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In 1948, in the Huaihai Campaign, our army inflicted heavy losses on nearly one million troops of the national army in only two months.
At this time, Du Yuming, the commander of the national army, couldn't figure out how his elite division could be so completely defeated.
Many years later, he pondered it carefully, only to realize that he had lost so badly because he was defeated by Chiang Kai-shek's henchman, the hidden undercover agent!
Du Yuming can be described as a veteran-level figure in the Kuomintang, as early as the National Revolutionary Army's Eastern Crusade, he had already emerged on the battlefield.
In 1939, Du Yuming led his troops to the front line of the Battle of Guinan, and fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army in Kunlun Pass, inflicting heavy losses on the Fifth Division, which was known as the "Iron Division" in the Japanese army at that time.
It can be seen that Du Yuming's military talent is definitely a top existence.
However, he was such a man of the hour, who had hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands in the Huaihai Campaign, but in two months, he was completely defeated by our army and became a prisoner.
At that time, our army and the national army launched a fierce battle in the Huaihai area, and under the leadership of Su Yu and other commanders, our army was like a bamboo, and successively conquered the positions of the national army, causing them to retreat repeatedly.
Soon, the successive setbacks on the battlefield made Chiang Kai-shek feel like he was on pins and needles.
At that time, in order to reverse the situation, the Ministry of National Defense of the Nationalist Government formulated the "Battle of Xu Beng" plan, intending to concentrate forces and break the offensive of the People's Liberation Army.
However, when Du Yuming rushed to Nanjing and prepared to undertake the task, he found that Chiang Kai-shek did not implement the plan of "Battle of Xu Beng", but advocated defending the Yangtze River.
It was precisely because of this decision of Chiang Kai-shek that the Nationalist army was attacked again, and a large number of troops were besieged by our army.
At that time, Huang Wei's corps was already under siege, and Chiang Kai-shek ordered Du Yuming to lead his troops to relieve the siege.
Du Yuming knew very well that Chiang Kai-shek's operation would inevitably annihilate the entire Nationalist army, but he did not dare to openly oppose Chiang Kai-shek, so he had no choice but to do so.
And the final result was as Du Yuming expected, our army held them back. Under the rapid offensive, the national army was completely defeated, and Du Yuming himself was captured by our army in Xiao County, Anhui.
After that, Du Yuming spent many years in prison, during which he received preferential treatment from our army and cured him of many years of stubborn illness.
For this reason, he was very grateful to our army for its generosity, and gradually became a patriot who loyally supported the Communist Party.
But even if he was completely relieved of the defeat and capture, there was one thing that always pressed on his heart, why did his elite division lose so badly?
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) seemed to know the movements of the national army units in advance, and made various arrangements in advance.
For this reason, Du Yuming never stopped thinking, and in the end, he targeted one person, who was regarded by Chiang Kai-shek as a confidant, Guo Rugui.
During the Huaihai Campaign, Du Yuming did not suspect Guo Rugui.
At that time, he noticed that Guo Rugui was a person, one was not greedy for money, the other was not lustful, and his daily style of acting was very similar to that of a Communist Party member. For this reason, when he reported the military situation, he deliberately avoided Guo Rugui.
Once, Du Yuming caught a person suspected of passing information to Guo Rugui, but he tried his best to get any valuable clues from that person.
There is no substantive evidence, and Du Yuming does not dare to say anything.
He once found Chiang Kai-shek in private and bluntly said that Guo Rugui was not normal, but after Chiang Kai-shek heard it, he was furious.
Chiang Kai-shek kept scolding Du Yuming, asking him if it was normal for the national army to go around for money, food, drink and merry.
After Du Yuming heard it, he didn't dare to say anything more. Du Yuming's investigation of undercover agents was ultimately unresolved.
At that time, although Chiang Kai-shek did not admit it, he also privately sent his son Chiang Ching-kuo to investigate Guo Rugui.
After investigation, Guo Rugui is indeed honest and honest, but other than that, there is no substantial evidence that he is an undercover agent sent by the Communist Party.
It was after this incident that Guo Rugui became more and more influential in the Nationalist Government, and Chiang Kai-shek believed in him and regarded him as his confidant, and would consult him with him about anything.
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek did not know that he had left a time bomb for himself.
In 1980, Du Yuming's health was getting worse and worse, and he knew that his time was running out, so he sent someone to find Guo Rugui and meet him.
Old friends met, and after Du Yuming exchanged a few words, he asked Guo Rugui straight to the point whether he was defeated because he helped the People's Liberation Army.
Guo Rugui did not answer this clearly, he was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "At the beginning, we just had different positions......
Hearing this, the stone in Du Yuming's heart completely fell, because he had already got the answer he wanted.
It turned out that Guo Rugui was really an undercover agent sent to the Kuomintang by our army.
In 1928, after graduating from the Whampoa Military Academy, Guo Rugui joined the Communist camp.
At that time, under the arrangement of Dong Biwu, the representative of the Chinese Communist Party, he secretly lurked in the Nationalist Government, waiting for an opportunity to collect intelligence for our army.
With his outstanding military talents, Guo Rugui quickly gained the respect of Chiang Kai-shek and served as a high-ranking official in the Nationalist government.
During the Huaihai Campaign, after Chiang Kai-shek's descendant Huang Wei's corps was surrounded by our army, it was Guo Rugui who passed on Chiang Kai-shek's strategic deployment plan to our army.
In order to ensure the final victory of our army in the battle, Guo Rugui took advantage of Chiang Kai-shek's trust in him and tricked Chiang Kai-shek many times to make him change his strategic arrangement and gradually fall into the trap set by our army.
In the end, Chiang Kai-shek's elite divisions were all wiped out by our army, and a large number of high-ranking generals were captured by our army.
It was precisely because Guo Rugui sent the intelligence to our army in time that the PLA was able to complete a hearty victory within two months.
After the three major battles, the corrupt rule of the Kuomintang in Chinese mainland completely collapsed, and Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan.
He would never have thought that in fact, by his side, there has always been an undercover agent sent by our army, who is still regarded by him as his confidant and cultivated.
Presumably, if he knew, he would be so angry that he would slap himself twice.
After that, Guo Rugui also returned to the Party Central Committee, and under the arrangement of the Central Committee, he went to the southwest for construction and continued to make suggestions for the development of the country, and his previous identity and experience are also known to few people.
It is precisely because there are many revolutionary aspirants like Guo Rugui who have made silent contributions that the mainland has been able to achieve such great development and progress, let us pay tribute to them!
Resources:
A memorable person -- Mr. Guo Rugui in the Huaihai Campaign
Guo Rugui: Filthy and honest and honest people's hearts