Chairman Mao also repeatedly reminded Liu Bocheng and Su Yu to be more cautious about Hu Lian during the War of Liberation. Even General Su Yu also recalled that this old opponent was a "strong general and talented person."

Among the Kuomintang generals, Hu Lian is also a good player on the battlefield. He made great contributions in the battle to defend the stone tablet and achieved "the East's Stalingrad ". He was rated as "like a cunning like a fox and a cruel tiger".

Chairman Mao also repeatedly reminded Liu Bocheng and Su Yu to be more cautious about Hu Lian during the War of Liberation. Even General Su Yu also called this old opponent a "strong general and talented person" in his memory.

But even such a person was often defeated when facing our army's war god Su Yu, so that if he wanted to return to the mainland in his later years, he could only look at each other from the other side and send his hope of returning home to future generations.

Subei defeated

In June 1946, after Chiang Kai-shek tore up the armistice agreement, the War of Liberation broke out in full swing.

At the beginning of the war, our army was on a comprehensive defensive due to equipment and other issues, and the Kuomintang reactionaries attacked our East China liberated area with heavy troops.

Relying on the advantage of equipment, the Kuomintang army occupied our Suzhong, Huainan and other places at the cost of losing 100,000 people in November.

If you want to change the situation at this time, it is imperative to fight a good battle.

East China is closely linked to National Defense District because of its geographical location. At that time, it was the core of the national battlefield, and the key to the East China battlefield was in Subei.

In order to achieve the strategic goal, Chiang Kai-shek shouted the big talk of "end the war in northern Jiangsu within two months", and mobilized 25 and a half brigades to attack the remaining areas of East China in four directions.

Among them is Hu Lian all the way.

At that time, he led the reorganized 11th Division and the reorganized 69th Division to station troops together.

The immediate boss is Wu Qiwei, deputy director of the Jinsui Office of Xuzhou.

There have always been many parties within the Kuomintang. The proud and complacent Wu Qiwei thought that our army was weak and could be bullied. In order to seize the first merits and achieve opportunities for future promotion, he ordered Hu Lian and others to lead troops to attack.

The battle between Subei is about to break out.

Wu Qiwei's complacency is also due to his complacency. Both divisions under his command are elite troops of the national army. Hu Lian's reorganized 11th Division is equipped with American equipment, with 440 cannons alone, and there are 2,370 very rare submachine guns . Dai Zhiqi's 69th Division is not too much, and all its staff are equipped with excellent American and Japanese equipment.

The best-equipped column of our army at that time had only 46 cannons and 46 pitiaries and 92 submachine guns. In addition to the equipment advantages,

also has the main forces of the national army such as Zhang Lingfu , eyeing them on the outside.

The difference in strength between the enemy and us on paper is huge.

In order to fight this tough battle, our army mobilized a total of 110,000 main forces in Huaye and Shanye as preparations, and was jointly commanded by Chen Yi and Su Yu.

faces severe forms, General Su Yu once again demonstrates his amazing battlefield judgment ability.

At the military meeting, General Su Yu made an in-depth analysis of the situation between the enemy and us, and then made a strategic judgment: Although the Kuomintang had four armies, the front line was more than 300 kilometers, which was inconvenient to support. Our army was to concentrate its forces to encircle and annihilate Hu Lian and others who were advancing.

Then, the Subei War kicked off on December 13 of that year.

Dai Zhiqi, who was determined to attack, led his troops to break into the hinterland. He thought our army was afraid of his strength, but he never expected that his actions had been calculated by General Su Yu.

"Dai Zhiqi, the new commander of the 69th Division of the reorganized 69th Division, is a member of the Central Committee of the Third Youth League and a dead and hard-working member of the anti-communist community. The division was hit by our annihilation (his two brigades were annihilated). This time, I will be rewarded for credit and rewards. The momentum of adventure may be greater than that of the reorganized 11th Division."

, and Dai Zhiqi also advanced lightly as General Su Yu expected, and was partially separated from Hu Lian.

After tasting the sweetness set by our army for two days, Dai Zhiqi's 69th Division suffered a catastrophe.

On the evening of the 15th, Dai Zhiqi's troops arrived in the area of ​​Zhangshan Town. The terrain here is narrow and long, with a large lake next to it. The roads are flooded due to the continuous rain. Heavy equipment such as cars, tanks, and became decorations, with more than 20,000 people scattered for dozens of kilometers.

Dai Zhiqi's subordinate Cai Zhiren once made a statement to make him more alert, but Dai Zhiqi, who had been pride and was distracted by the pride, said that Su Yu had to fly to come over.

However, through the information provided by our army's spies, our army has already allocated troops to make ambush based on the terrain.

With a cannon, Dai Zhiqi was wrapped in dumplings.

Under the leadership of General Su Yu, Shandong Field Army columns launched a surprise attack from northeast to south.

was suddenly hit, and the equipment they rely on was useless under the influence of terrain and weather. Dai Zhiqi, who was frightened, immediately called Hu Lian.

However, Hu Lian, a cunning figure, never fought a disadvantaged battle. When he heard friendly troops asking for help, he not only did not lead his troops to reinforce, but instead began to retreat, but he made Dai Zhiqi persist, so as to delay our soldiers.

Dai Zhiqi is also an old man from the National Army. Naturally, he knows the quality of friendly forces, so he contacted Commander-in-Chief Wu Qiwei and begged him to order Hu Lian to reinforce.

Although he received the order from his superiors, Hu Lian still refused to lose his troops and just sent two brigades to form a form, but the large army was far away from the battlefield.

Hu Lian's approach is also in General Su Yu's plan.

"The reorganized 69th Division was reorganized by three brigades of different units, with many internal conflicts and weak combat effectiveness; the reorganized 11th Division was just transferred from another area, and was not familiar with the terrain of northern Jiangsu and would not come quickly to support."

The following three days, our army launched more than 70 battles against Dai Zhiqi in Caojiaji, Fengshan and Xiaodianzi, and launched a general attack on the 69th Division headquarters on the night of the 18th.

At around 2 a.m. on the 19th, with the cooperation of various troops, the reorganized 69th Division and three and a half brigades were completely wiped out. Dai Zhiqi, who was still self-righteous, committed suicide by drinking a few days ago.

At this time, Hu Lian was forced by his superiors to do so, and was one kilometer away.

Seeing our army victorious, Hu Lian naturally did not dare to try his edge. Fortunately, at this time, Xue Yue and ordered the retreat, and Hu Lian escaped back to Suqian by chance.

At this point, the Subei War has ended in full swing.

Subei Battle This battle was the first major annihilation war since the Liberation War, annihilated more than 21,000 living forces of the national army and seized countless supplies, guns and cannons.

In the end, Chairman Mao also generated electricity many times to express his excitement, "I wish Sushu's great victory in the front line, and I hope to send rewards to all the soldiers who have made contributions." "Annihilation of more than 20,000 enemies is beneficial to the overall situation, which is very comforting."

General Su Yu also said that this battle was "one of the most tense battles that have been commanded" and "the first turning point in the East China War Zone."

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, a ruin park was built on the ruins of this battle. Guo Shizhou, deputy director of the management office, said, "This battle can be called a people's war!"

According to incomplete statistics, there were more than 430,000 migrant workers in this battle, and 42,000 vehicles such as four-hub vehicles, unicycle promoted by the people alone.

In the local village, many vivid and touching supporting stories are still widely circulated: Cai Peilan and his wife send ammunition, the lone hero Li Yongsheng bravely captured the deserter, and Xu Cuilian's last quilt was also sent to the front line, etc.

And our army's great victory in military and civilian cooperation has become Hu Lian's lifelong shadow.

Many shadows

Then Hu Lian also encountered General Su Yu many times. Although he was as cunning as a fox, he still fell into General Su Yu's hands.

In the Battle of Nanma, more than 9,000 people were wiped out. Under the siege of many people, Hu Lian also held a ceremony to sacrifice to the sky for chance, but happened to encounter heavy rain and escape by chance.

Afterwards, he was not ashamed, but boasted: "My 11th Division is not Zhang Lingfu's 74th Division. If you want to eat me, you must have a strong mouth and steel teeth!"

But there are always times when the grudges are settled.

Time came to 1948, and the strategic form had long been reversed. The Kuomintang army retreated step by step under the heroic charge of our soldiers, and could only change from comprehensive defense to key defense.

In August 1948, in order to deal with the changing situation, the Kuomintang Ministry of Defense appointed Bai Chongxi as the commander-in-chief of the "Bandit Suppression" in Central China, and used Hu Lian's 18th Army as the backbone, and added the 10th Army, the 14th Army and other troops into the 12th Corps.

However, in terms of personnel arrangements, Chiang Kai-shek asked Hu Lian, who had taken out the main force, to stand aside in order to balance the faction, and let Huang Wei serve as the commander of the 12th Corps.

The situation is very bad but he still plays with power tricks, which naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the old fox Hu Lian, so he directly left the army on the excuse, waiting to see Huang Wei's joke.

11, Huang Wei, the person who was pushed to the table, did not resist our army's offensive.

Under Chiang Kai-shek's random command, Huang Wei's army led his troops forward and fell into the pocket formation that our army had already set up.

As soon as he led his troops across Wuhe , he was trapped in the Shuangduiji area in our army.

In order to save the situation, Chiang Kai-shek had to do something alive and call Hu Lian to let him come out.

Hu Lian is also a crazy person. When facing Chiang Kai-shek's inquiry, he patted his chest and made a guarantee, saying that he could ride alone and did not need to bring one soldier or another.

On December 1, Hu Lian confidently set out from Nanjing and landed on a small plane at the temporary airport in Shuangduiji. The national military positions were full of cheers.

A week later, Hu Lian took a plane back to Nanjing for help, but failed.

Another week, Hu Lian and Huang Wei held a military meeting at 5 pm and decided that each army and division would break through separately, and the 12th Corps immediately scattered.

It makes sense that Hu Lian is called cunning like a fox. In many defeats in his life, many of his accomplices died and injured, but Hu Lian just stood firm and always had a chance to escape.

both escaped in a tank. Huang Wei was trapped in a pit and captured shortly after he drove out. Hu Lian was mistakenly thought by our soldiers to seize the tank and let it go. He was not allowed to get off the car and walk until the fuel was exhausted.

But this incident, Hu Lian did not have enough luck as usual.

Hu Lian, who escaped on foot, was soon discovered by our army. Although he escaped by luck again, he was shot on his back.

was sent to Shanghai after returning to Nanjing, and finally saved his life by relying on the medical conditions he had piled up.

The bullet fragments removed from his back are 32, and some of them are only one piece of tissue paper that will pass through his heart and lungs.

After this disaster, Su Yu and Shuangdui became Hu Lian's psychological shadow.

However, what he didn't expect was that even if he escaped to Taiwan, as long as he dared to have another unfaithful intention, what awaited him would only add another shadow of punishment.

Before and after his death

On July 16, 1953, Chiang Kai-shek was unwilling to fail, so he assembled tens of thousands of troops to hand it over to Hu Lian, asking him to attack Dongshan Island in southern Fujian.

Hu Lian's wound at this time has healed for several years.

At 3:30 that day, taking advantage of the night, the Kuomintang army sent 18 transport planes carrying 500 people to try to attack.

Under the cover of fighter , the Kuomintang airborne arrived over the Houlin and Zhangjia areas in the north of Dongshan Island at 4:47 and began to jump.

At that time, our army's defense was at a weak moment, and the sailor company was planning to move, with only 7 soldiers and a few militias on the island.

After the first batch of airborne troops of the National Army were exposed, our soldiers had to use the advantages of terrain to block the attack while sending out an alarm.

Relying on the return of the aid forces, our army disrupted the enemy's airborne plan and forced the national army to raise the transport plane from 200 meters to 1,000 meters.

The result was that the other parachuted airborne soldiers were scattered within a 2.5-kilometer-long range, and many people even fell to death or fell into the sea.

Although our soldiers discovered the enemy's night attack plan in time, there were still more than 300 remaining enemy troops, all of whom were elite national troops equipped with advanced weapons.

In order to delay the offensive of the enemy's vanguard, our soldiers were divided into three combat teams, guarding the ferry terminal and Houlincun , respectively, to buy time for reinforcements.

bloody battles until dawn, and the enemy's follow-up troops began to log in to grab the beach. Although our army's soldiers were scarce, they were also brave and fearless.

Squad leader Qi Jufang put four machine guns on the position and took turns to control the machine gun fire. Although the machine gunman Yan Qiu was broken with his right leg, he still insisted on firing the guns, which is a microcosm of the heroic battles of the soldiers.

In 27 hours, our soldiers relied on machine guns and cluster grenades to repel the enemy's 18 attacks.

The 272nd Regiment of the 91st Division of the People's Liberation Army, which received the alarm, also carried the National Army's artillery bombardment and overcame many difficulties to land on the island for support.

After the new aid arrived, the remaining paratroopers were completely destroyed, and Hu Lian's sneak attack plan was completely failed, so he had to force the beach. However, with the arrival of other reinforcements, he had to order a retreat at 9 o'clock on the 17th when he saw that the situation was not good.

In the battle of Dongshan Island, Hu Lian, a cunning figure, fell into a big fox, and our army annihilated 3,379 subordinates, including more than 400 elite airborne soldiers. Two planes were shot down, and an warship, , was also shot and defeated. After being defeated again, Hu Lian began to gradually fade away from the Kuomintang military. With the Kinmen shelling in 1958, he was left aside by Chiang Kai-shek and sent to the Defense Research Institute.

After leaving the core of power, Hu Lian also lived a peaceful life, but during this period he still claimed to "counterattack the mainland" and even became the "Taiwan ambassador to Vietnam", demonstrating his desire to be divided.

But these actions did not exchange him any power. After being removed from the position of ambassador, Hu Lian was left with only the nominal advisor, completely losing the spirit of Chiang Kai-shek's past.

In the last time of his life, he was obsessed with research and published many military works. Interestingly, in these works, he did not mention Su Yu in a single sentence.

According to his son Hu Zhiguang's recollection, "'s father wrote books in Taiwan, and there are many historical materials in the world, but he dare not mention Su Yu. Before his death, Hu Lian sighed and said, 'The country is not as good as a grain of rice (Yu).'"

people are always prone to missing their hometown when they are old. Hu Lian also wanted to return to the mainland. He once drew a map of Huitoufang Village, Chishui Town, for their grandson to go back and take a look.

But when the shelling of Kinmen, Hu Lian still ignored his brother's call: "We live a good life in our hometown, and the whole family has been taken care of. I hope you can come back!"

On June 22, 1977, Hu Lian died suddenly at night and spent his whole life.

On February 12, 2009, with the strengthening of cross-strait relations, Hu Lian's daughter Hu Zhijie went to Xiamen and met with Ye Xiaonan, the daughter of Ye Fei, the commander who commanded the Kinmen shelling that year.

The two sides of the Taiwan Strait will eventually be one, and Taiwan will eventually return to the embrace of the motherland. This is the common voice of the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

Information source:

China Communist Party News "The Battlefield Battle between Su Yu and Hu Lian"

People's Political Consultative Conference Network "People's Liberation Army Defeat Hu Lian's "Sea, Land and Air Joint Raid""

Phoenix Network "The fourth period of Huangpu general Hu Lian died 37 years ago, and the descendants of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait commemorate in Kinmen"