On October 15, 1948, Du Yuming was preparing to go to the headquarters to execute him
Counterattack on Shandong
plan.
Du Yuming's so-called counter-offensive plan against Shandong was as follows: the main force of the Central China Suppression Campaign (Huang Wei's 12th Corps) was to contain Liu Bocheng's Zhongyuan Field Army.
Du Yuming's counter-offensive plan against Shandong
At this time, Hua Ye's troops in Shandong were relatively scattered, and Du Yuming could command Xuzhou to suppress the general
Qiu Qingquan, Li Mi, Huang Baitao, Sun Yuanliang
Four mobile corps surrounded Huaye with a surprise attack method, and then forced Huaye's main force to fight a decisive battle head-on, recapturing Tai'an and Jinan in one fell swoop, bringing the situation back to before 1948.
However, on October 15,
Du Yuming
Suddenly, I received it
Chiang Kai-shek
A call from Nanjing.
Chiang Kai-shek said anxiously to Du Yuming:
"Suspend the implementation of the plan to counterattack Shandong, and immediately wait for me at the airport in Xuzhou."
Chiang Kai-shek's special plane landed on the airport in Xuzhou, and Du Yuming had been waiting for a long time, and Chiang Kai-shek directly said to Du Yuming:
"Come with me to the northeast right away."
Du Yuming, who had not eased up for a while, was thus pulled to the northeast by Chiang Kai-shek, and Du Yuming knew that something big must have happened in the northeast.
It turned out that on the same day, the Northeast Field Army commanded by Lin Zong
Conquer Jinzhou
，
The gate of the northeast Nationalist army withdrawing from land to Guannei was completely cut off, and the situation of the northeast nationalist army took a sharp turn for the worse.
Chiang Kai-shek this time pulled Du Yuming to clean up the mess in the northeast, and in late October Chiang Kai-shek personally sat in Beiping and commanded the Nationalist army in the northeast to make a final dying struggle in the Liaoshen Campaign.
The outcome of the Liaoshen Campaign could not be reversed by Chiang Kai-shek, and on November 2, the northeastern town of Shenyang was liberated by Dongye, the defenders were completely annihilated, and the Liaoshen Campaign ended.
However, Du Yuming's task was not yet completed, and he was left by Chiang Kai-shek to clean up the northeast
Mess
, responsible for directing the retreat of the remnants of the Nationalist army at Huludao.
Chiang Kai-shek and Du Yuming
Chiang Kai-shek sent Du Yuming to Xuzhou to command the operation
On November 3, Du Yuming in Huludao received Xu Langxuan, deputy director of the Kuomintang Third Operations Department, who had flown from Nanjing.
Xu Langxuan's trip was for Du Yuming
Xuzhou, Bengbu
The region's initial plans for a major armageddon. There was also a handwritten letter from Chiang Kai-shek, which asked Du Yuming to go to Xuzhou to command the great decisive battle, and handed over the 800,000 troops in his hand to Du Yuming's command.
Du Yuming is here
Before coming to the Northeast
Just plan to work with
Su Yu
Conductor.1
East China Field Army
So Du Yuming basically agreed to the plan of a decisive battle with Huaye in the Xu Beng area, and happily agreed to Chiang Kai-shek and agreed to take command of the great war.
However, it was this reckless decision that would make Du Yuming regret it in the next few days.
The so-called Battle of Xu Beng plan
When Du Yuming got the final detailed plan for the Battle of Xu Beng, he was stunned, and the general deployment of the plan was as follows: from Xuzhou to Bengbu for more than 200 kilometers, hundreds of thousands of troops were placed along both sides of the railway, Xuzhou only released one or two armies, and the defense-in-depth fortifications on the outskirts of Xuzhou were directly abandoned.
Du Yuming described this plan as a rat's head and snake's tail, and he was beaten everywhere. Never seen such a surprising solution.
In a later reminiscence, Du Yuming said: This plan cannot find precedent in the history of warfare in ancient and modern China and abroad, and it is impossible to imagine that it was actually a plan formulated and agreed upon by he Yingqin, Gu Zhu, and other military leaders, as well as senior staff officers such as Guo Rugui and Xu Langxuan.
Although this plan was too different from the great armageddon that Du Yuming had envisioned, it was better to have a plan than no plan at all, and it could only be hardened, because no one could change what Chiang Kai-shek had identified.
However, compared to the poor plan, what makes Du Yuming more uncomfortable is still behind.
On November 6, Su Yu launched the Battle of Huaihai ahead of schedule, targeting Huang Baitao's corps along the canal.
At this time, Du Yuming was still in the northeast, so the commander-in-chief of the Xuzhou front was still in charge of Liu Zhi, who had limited military ability and was embarrassingly useful, so as soon as the battle began, Liu Zhi basically did nothing, and the Kuomintang army on the entire Xuzhou battlefield was a mess.
On November 8, Du Yuming finally withdrew all the defenders of Huludao.
The next day I went to Beiping to see you
Fu Zuoyi
Fu Zuoyi said to him: "Yesterday, He Jifeng and Zhang Kexia of the Feng Public Security Department defected. ”
Du Yuming was stunned at once, and Feng's public security department was deployed in the northeast direction of Xuzhou, guarding the northern gate of Xuzhou, which was an important defense line to block HuaYe's southward movement.
Du Yuming hurriedly asked:
What is the situation in Xuzhou?
Fu Zuoyi replied: "At present, large troops are massing in Xuzhou, and the specific situation is still unclear. ”
Du Yuming was surprised after listening to it, the large troops were in Xuzhou? Didn't the plan for the Battle of Xu Beng say that the army was assembled on the railway line from Xuzhou to Bengbu, and how did it come to this day, all of which are still in Xuzhou? Did the program fail?
Du Yuming regretted it too much, saying that going to Xuzhou was like going to the execution ground
At this time, Du Yuming's heart began
Back out
Before he took office, a mess was in front of him, and he first received a strange battle plan in a hurry.
Then came the "rebellion" of Zhang Kexia and He Jifeng, which led to the siege of Huang Baitao's corps and heavy losses. Now it is also known that the army has not yet completed the scheduled deployment according to the plan.
Liu Zhi
Co-authored this week in Xuzhou
It was nothing, just waiting for Du Yuming to take over the plate. Therefore, this so-called Battle of Xu Beng plan has ended before it has begun.
Du Yuming later recalled:
At that time, after listening to these news, a trace of fear surged into my heart, and I felt that Xuzhou was like one
"Execution Ground"
, either killed or captured alive.
But Du Yuming did not want to go and had to go, because he had previously promised Chiang Kai-shek to go to Xuzhou to command, and at this time it was impossible to repent, and moreover, he was afraid of war, and he had to be laughed at by others.
Arriving in Nanjing in a hurry on the evening of November 9, there was no time to rest, and Du Yuming anxiously went to see him
Gu Zhutong
After inquiring about Huang Baitao's situation, Gu Zhutong told him that the main force of Huang Baitao's corps had reached Nianzhuangwei, and the losses across the canal were very large, and now it was a little more stable.
Du Yuming revealed the biggest doubt in his heart again? He said to Gu Zhutong: "Why is it that up to now, the main force of our army is still near Xuzhou, instead of assembling along the Bengbu line as planned?" ”
Gu Zhutong replied a little angrily:
"You are talking lightly, hundreds of thousands of troops are assembled, where is enough time..."
Du Yuming also had nothing to say at this time, and the slow pace of assembly of the Nationalist army was commonplace in peacetime, but this battle was a major battle of life and death, and I did not expect that the troops on the front line were still like this.
After coming out of Gu Zhutong's house, Du Yuming was
Regret
Ah, why did he promise Chiang Kai-shek to go in the first place?
Xuzhou commanded the operation
yes.
At this time, Xuzhou was in chaos, the troops were a mess from top to bottom, he really couldn't understand, why huang Baitao's corps was surrounded in Nianzhuang?
Catch the ducks on the shelves, and Du Yuming will have to go if he doesn't go
The next day, Du Yuming attended a high-level military conference convened by Chiang Kai-shek, mainly discussing how to relieve the siege of Huang Baitao's corps.
At the meeting, Chiang Kai-shek did not criticize anyone because of The Siege of Huang Baitao, and Du Yuming at this time probably knew why? The person who changed his decision and caused Huang Baitao to be surrounded was Chiang Kai-shek himself.
Originally, chiang kai-shek, in order to smoothly withdraw to Xuzhou for the 44th Army in Haizhou, let Huang Baitao's corps wait in place for two days to receive the 44th Army.
Now, in order to rescue Huang Baitao's corps, Li Mi and Qiu Qingquan's corps in the direction of Xuzhou must move closer to Huang Baitao. This is why the main force of the Nationalist army is still on the Longhai Line.
Du Yuming, who had figured out the ins and outs, was even more
uneasy
Obviously, even if Chiang Kai-shek himself blindly commanded, he plunged the main force of the Nationalist army in Xuzhou into a quagmire.
After the meeting, Chiang Kai-shek said to Du Yuming
"Guangting, when you get to Xuzhou, you must relieve the siege of Huang Baitao, I have already prepared the plane for you, you will go tonight." ”
Du Yuming was unwilling even if he had a hundred in his heart, but Chiang Kai-shek
Catch the ducks on the shelves
He had to go now, and that night, Du Yuming flew to the chaotic Xuzhou headquarters.
Seeing the chaotic headquarters and the helpless Liu Zhi, Du Yuming's inner intuition became stronger and stronger, Xuzhou was a "torture ground"
As Du Yuming expected, he was later captured alive by our army at the Battle of Huaihai.