in Guanzhong area Hu Zongnan is also recruiting new recruits everywhere and actively preparing for the battle.
This time, he placed the focus of the war in Huanglong Mountain District.
The Battle of the Huanglong Mountain District was created and developed by the Second and Sixth Columns, and became a strategic location for the main force of Xiye to move south. Xiye’s main force gathered in Huanglong Mountain District, like a tiger lying on his home, directly threatening Hu Zongnan’s Guanzhong base camp.
1. Hu Zongnan's layout
948, summer. Hu Zongnan was in a very good mood.
On the summer of this year, Hu Zongnan combed his hair into an adult appearance and happily wrote a letter to Qingyang Ma Jiyuan:
"Since ancient times, heroes have been young, my brother is enough to be it."
For Hu Zongnan, every battle since the attack on northern Shaanxi has been too frustrated. The Battle of Xifu was a battle he was proud.
He and Ma Family Army teamed up and almost blocked the four columns of Xiye in Longdong.
He felt the pleasure of winning a battle for the first time and was ready to fight another battle.
Everything is ready, Hu Zongnan is waiting for another wonderful ending.
For this reason, from May to July, Hu Zongnan mobilized the national army in Guanzhong region on a large scale. The inside line was centered on the three places of Sanyuan , Pucheng , and Dali , and stationed troops to resolutely ensure the safety of Guanzhong northeast direction.
external line is deployed as follows:
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all 203 division : serve as the left wing, responsible for bian county to zhaoling h The garrison of the line of tml10, and a bridgehead position was set up on the north bank of Jinghe ;
temporary 12 Brigade serves as the garrison of Chunhua, Longweishan and Kouzhen. In addition to a part of the mobile control of Chunhua, the main force defends the line of trinity of trinity, the Longweishankoutou Town;
Complete 3rd Division The 2nd Brigade and the 17th Brigade of the 38th Division, , serve as the garrison of the same officer ( Tongchuan );
The garrison of the 36th Division, , and Huanglong Mountain District, and use a brigade to defend the key points of Hutishan;
90th Division serves as the garrison in Heyang , Wangcun Town, and Ganjing Town;
38th Division serves as the garrison in Heyang, fang Town , Heichi , Bailiang Town .
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76th Division serves as the garrison of Pucheng and Baishui areas;
65th Division serves as the garrison of Jingyang areas;
77th Division serves as the garrison of Jingyang areas;
71st Division serves as the garrison of Xi'an and Xianyang areas;
717th Division serves as the Fengxiang and Baoji areas, as a mobile force.
2. Secret in the telegram
As shown in the picture above, Hu Zongnan's troops were easily understood. The purpose was to defend Guanzhong and establish a line of defense in the west and north directions.
However, Hu Zongnan frequently mobilized troops for more than two months. Every day, a large amount of troops were transferred by frontline scout or underground party members and sent to Chairman Mao's office and the Nishino Headquarters. It is essentially an extremely difficult thing for Nishino and Chairman Mao to sort out Hu Zongnan's true intentions from these complicated information on military mobilization.
This is an extremely difficult brain-burning game.
On July 19 and 20, Peng Dehuai and Chairman Mao frequently had telegrams, focusing on analyzing Hu Zongnan's true intentions.
/19.
Peng Dehuai called Chairman Mao:
" Hu (Zongnan) bandits gathered twelve and a half brigades in the northern invaders, trying to support the danger of rescuing Taiyuan.(At that time, our army besieged Taiyuan, and Yan Xishan urgently asked for help from Hu Zongnan)
I plan to concentrate the first, second and third columns near Shibao Town (i.e., Huanglong ), and first eliminate the 17th Division (24,000 people), and then attack the 30th Division (more than 16,000 people) or the 38th Division (more than 25,000 people).
Sixth Column is concentrated west of Hancheng, and uses the fortifications built by our second and third columns to fight against the 38th Division and maintain the Yumen Grain Road.
The main force of the Fourth Column intends to enter Qinguan Town and its southeastern region, and the small part will attract the enemy to advance towards Huanglong and Luochuan. "
It is worth noting that this telegram is just a guess of Peng Dehuai.
Chairman Mao sent a telegram the next day to analyze Hu Zongnan's possible motivation.
" Regarding the Hu (Zongnan) army operation, we obtained two types of information:
One is that Hu Yingjiang (Jieshi) asked to go out of the Central Plains with two to three divisions, and has concentrated Tongguan . Therefore, yesterday's call requires you to cooperate with Liu (Bocheng), Chen (Yi) and Deng (Xiaoping);
Another way is to attack Huanglong District in separate ways.
We didn't really believe that if Hu Zongnan did this, he would definitely not be willing to send troops to Central Plains to take the risk of invasion in the north. No matter what move he takes, it will be beneficial to you and you can win the battle.
You are first prepared to fight the enemy that may be attacked by the North.
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Because no matter the enemy advances eastward and northward, you must fight soon. "
That night, 21:00.
Peng Dehuai called Chairman Mao again:
" (I) Hu bandit Recently, the enemy's 36th Division and the 1st Division entered Luochuan along the highway, the 30th Division advanced from Baishui northward, the 17th Division entered Shibao, and the 38th Division entered Hancheng.
According to the above deployment, the Hu bandits seemed to have control over the troops in their own hands by all means. They did not want to enter southern Shanxi, nor did they want to transfer the main force to the Central Plains. They used clever methods to deal with the requests of Yan (Xishan) bandits, and perfunctorily sent Jiang bandits to Henan (when it was difficult to perfunctorily, they used miscellaneous parts to enter Henan and block the responsibility), and it was possible to use camera advancement to me.
(II) I cannot help but be prepared to act at any time and not miss a favorable fighter. If the enemy fails to advance, I will not relax every hour of training in preparation for the battle. As the enemy advances, I immediately concentrate on fighting.
In short, the Hu bandits entered Jin and Henan in my favor so that I could attack the Hu bandits. If the Hu bandits attacked Huanglong District, I would seek the most advantage of mobile warfare. If I gather heavy troops in , Weibei (there are currently 17 brigades) and there is no good battle to fight, I will hurry up and carry out training and wait for an opportunity to take action. "
Three telegrams from you and I went back and forth. Peng Dehuai was the first to overestimate Hu Zong's determination to advance north and south. Chairman Mao still didn't believe in such a thing as "twelve and a half brigades in the north". He was more willing to believe that Hu Zongnan's real purpose of large-scale mobilization of troops was to defend and defend.
html In mid-July, Hu Zongnan's troops began to act. It seems that there is a plan to take the initiative to attack north. Peng Dehuai keenly captured this information, formulated a combat plan, and telegraphed Chairman Mao.
Peng Dehuai sent a telegram to Chairman Mao and told the detailed combat plan.
"1. Two regiments of the third column were used to pinch the enemy and reorganize the 38th Division, and one regiment of the second column controlled the enemy and reorganized the 17th Division (the actual troops participating in the battle were the 12th Brigade of the 17th Division, which was assigned to the 90th Division of the enemy at that time), both south of the Hancheng and Xuefeng Town lines, and have formed deep field fortifications, fighting step by step, ensuring the transportation, fatigue, weakening, and grasping the enemy.
2. The 6th Cavalry Division of the Fourth Column (about 1,000 people) attracted the enemy's reorganization of the 1st Division to the north and south, and placed a regiment (about 500 people) along the east bank of the river to block the enemy's possible east aid.
3. The field army concentrated its main force and gathered in the southeast of Shibao Town (i.e. Huanglong) and southwest of , and there was a regiment of troops blocking positions along the way. When the enemy unfolded in front of our blocking positions, our main force planned to attack from the side of the enemy's wings.In this telegram
, we can roughly analyze the key areas of this battle. The combat areas mentioned by General Peng’s first and second points are Heshui core area (only three regiments are configured to lure the enemy northward) and Yijun core area (only the 6th division of the fourth column cavalry is configured, which is actually a regiment-level organization, and it is a small regiment with only 1,000 troops). The real core area of the combat plan of
is the Shibao area in the Huanglong Mountain District of . There are 50,000 ambushers hidden in the southeast and southwest , waiting for Hu Zongnan's attack. Hu Zongnan did not expect such a delicate battlefield control details.
In the next battle, you will find how clever and visionary Mr. Peng’s layout is.
It is no exaggeration to say that every step Hu Zongnan has been accurately predicted by President Peng.
3. The National Army dispatched
html In late July, Hu Zongnan convened senior military generals to formulate a combat plan, and took the lead in launching an attack with the left and right main attack corps, attempting to occupy the northern highlands of Guanzhong and compress the main force of the west wilderness's southward space.
- Left Wing Corps (36th Division, Division Commander Zhong Song ): Attack from Baishui, clear the Huanglongshan area, circling eastward
- Right Wing Corps (38th Division, Division Commander Zhang Yaoming ; 90th Division is attached with the 12th Brigade of the 17th Division, Division Commander Chen Zigan): Attack from Heyang to Hancheng, and then circling westward.
- flank lure enemy corps (the entire 1st division, division commander Yuan Shutian ): Attack from Tongchuan, pretending to attack Yijun, forcing the main force of Xiye to reinforce westward, and the other two-wing corps took the opportunity to seize Heyang and Huanglong Mountain Area.
htmlOn July 30, under the leadership of the division commander Zhong Song, the enemy left wing corps launched an attack the day before the right wing corps and successfully advanced to Fengyuan. After the reconnaissance of the reconnaissance of the investigation troops learned that some of the People's Liberation Army were found in the Shibao area, Zhong Song ordered the cessation of advancement and garrison on the spot.
In order to attract Zhong Song to advance north, Peng Dehuai led the main force of Nishino to move to the area around Kagawa Temple and Zhichuan Town on August 3.
The two divisions of the enemy right wing corps in the east are progressing slowly. The 90th Division and the 38th Division set out from Heyang. Our army resisted slightly in Ganjing Town and Bailiang Town areas and retreated to the mountainous area north of the Hanhe Highway.
A regiment of the second column is hidden in Sanjia Village waiting for the enemy to complete the 38th Division (the 177th Brigade and the 55th Brigade under its jurisdiction).
After the battle started in Sanjia Village, the enemy's entire 38th Division first sent a regiment and mountain artillery battalion to attack. When it was found that it was extremely difficult to advance, the 177th Brigade was allowed to rush up and fight. At the same time, the Meiyuan Yakutou Battalion, the Division's Field Artillery Battalion, and the Meizhou Heavy Mortar Company were equipped.
After two days of fighting, the houses in Sanjia Village were almost completely smashed into pieces, and even the nearby soil turned into black soil, but we still failed to take down our position. It simply allowed the 55th Brigade to jointly attack, but it still failed to win.
Instead, he heard that the entire 90th Division in the west had almost the same opportunity as them. After breaking through Ganjing Town, he was defeated by the People's Liberation Army on the top of the mountain.
Both divisions believe that there is at least one division's force in the area north of Heshui.
Hu Zongnan believes that the two divisions cannot open the northern defense line of Heshui. There are two armies here. It is very likely that the People's Liberation Army is still gathering and is preparing to surround the entire 90th Division and the entire 38th Division in the triangular areas of Ganjing Town, Heyang and Bailiang Town.
In fact, Hu Zongnan guessed correctly. The enemy's right-wing corps faced the main force of Xiye who was transferred from the Shibao area.
Xiye's sudden move has completely disrupted Hu Zongnan's judgment on the battlefield situation. He firmly believed that Xiye's main force was in Heyang area.
The front battlefield of the East Wing Corps was stagnant, and Hu Zongnan ordered the left wing Corps Zhong Song to move the main force east of Fengyuan Town so that problems with the right wing Corps would be caused to rescue in time.
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After an attack on Sanjia Village for a week, the People's Liberation Army here actually took the initiative to retreat.
Right wing 90th Division stationed in Ganjing Town, while the 38th Division advanced to Hancheng along the bank of the Yellow River, occupying an empty city.
The reason why the East Wing Corps can really advance is that the main force of Xiye ran to the west again at this time, preparing to surround Zhong Song.
After Zhong Song's entire 36th division of the enemy's left-wing corps arrived in Fengyuan Town, he was careful not to easily advance the front north. After Hu Zongnan sued him that the main force in the Xiye area was in the mountainous area north of Heyang, he immediately stationed on the spot in Fengyuan Town according to Hu Zongnan's order, ready to set off for assistance to the Heyang area at any time.
- (1) The 28th, 123rd, and 165th brigades under the jurisdiction of our division (reorganized by the 36th Division), occupied positions near Fengyuan Town, built fortifications, and prevented the People's Liberation Army from advancing south.
- (2) The 28th Brigade occupied the position, built key fortifications, served as a garrison, and sent alert troops to the Jiepai Mountain Line.
- (III) The 165th Brigade occupied the position in Liujiaao, east of the gou, to protect the security on the right side of the 28th Brigade. Its main force gathered in the southeastern area of Fengyuan Town (in the northeast corner of the division headquarters) and stood by.
- (IV) Each direct troops of the division headquarters and the 123rd Brigade gathered about 3-4 miles southeast of Fengyuan Town for the reserve team to strengthen vigilance for nearby areas.
htmlOn August 6, Peng Dehuai issued an emergency combat order, the entire army could not wait any longer, and immediately headed south from the Shibao area, surrounding Zhong Song.
. The first and second columns attacked the northeast of Fengyuan Town. The enemy's main support points of Hutishan and Weijiaqiao;
. Each unit must arrive at the designated departure location on the night of August 7 and complete all offensive preparations.
- . The total attack time is set to dawn on August 8.
4. Zhong Song’s Nightmare
th, dawn.
The main force of Xiye suddenly went south from Jiepaishan in three directions and attacked the Hutishan position , which was stationed at the enemy's 28th Brigade. When Li Gui, the commander of the 28th Brigade 9, reported the battle situation to Zhong Song, Zhong Song disagreed and guessed that it should be the harassing troops of the People's Liberation Army, and ordered the position to be defended to the death and not to retreat at will.
After a day of fighting between the enemy and us in Huti Mountain, Zhong Song finally believed that what he was facing was indeed the main force of Nishino.
th, dawn.
As the second column of Xiye that mainly attacks Hutishan, it constantly attacks the Hutishan highlands garrisoned by the enemy.
The second vertical carried out two waves of charges in order to seize the important high ground of Huti Mountain. After the first wave of the Second Column, the enemy counterattacked wildly. Wang Zhen saw that some of the formations had already shown signs of retreating. As the commander, he actually rushed out of the command center and personally rushed to the front line of Hutishan, and rushed to the Hutishan with the frontline soldiers.
Frontline soldiers saw the commander rushing up, stabilized their formation, and attacked again, breaking down the enemy's counterattack in one fell swoop, and successfully occupied Huti Mountain at around 6 o'clock.
Zhong Song learned of the loss of Hutishan, and immediately ordered the entire regiment to retreat to Fengyuan Town.
The first, second and fourth columns of Xiye are chasing each other, and the third and sixth columns intercept the south from near Liujiagou.
In Fengyuan Town, Zhong Song, the commander of the 36th Division, held an emergency military meeting, and the entire army retreated to Wangcun Town again to wait for assistance.
- then ordered the reorganization of the 28th Brigade to retreat to the line from Tazhong Village to the unforgettable well, which was the position of advance.
- Reorganization The 165th Brigade was quickly withdrawn to Wangcun Town to build intermediate positions and fortifications using the village.
- Reorganized the 12th and 3rd Brigade serves as the retreat cover for the division.
- Division command post and each direct team are located in Yangjiayuan 4 miles south of Wangcun Town.
At the critical moment, Zhong Song's order directly angered Li Gui.
His 28th Brigade's third regiment was originally the front-line troops defending Hutishan. After two days of fighting, he suffered heavy losses. Now he is still allowed to serve as the frontline defense. For this reason, he had a big fight with Zhong Song, and turned off the radio station at the time, refusing to contact Zhong Song's division headquarters.
-9, 9 o'clock.
successfully retreated to Li Gui, the brigade commander of the 28th Brigade in the northern suburbs of Chengcheng. Hearing gunshots in Wangcun Town, he spoke with Zhong Song urgently:
"How is the battle? I couldn't see the road clearly last night, and I only knew that I had arrived in Chengcheng at dawn."
Zhong Song cursed Li Gui on the phone and ordered him to go north to reinforce Wangcun Town again.
Li Gui just replied:
"There is no troops now, so I can't reinforce."
, the 123rd Brigade of the , which was the retreating division headquarters, was attacked by the West Ye, without counterattacking, he did not want to cover the rear wing of the division headquarters, and then retreated south.
Sun Tieying, commander of the 10th 165th Brigade of the 165th Brigade of the , telegramming Zhong Song that Wangcun Town had already entered war, and a part of the People's Liberation Army raided south from the east and west sides of Wangcun Town, and was expected to arrive at , where the division headquarters was located soon.
When Zhong Song heard the news, he did not discuss with the Chief of Staff and the Deputy Division Commander, he secretly fled under the protection of the guards.
In Yangjiayuan, Zhu Xia, the deputy commander of the 36th Division, shouted "Run, kill", and was then hit by stray bullet and killed. The remnants of the 36th Division, who escaped by luck, fled to Dali.
Two divisions of the right wing corps were immediately ordered to retreat south.
In this battle, Zhong Song's entire 36th Division was hit hard again (the last time was in Shajiadian), losing more than 6,000 people.
/24.
Hu Zongnan held a military review meeting at Dali Middle School . accused Zhong Song of not paying attention to the instructions of Xi'an Sui Administration, ignoring the importance of Hutishan's defense, and not trying to restore the position, he ordered the retreat south, which caused the 28th Brigade to flee and then fled every battle, causing great damage and destroying the overall plan.
Zhong Song stood up instantly:
"The main reason for the failure of the Hutishan Battle was because the base camp misjudgment of the situation. When the 38th Division was shouting in Heyang that the main force of the People's Liberation Army was in their face, we had discovered many PLAs in person, and the base camp insisted on judging the main force of the People's Liberation Army in front of the 90th Division and 38th Division. The 36th Division was only a few restraining troops in front of the 36th Division, so we repeatedly ordered the main force of the 36th Division to gather together Feng Yuanyidong and prepared to support the 90th Division and the 38th Division in battle.
In fact, the People's Liberation Army attacked the east and west, and used a few troops to attract the 90th and 38th divisions to the Heyang area, while the large corps secretly transported them to the 36th division.
So when the battle in Hutishan began, it was attacked by the People's Liberation Army several times that of me. At this time, the main force was intercepted into several segments. Except for breaking through separately, only the entire army was destroyed. But the base camp pushed the responsibility for failure to the front-line commander, how convincing it..."
Hu Zongnan repeatedly asked Zhong Song to shut up, but Zhong Song ignored it, regardless of the accusation of Hu Zongnan's command mistakes.
Hu Zongnan cursed angrily:
"You Zhong Song can do it, I, Hu Zongnan, are not good, but I don't want you to do it..."
Then he ran to the conference room to rest, spread his hands and push down the tea table, and vent his anger.
That day, everyone asked Mu Zhongyue, the chief of staff of the 38th Division, to take the blame, and let him show that it was because he exaggerated the intelligence on the battlefield of Heyang, which finally calmed down Hu Zongnan's anger.
The final meeting decided: Zhong Song was dismissed and remained at the office, and Li Gui, the commander of the 28th Brigade, was dismissed and detained.
Hu Zongnan was defeated again.
