In recent years, for some unknown reason, the evaluation of Hu Lian has been getting higher and higher, which seems to mean raising his historical position by a notch.
The author's evaluation of Hu Lian is: he has a lot of luck, outstanding defensive ability, and average field ability. Why do you say that?
First of all, it makes sense to say that he was out of luck. Hu Lian was able to traverse the central plains and eastern China in the middle and early stages of the liberation war , and he was able to get out of the whole body every time, which was inseparable from his luck. Every time the People's Liberation Army surrounds a point to help him and is about to clean him up, he feels that he has a third eye. Seeing Hua Yebu's pocket in front of him, he can't help the friendly army, even if Huangpu like Dai Zhiqi is related to him. Don't even care. But every time he was in trouble, the friendly troops rescued him very quickly, such as Nanma battle , although the entire 11th division faced the same situation as Zhang Lingfu : three columns of Huaye attacked, and one and a half columns fought to help. Hu Lian did not repeat the mistakes of the entire 74th Division. On the one hand, Huang Baitao did his best to save his crimes. On the other hand, relying on the terrain, Hu Lian built a tight bunker fortification in a short period of time. The most important point is that God Also save! Heavy rain fell continuously for seven days, which also seriously delayed the PLA's attack. In the end, Su Yu gave up eating him and let him run away.
Let's double stack and kill the 12th Corps. Under the joint general offensive launched by Nakano and Huaye, the 12th Corps collapsed in a blink of an eye, and the annihilation was imminent. As a result, Huang Wei's tank fell into the ditch halfway, and people were captured. In addition, the deputy commander of the corps, Wu Shaozhou, 18th Army Commander Yang Botao, and the 10th Army Commander Qin Daoshan, the 11th division commander Wang Yuanzhi and others were all taken prisoners. Only Hu Lian drove a tank on the road to the south and slammed into it. He ran into the PLA camp without caring. He drove until the fuel ran out, and finally escaped the encirclement by luck. In the first battle of Shuangduiji, 120,000 horses of the 12th Corps were destroyed, and Hu Lian "only escaped".
once or twice is enough. Later, in the battle of Kinmen , the Kinmen Defense Command was in a bad position and was taken over by the People's Liberation Army. As a result, he happened to be not at the command at the time, but the American adviser was killed!
Luck is not clear, there are also many excellent generals in the People's Liberation Army, Duan Dechang , Wang Erzhuo, Ye Ting they are not dead, they might also be marshals; people are fine. Overall, Hu Lian's luck is overwhelming!
But the author admits that Hu Lian's defense is outstanding, and his tactical literacy is quite good, so it's not a waste of Huangpu's training. Hu Lian led the troops to attach great importance to fortifications. Even if they were not sure where they would go, they would build fortifications first. And there are quite a few tricks, Zimu Fort, Plum Fort, barbed wire, Luzhai ... The basic skills are quite solid. In the battle of Shipai defense, the dangerous terrain was used to combine the offense and defense. Under the bombardment of the Japanese aircraft heavy artillery, the 11th Division used the terrain and the devil's bayonet to confront the bayonet to offset the enemy's artillery advantage. Within a few hours, there was no With the sound of guns and guns, only the sound of bayonets stabbed at each other, in a large-scale hand-to-hand battle, they annihilated thousands of Japanese invaders and smashed the Japanese army's strategic attempt to occupy Shipai and threaten Chongqing. After this battle, Hu Lian became famous. Raise the world.
However, it is precisely because of the emphasis on defense and the drag of American equipment, Hu Lian's performance in the field is mediocre. He rarely actively captures fighters, and never predicts favorable fighters. And actively attack, hold and destroy the opponent, the style of prudence and stability, coupled with heavy equipment, can not be as mobile as our army, so basically no achievements in field attack,Without a good record, it is difficult to compare the abilities of PLA generals such as Liu Bocheng and Su Yu.
For example, Liu Bocheng was in Dabie Mountain, and got the information " Bai Chongxi has arrived in the area of Queshan and Zhumadian in Xinyang!" Liu Bocheng suddenly woke up, and he judged keenly: "The Kuomintang must have a major conspiracy in this area!" Therefore, Liu Bocheng decisively An emergency order was issued: "The entire army shall stop going south and withdraw quickly!" This action saved the entire Nakano.
Another example is Su Yu's seven battles and seven victories , also relying on super perception ability, the direction of each attack is unexpected by the enemy generals, eating Li Xianzhou, unplugging Zhang Lingfu, the most amazing time It was after getting information that Du Yuming went to the two Huaihe Rivers, he still thought that Du Yuming would not go to Jianghuai, and finally surrounded and ate Du Yuming.
To sum up, Hu Lian's luck is hard to say, but he can't say that he is so good. There are discounts for many battles. For example, is the Shipai battle considered a big battle? Another example is the Battle of Kinmen. He felt that he picked it up. At that time, the defense of Kinmen was mainly done by Tang Enbo . Later, the actual commander was Li Liangrong, and he was very late when he went.
"Hu Lian of the Eighteenth Army is as cunning as a fox and brave as a tiger. It is advisable to avoid him in order to maintain his strength and stand by to win." People today always refer to this comment on Hu Lian. Where is the comment from Chairman Mao? In fact, it is not 100% sure that Chairman Mao said it orally. However, when General Xu Shiyou called General Su Yu and scolded "Hu Lian, this old fox...", it was true. All of the above need to be looked at more fairly.
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