Wang Yaowu is good at leading troops, has command skills, and is very good at position warfare, night warfare, counter-encirclement, and annihilation warfare. He was one of the most capable tiger generals in the Kuomintang's eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the 74th Army, which he commanded and founded, was also an elite unit of the Kuomintang, daring to fight bloody battles without fear of sacrifice. When people say, "I'd rather touch the King of Yama than touch the old king".
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wang Yaowu made outstanding military achievements. He was flesh and blood, dared to fight desperately, and demanded that his subordinate commanders succeed in becoming ren and let him take out a gun and commit suicide to die for the country, and he would certainly not hesitate.
However, such a flesh-and-blood tiger general, when the soldiers were defeated in the Battle of Jinan, fled in disguise, and ordered his subordinate commanders not to commit suicide.
From September 16 to 24, 1948, Su Yu commanded HuaYe to conquer Jinan, the largest city in Shandong, for eight days.
The Battle of Jinan was very important, and after the victory of the battle, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China pointed out in a congratulatory message: "No Kuomintang city can defend against the attack of the People's Liberation Army." ”
Even the Americans who supported Chiang Kai-shek realized this, saying: "From now on, the Communist Party will go wherever it wants, and it will attack Hecheng, and there will be no more resistance." ”
The battle of Jinan is puzzling
In the face of such an important battle, many inexplicable things happened before and after the Battle of Jinan, and we will talk about 4 points:
1. Wang Yaowu, faced with the tremendous pressure of the generals Su Yu and Hua Ye, repeatedly asked Chiang Kai-shek to increase his troops, so why didn't Chiang Kai-shek send reinforcements?
2. Huaye commander Su Yuming had 320,000 troops, but only sent 140,000 to attack Jinan? It should be known that the Jinan defender is the Kuomintang tiger general Wang Yaowu.
3. Why did Du Yuming not send troops to save him?
4. Why did Wang Yaowu ask his subordinate commanders not to die and not to commit suicide?
Why didn't Chiang Kai-shek send reinforcements?
Wang Yaowu, a man with great national righteousness in mind and unwilling to get involved in the civil war, once said that he hid in a hospital on a false illness and offered his resignation to Chiang Kai-shek, which made the suspicious Chiang Kai-shek have an idea for him.
Because Wang Yaowu is a native of Shandong, coupled with a bold personality, he is righteous and will not play tricks. Chiang Kai-shek took his character and was a native of Shandong, and half requested and half ordered Wang Yaowu to garrison Jinan, but Wang Yaowu could not resign and accepted the appointment.
Considering the importance of Shandong, Wang Yaowu proposed to Chiang Kai-shek that the two main forces of the 74th Army and the 100th Army be transferred to Shandong. These two armies are not just the main force of the Kuomintang ace, Wang Yaowu has also served as the commander of these two armies, and the 74th Army can also be called the Kuomintang's Royal Forest Army.
This made the suspicious Chiang Kai-shek resolutely refuse, believing that Wang Yaowu was a warlord and wanted to pull the mountain.
Therefore, when Su Yu's army pressed the border, Wang Yaowu repeatedly asked Chiang Kai-shek for troops, and Chiang Kai-shek did not attach importance to Jinan and was suspicious of Wang Yaowu, that is, he did not send troops.
Wang Yaowu sat trapped in the city, plus many local security regiments, the total strength of the total strength of only 110,000 troops, in the face of Su Yu's 320,000 troops pressure, Wang Yaowu also saw the end of Jinan.
Why is there only 140,000 people in Suyu?
The temperament of General Su Yu's command is that he swallows the momentum of the mountains and rivers and commands cautiously.
Su Yu once proposed to the central authorities three plans for attacking Jinan:
1. Siege the city to provide reinforcements, focusing on the siege. Siege of Jinan Campaign, lure Xuzhou New Fifth Army to reinforce Jinan, in the movement to eliminate the New Fifth Army, Jinan to lay down or not in the second.
2. Siege and reinforcement, focusing on siege. Jinan was attacked with the main force, and a small number of other troops obstructed the Kuomintang rescue forces.
3. Siege and reinforcement are carried out simultaneously. Attacked the Jinan airfield with two columns, cut off Wang Yaowu's air aid channel, and then used 11 columns to fight with all their strength, and after the victory of the attack, the troops returned to attack Jinan.
In all three cases, the worst outcome may occur, su yu also put forward opinions to the central government, and finally Su Yu used the third plan. However, the development of events was unexpected.
Why didn't Du Yuming help Nan?
In fact, Chiang Kai-shek also saw the crisis in Jinan, and he did not want to put all his eggs in one basket without sending reinforcements. He assured Wang Yaowu that as long as he could hold Jinan for 10 to 20 days, Xuzhou's heavy army group would quickly move north and break Huaye under the city of Jinan.
Chiang Kai-shek asked Du Yuming to quickly support Wang Yaowu from south to north with Xuzhou's troops. Su Yu also knew that the enemy army would go north, so he left his heavy troops to wait for Du Yuming, with the Shandong Corps as the main force, and Xu Shiyou commanded 140,000 people to attack the city of Jinan.
Su Yu personally commanded 180,000 people in the area of Yanzhou and Zou County, completely exposing the strategic attempt, planning to make a hard-fought battle with Du Yuming.
However, after Du Yuming's troops came into contact with Su Yu in Cao County, Chengwu, and Zou County, there was no fierce battle, and the Nationalist army did not take another step forward.
Du Yuming was afraid, Su Yu's battle made him unable to understand, at this time Su Yu actually dared to touch hard, must have the certainty of victory, Meng Lianggu campaign, two battles Laiwu, tragic pain ahead.
Du Yuming weighed it up, if Jinan held, the battle merit was not his; if he and Su Yu fought and Jinan was lost, he would lose his troops again, which would be a big deal. Moreover, if su yu is tightly bitten, after Jinan is beaten down, Huaye's 320,000 main forces will all be killed, and he will not be the fat meat on Su Yu's mouth.
Several corps of the Nationalist rescue force were very suspicious of their superiors' intentions, and after seeing that the commander-in-chief Du Yuming did not issue an order at all costs, they just fooled around a few times.
Jinan was beaten down in only 8 days, and when Du Yuming heard that the city of Jinan was broken, he was afraid of being surrounded and annihilated by Su Yu, and quickly withdrew his troops.
Why didn't Wang Yaowu let the commander commit suicide?
Wang Yaowu had no intention of fighting a civil war, but his military prowess was commendable. With the spirit of a general, he maintained the normal and orderly operation of the command post, and the various units stubbornly resisted Hua Ye.
At the critical moment of the Battle of Jinan, with the uprising of General Wu Huayi, Wang Yaowu's last hope was ruined.
He ordered his commanders not to commit suicide because it was a civil war, different from the anti-Japanese war. With a battalion successfully broke through, disguised as civilians, all the way to the east. But because a piece of toilet paper was betrayed, he was captured by the local armed forces of our army.