Looking at the several great generals of the Kuomintang, Hu Lian is definitely one of the best.
Speaking calmly and calmly, Hu Lian's performance on the battlefield is indeed much higher than that of his colleagues, taking Zhang Lingfu as an example, Hu Lian has Zhang Lingfu's toughness but not Zhang Lingfu's madness, and then take Huang Baitao, Hu Lian is no less loyal than Huang Baitao, but in terms of strategy, he is absolutely better than Huang Baitao.
Zhang Lingfu
Leaving aside the rest for the time being, as far as the reorganized 11th Division led by Hu Lian was the last of the five main forces of the Nationalist army to be annihilated, it is definitely not a figment to say that Hu Lian is difficult to deal with.
Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping deeply understood this.
As for how Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping fought against Hu Lian.
Don't worry, today's Brief History Archive will talk to you about the story of the duel between Hu Lian and Liu Deng.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" > find out the Style of Hu Lian</h1>
Speaking of Liu Deng, that is completely different from Su Yu's combat style, Su Yu is accustomed to fighting less and more, and is good at annihilating the enemy in sports, while Liu Deng is good at mobilizing the enemy and is good at entangled with strong enemies.
Liu Bocheng
For the characteristics of Hu Lian, Liu Bocheng knew very clearly, not long ago, Hu Lian escaped twice at the hands of Su Yu, although it was a fluke to survive, it was not difficult to see Hu Lian's cunning.
Liu Bocheng understood that Hu Lian could fight and run, it was easy to catch, and it was not easy to eat when caught, so Liu Bocheng did not intend to concentrate his forces to encircle and suppress, but planned to fully mobilize Hu Lian, just like a hunter catching a fox, since he could not catch it, then set up a circle for the fox to run back and forth, and then catch it when he was tired.
In March 1948, Luoyang was breached by Huaye, and Chiang Kai-shek sent a large number of men and horses to rescue Luoyang, and Hu Lian's reorganized 11th Division was also in this support unit.
After Liu Bocheng learned of this, he prepared to set up an ambush in Nanyang, where Hu Lian had to pass, and waited for Hu Lian to fall into the net, but Hu Lian was cunning and did not come to the destination according to Liu Bocheng's wishes.
Hu Lian
In fact, Hu Lian was completely unaware of Liu Bocheng's ambush, but Hu Lian had always been cunning, so he predicted that there might be an ambush, so he only sent a small number of troops to advance at a high speed to find out the truth.
Liu Bocheng actually saw this small part of the troops, but Liu Bocheng understood that this was just a fox tail stretched out by Hu Lian, and if he wanted to completely catch Hu Lian's fox, he still had to wait patiently.
But who knew that Liu Bocheng waited for two days and still did not wait for Hu Lian, and later learned that after Hu Lian sent a small number of troops, he did not move the nest at all, Liu Bocheng's ambush troops waited for 2 days in vain, Liu Bocheng judged, it is estimated that he missed the wind, so he gave up this ambush.
In June 1948, Huaye attacked Kaifeng, and Hu Lian was ordered to go north to reinforce Kaifeng, and the Nationalists at that time had abolished the formation of the reorganized division, so the reorganized 11th division was restored to the previous 18th Army.
Knowing that Hu Lian had come to reinforcements, Hua Ye sent Song Shilun to lead the ten columns to take on the task of blocking Hu Lian, and Liu Bo admitted to see this and determined that this was the best time to surround and annihilate Hu Lian.
So Liu Bocheng ordered The first and third columns of Nakano to encircle the siege from hu lian's two wings respectively, hu lian sensed that something was wrong, and hurriedly ordered a retreat to Shangcai County in Zhumadian.
Twice down, Liu Bocheng said with emotion:
"This Hu Lian is really fierce like a tiger and as cunning as a fox."
Although he did not succeed in encircling and suppressing Hu Lian, after several times, Liu Bocheng thoroughly understood Hu Lian's combat style, which also laid a certain foundation for victory in the future decisive battle.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="56" > Hu Lian was dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek's arrangement</h1>
Logically speaking, Hu Lian escaped from Su Yu and Liu Bocheng many times, which can also be regarded as a fierce role in the national army, but when he was promoted to the commander of the corps, there was no hu Lian's figure.
Before the Battle of Huaihai began, several major commanders of the Kuomintang at that time, such as Huang Baitao, Li Mi, Qiu Qingquan and others, were promoted to corps commanders.
However, Hu Lian did not, and Hu Lian and the 18th Army and several other armies were combined to form the Twelve Corps, which was under the full command of Bai Chongxi.
Of course, Hu Lian was very unhappy when he heard it, originally he was also full of confidence to be promoted to the commander of the corps, but this was good, halfway to kill a Bai Chongxi, standing on his head to fight for power, and no one was happy!
Chiang Kai-shek naturally knew hu lian's grievances and suffocations, but Bai Chongxi was really available, and sitting in Wuhan was indispensable to his help.
Helplessly, in order to neutralize the dispute between Bai Chongxi and Hu Lian, Chiang Kai-shek could only pull out Huang Wei as a gunman, so Huang Wei became the commander of the Twelve Corps, and Hu Lian only became a deputy commander.
Of course, Hu Lian was dissatisfied, for so many years he had been handy in the 18th Army,But now he had made a wedding dress for others, and his personal emotions were temporarily ignored, and he temporarily changed his supervisor, which was also very unfavorable to the operation of the troops.
Moreover, although Huang Wei is old, Huang Wei is only good at military education and management, but he is inexperienced in front-line combat command, and it is not easy to say whether he can lead the 18th Army to kill the enemy bravely.
With many dissatisfactions, Hu Lian reported to Chiang Kai-shek that he hoped to adjust it, but Chiang Kai-shek did not act, and Hu Lian left the Twelve Corps under the pretext of being seriously ill.
Sure enough, everything was just as Hu Lian thought, Huang Baitao's Seventh Corps was trapped on the Xuzhou battlefield, and Huang Wei and the Twelve Corps drove into the rescue, but they were still like a cup of water.
A good army, used by Huang Wei to pieces!
Huang Wei
To see the facts, Huang Wei led the Twelve Corps to prepare to march into the Xuzhou battlefield to reinforce Huang Baitao, in fact, if according to the strength of the Twelve Corps, Hua Ye could not resist at all, if used well, maybe Huang Baitao could really break out of Xuzhou.
However, Huang Wei was dead-eyed, with such a powerful force, he was stunned to use it as a third-rate regiment that did not enter the stream, did not know how to be flexible along the way, opened the road every mountain, built a bridge in every water, and along the way, in addition to being hindered by environmental dangers, he was also intercepted and besieged by the People's Liberation Army along the road.
Don't know the detours, don't know how to be flexible, rampage, find a dead end.
Finally, Huang Wei led the 12th Corps and was still surrounded by Liu Bocheng's 7 columns in a double pile.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="57" > Hu Lian desperately escaped</h1>
Everything was said by Hu Lian, and Chiang Kai-shek now knew hu Lian's usefulness and hurriedly called Hu Lian back to rescue Huang Wei in shuangduiji.
Hu Lian came to the Shuangduiji to hold a meeting with some pride, at which Hu Lian talked about the current situation, claiming that at this moment the Twelve Corps had been surrounded by communist troops, but it was not all hopeless, and it was still possible to break through from within.
Hu Lian's arrival gave the Twelve Corps some confidence.
And Liu Bocheng also understood that although the twelve corps were surrounded, the rope was thin and the prey was large, and it was possible for the prey to break the rope at any time to escape.
This is not Liu Bocheng is not confident, at that time Nakano had just experienced advancing into the Dabie Mountains, basically heavy weapons were thrown in the Yellow Pan Area, 7 columns looked strong, in fact, there were no decent weapons, and there was only a little advantage in terms of troop strength, if it was hard to break through, there was indeed a possibility of the prey breaking the rope to escape.
However, since they were surrounded, even if they had the reason to succumb without fighting, even if their strength was not good, they would never concede defeat, and Deng Xiaoping also spoke at the mobilization meeting:
"Nakano is not afraid to fight out, and it is a big deal to die together."
After the battle began, Nakano fought hard with the spirit of sacrifice to fight huang wei's twelfth corps, and Hu Lian and others immediately built a defensive counterattack on the zimu bunker.
Although Nakano narrowed the encirclement step by step, hurting a lot of fundamentals in the Zimu bunker, the Twelve Corps was also more and more tightly encircled, the territory was getting smaller and smaller, and there were fewer and fewer people, just to see who could not resist first.
Su Yu Chen Yi
When the Central Military Commission learned of this, it immediately supported Liu Deng's army and sent Chen Su to trip Du Yuming, so that Liu Deng's pressure was greatly reduced.
On the other hand, Hu Lian also hurried back to Nanjing to ask Chiang Kai-shek for support, but Chiang Kai-shek has always been the most urinary, and the more difficult it is, the more he talks about fake big air, he will only expect the remnants of his subordinates to play a miracle.
In December 1948, Chiang Kai-shek's miracle did not come, and Nakano and Huaye began a general offensive against the Twelve Corps.
On December 15, Huang Wei and Hu Lian were already at the end of the crossbow, expecting the magical effect of breaking through separately.
Subsequently, Huang Wei and Hu Lian broke through from two directions in tanks, Huang Wei was unlucky, the tank overturned halfway, and was captured by the People's Liberation Army, and Hu Lian did not get any better, although he escaped by chance, but he was hit by a stray bullet in the back, afraid that he was not lightly injured.
Hu Lian always said bluntly that he had escaped from the hands of the communist army many times, and he was very lucky, but the fear in his heart was probably only something he could understand!
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