After the Huaihai Campaign, Huang Baitao's corps was surrounded by Huaye in the Nianzhuang area. In order to relieve Huang Baitao, Liu Zhi sent Qiu Qingquan's corps and Li Mi's corps, but they were blocked by Song Shilun in Xudong and couldn't rush at all. Chiang Kai-shek, in desperation, threw Huang Wei's corps into the battlefield. At this time, Huaye had to encircle and annihilate Huang Baitao in Nianzhuang, block Qiu Qingquan and Li Mi in Xudong, and deal with Du Yuming in Xuzhou, and his troops were already stretched.
In this case, the task of blocking Huang Wei's corps could only be handed over to Nakano. Although Huang Wei graduated from the first phase of Huangpu, he was transferred from the front line because of the conflict with Guan Linzheng during the Anti-Japanese War, and has been engaged in logistics and education since then, and has been away from the front line for nearly ten years at this time. Due to the long-term lack of battle, he led his troops to the Huaihai battlefield and was surrounded by Nakano in the Shuangduiji area.
At that time, Nakano's strength was 120,000 people, and Huang Wei's corps also had nearly 120,000 people. You must know that more than a year ago, there were still 300,000 troops in Nakano, why did there only have 120,000 troops when Huang Wei was attacked? Where were the remaining 180,000 horses "lost"?
At the end of August 1945, Yan Xishan led his troops to attack Shangdang and other places controlled by the Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan Liberated Areas, and successively occupied many towns in the liberated areas. In order to counterattack the invading enemy, Chief Liu Deng ordered the formation of three field columns in Taihang, Taiyue and southern Hebei, with a total strength of more than 28,000 people in 20 regiments. In addition, there were more than 3,000 local troops, plus more than 50,000 militia forces, a total of more than 80,000 people launched a counterattack against the invading Yan army.
At that time, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression had just been won, and the foundation of the Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan Liberated Areas was still very weak, and there were only 6 mountain artillery pieces in the entire military region. Of the three field columns formed, each column had only a dozen mortars, each regiment had less than four heavy machine guns, and there were few rifle bullets. Although the firepower was seriously inferior to the opponent, relying on exquisite tactical play, our army still won the victory in the Shangdang Campaign, destroying more than 35,000 Yan troops, including more than 31,000 prisoners.
After the war, the loot captured was piled up, including 20 mountain guns, more than 1,300 light machine guns, more than 30 heavy machine guns, nearly 10,000 rifles, and millions of bullets. These captured military supplies greatly enhanced Nakano's firepower, and the combat effectiveness of the troops was thus further enhanced, and tens of thousands of prisoners were replenished. After that, the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Field Army took advantage of the victory and destroyed more than 20,000 enemy troops in the Pinghan Campaign, and won the Gao Shuxun uprising.
In the Pinghan Campaign, although the number of enemies destroyed by the Shanxi-Hebei-Lu-Henan Field Army was not as large as that of the Shangdang Campaign, the captured trophies were more than the Shangdang Campaign. After two great victories in succession and the availability of inexhaustible weapons, this provided extremely favorable conditions for the expansion of the troops. In the winter of 1945, the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army already had six main columns, with a total strength of nearly 130,000 troops, and at the same time, the local troops and militia also reached 180,000, with a total strength of 310,000.
Soon after, the Liberation War broke out in an all-round way, and the Shanxi-Hebei-Lu-Henan Field Army, under the command of Liu Deng, won victories in battles such as the Battle of Dingtao and the Battle of Juye, destroying more than 60,000 enemy troops and liberating more than 30 towns. After a year of fighting, the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army has greatly developed itself while destroying a large number of enemies, and the field force has expanded to 11 columns, with a total strength of more than 300,000 troops!
At the beginning of August 1947, in order to complete the strategic task of passing through the Central Plains, Chief Liu Deng led 120,000 people from four columns of the Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan Field Army to leap thousands of miles into the Dabie Mountain, breaking through the enemy's encirclement along the way and successfully entering the Dabie Mountain area. Nakano's thousand-mile leap into the Dabie Mountains posed a direct threat to Nanjing and Wuhan. Chiang Kai-shek, who was unable to sit still, sent Bai Chongxi to lead hundreds of thousands of troops to Dabie Mountain and besiege our army.
Due to the huge disparity between the forces of the enemy and us, and the absence of rear operations, the logistical supply of the troops and the resettlement of the wounded and sick have become major problems. Under the influence of these unfavorable factors, Nakano finally failed to gain a firm foothold in Dabie Mountain, and was forced to withdraw after holding out for half a year, losing more than half of his troops and almost losing all his heavy weapons. By the time the Huaihai Battle broke out, there were only 120,000 left in the middle field, which was once as high as 300,000 people, so where were the remaining 180,000 horses "lost"?
In the more than half a year of the battle in Dabie Mountain, Nakano lost nearly 60,000 horses. Xu Xiangqian led three columns of 60,000 people to fight in Shanxi, which was later placed under the command of the North China Military Region, and more than 60,000 people were transferred to the local area to be responsible for opening up the local military region. Strictly speaking, these 120,000 people cannot be counted as a loss. When Huang Wei was defeated in the Huaihai Campaign, in addition to the 60,000 people transferred from Dabie Mountain, the field troops directly commanded by Liu Deng also included more than 60,000 people from Chen Xie's corps, totaling more than 120,000 people.
At that time, Huang Wei's corps also had nearly 120,000 horses, and Nakano did not have an advantage in terms of troops, and his weapons and equipment were seriously inferior to those of his opponents. Although Liao Yunzhou's uprising disrupted Huang Wei's plan to break out, Nakano was still unable to eat the enemies in the encirclement. At this time, Huaye had already eliminated Huang Baitao's corps, so he dispatched three columns to support Zhongye, which encircled and annihilated Huang Wei's corps. After the victory of the Battle of Shuangduiji, Nakano quickly regained his strength by capturing and replenishing captured soldiers on the battlefield, and played a crucial role in the following battles of crossing the river and the Great Southwest Campaign.