attacked the Yellow Bridge, and if they could annihilate the Independent Sixth Brigade, they could
Han Deloitte's troops opened a gap in the middle of the road
At that time, it will be convenient for the New Fourth Army to detour and encircle the flanks. It can be said that
The annihilation of the Independent Sixth Brigade played an almost decisive role in the entire Battle of Huangqiao.
Although Li Shouwei's first general offensive ended in failure, they still insisted that if they could seize the time to launch another general offensive, it was very certain to take the Yellow Bridge with The strength of Li Shouwei and Weng Da's two troops, and under the advice of his two subordinates, Han Deloitte finally agreed to launch a second round of general offensive, but the reality would soon make him regret his decision.
Onda's Independent Sixth Brigade began to set off from Takahashi and went all the way to the direction of the North Gate of the Yellow Bridge, and after receiving information on the actions of Onda's troops, Su Yu immediately ascended to the commanding heights of the North Gate to observe and analyze, at this time he was keenly aware,
From Takahashi to Huangqiao, a total of 15 miles, while onda's Independent Sixth Brigade was a column of 3,000 men, and if the distance between the two men was one meter, the 3,000-man force was about eight or nine miles long.
When the Onda Independent Brigade continued to approach the north gate of the Yellow Bridge, it was not known that such a column of about eight or nine miles long had entered the ambush area of the New Fourth Army, and as long as Onda traveled independently to only 5 miles away from the Yellow Bridge, the New Fourth Army could cut it off.
After watching his troops being attacked and annihilated by the New Fourth Army, Onda realized that it was too late, but still tried to open a retreat for the troops.
Li Shouwei's counterattack
At 10:00 p.m. on October 4, the news of the ambush of the 6th Independent Brigade of Onda reached Li Shouwei, but at this time he did not decide to go to the support immediately, but chose to dispatch troops overnight, planning to launch an offensive on the east gate of Huangqiao on October 5, and concentrated the artillery fire of all the troops under his command, preparing to carry out an artillery attack on Huangqiao from different distances and different directions.
Under The artillery attack of Li Shouwei, the situation at Huangqiao once became very critical, and in view of this situation, Su Yu immediately became nervous, and his tension was mainly due to his lack of troops, and there were no reserve troops, and if he wanted to carry out a counterattack, it was empty talk. But at this critical moment, reinforcements from the Jiangnan army came. The reinforcements came in time to solve the urgent need.
But at this time, the reinforcements were actually 20 miles away from the Yellow Bridge, and the strength of the troops was only one battalion, but Su Yu was once again in a hurry, and he ran to the east gate of the Yellow Bridge and shouted a "lie":
"Several regiments from Jiangnan came to reinforce us."
Don't look at it as a lie, but it is precisely this lie that has boosted the morale of our army and allowed the East Gate to turn the crisis into safety.
Onda Independent Sixth Brigade was annihilated, at this time Li Shouwei's 89th Army was also in a state of isolation and helplessness, surrounded by the New Fourth Army, the initiative of the battlefield had been firmly controlled by Su Yu, he ordered a general attack on the 89th Army, after a full night of fierce fighting, the main force of the 89th Army was completely annihilated, and the commander of the 89th Army, Li Shouwei, eventually fell into the water and drowned in the river, and Han Deqin could only lead the remnants of more than a thousand people to flee back to Xinghua.
brief summary
So far
In the Battle of Huangqiao, the New Fourth Army, led by Chen Yi and Su Yu, eventually annihilated the army led by Han Deqin with a strength of 7,000 troops
More than 11,000 people
This effectively dealt a blow to the troops of the Nationalist Army and initially accomplished the strategic objectives of the New Fourth Army in developing the base areas behind enemy lines in northern Jiangsu. Chen Yi could not hide the joy in his heart, and could not help but give a poem:
"Ten years of conquest a few times back, and see the same people (chái) and return to the horse. Who belongs to the Han Dynasty of the Jianghuai River? The red flag is flying in october.".
But why can the Battle of Huangqiao still win more with less when the enemy is strong and we are weak?
Will see, will calculate, will fight
It is still the key to the victory of our army, especially general Su Yu
Not afraid of danger, calm and calm, exquisite calculation, good at observing the deficiencies and shortcomings of the enemy army, surprise moves, use strange soldiers, always at the moment of a thousand guns, surprising victory
, showing his extraordinary features as a general who always wins, and playing his famous name as the "God of War".