As we all know, during the Liberation War, our army had long been in the northwest with less to more. On July 31, 1947, the Northwest Field Corps was officially named the Northwest Field Army.

Everyone knows that during the War of Liberation, our army had long been in the northwest with less to more. On July 31, 1947, the Northwest Field Corps was officially named the Northwest Field Army. General Peng served as commander and political commissar, with the 1st and 2nd Columns, the Teaching Brigade, and the 4th Brigade in the New Division. Later, the 3rd and 4th columns of the Jinsui Military Region entered Shaanxi and were assigned to the Northwest Field Army. The original teaching brigade and the newly formed 4th Brigade formed the 6th column of the Northwest Field Army. The Northwest Field Army had only five columns, with a total of 75,000 people. This little force has to deal with Hu Zongnan 2 The 150,000 army and the Ma family army have more than 100,000 troops. The difficulty can be imagined.

Fortunately, President Peng is very capable and often commands his troops to form advantages in the local area and fights many annihilation wars. The commanders of the columns of the Northwest Field Army were also powerful generals and were good at fighting. Therefore, later, Hu Zongnan was beaten to the south by the West Ye. All the territory occupied by Shaanxi was lost before, and the West Ye also casually entered and left Guanzhong and Longdong .

So which of the five commanders of Nishino columns has the best record?

The author only uses a little bit of research on military history to share his views with readers

First talk about the first column. The commander of the first column is the famous one-armed general He Bingyan.

The first column has the old foundation of the Red Second Army. The team formed by General He has a strong style of the old Red Army. During the Red Army period, He Bingyan was a powerful general in the Second Legion, specializing in fighting tough battles. The Second Legion had a rumor: If you don’t attack the tough, you will find Xiao He.

In June 1946, the first battle between northern Shanxi, He Bingyan commanded a sweep of northern Shanxi and conquered all towns in northern Shanxi except for Xinzhou and Datong. After being dispatched to northern Shaanxi, he attacked Xihuachi and killed the commander of the 48th Brigade. Later, Qinghuabian, Panlong Town, and Shajiadian were the main attackers of the first and second columns, and the first column was the best in the army. The chairman personally wrote a commendation order for the first column. Several years later, Liao Hansheng went to Beijing for a meeting, and the chairman's wife also mentioned this matter specifically. However, the second fight against Yulin failed, and it still left some regrets.

Next was the Yiwa victory. The 1st Column launched a fierce attack from west of Wazi Street to the side of the reorganized 90th Division, captured Wazi Street, and annihilated the unit of the reorganized 90th Division. He divided his troops to seize the Nanshan Mountain of Wazi Street and closed the retreat route of Liu Kan's troops. He made great achievements in annihilation of the entire 90th Division.

XifuLongdong Battle, one column and one horse took the lead, and the 385th Brigade and the Unique Brigade conquered Baoji, which was known as the strong city, in two directions. When retreating, Noji was attacked, the sixth column was surrounded, and the first column again surrounded the Ma family army on the periphery, causing the entire army to be safe.

In order to block the west side from going south, Hu Zongnan used his main force to arrange three defense lines between northern Shaanxi and Guanzhong. The first column boldly penetrated directly from the flanks to the enemy's rear, creating conditions for the entire army to eliminate the entire 48th Brigade and the 17th and 38th Divisions.

Next is the second column. The basic cadre force of the second column is the famous 359 Brigade , the former Red Sixth Army, and the commander is Wang Huzi.

After breaking through the Central Plains, Wang Huzi still had more than 2,000 people, and combined the Jinsui , Luliang , the Independent Fourth Brigade and the Independent Sixth Brigade to form the Second Column of the Jinsui Military Region. Due to his weak strength, Wang Zhen led his troops to assist Chen Xie in , Jinnan . A few months later, he was transferred to northern Shaanxi and served as the main force in the Yangmahe battle, and wiped out 4,700 people from the National Army's 135th Brigade in 8 hours. Later, he attacked Heshui and fought the Eighth Brigade of the Ace Cavalry of the Ma Family Army. With neither cavalry nor firepower, he fought a one-to-one exchange ratio with the Ma Family Army (800 casualties and 800 enemies), seriously injured the deputy commander of the 82nd Division, and once attacked Heshui County, but unfortunately he failed.

In October 1947, General Peng decided to attack the outside line. The Second Column was ordered to attack Huanglong Mountain District, and pulled the Fourth Column to defeat Hancheng and Yichuan , and captured the Yichuan River Defense Lieutenant General commanding Gong Xu Yongxiu. In 1948, during the Longdong Battle of Xifu, during the retreat, the fierce battle of Pei Changhui 2 Corps in Fengxiang, avoiding the huge danger of Xiye being attacked by the Ma family army and Hu Zongnan. When the Ma family army chased into the base area, the Second Column served as the rear guard of the entire army, allowing the Ma family army to retreat in the face of the difficulties.

In the winter battle of 1948, Wang Huzi showed his face again, commanding the Second Column and Third Columns to take on the main force of the 76th Army. He wiped out the 76th Army in just 5 days, and captured the commander of the army Li Riji, setting a brilliant example of two columns in the northwest battlefield annihilated an army.

Let’s talk about the three vertical lines of Xiye. The commander was later general Xu Guangda.

The Third Column is composed of the 2nd, 3rd and 5th Independent Brigades of the Jinsui Military Region (the 1st Brigade was given to the first Column, the 4th Brigade and the 6th Brigade were given to the second Column). It has not been upgraded from the local armed forces for a while and its combat effectiveness is slightly weak. Therefore, it is a supporter in Shanxi and northern Shaanxi, and it is less responsible for the main offensive tasks. In the battle of Yanqing, the first column conquered Qingjian and captured Liao Ang.

The highest moment of light was when he switched to the outside line in February 1948. Xu Guangda commanded his troops to recover Yan'an and Luochuan in one fell swoop after the battle of Yiwa Victory. Xu Guangda also made the front page of the People's Daily.

The fourth one talks about the fourth column, and the commander of the fourth column, Wang Shitai.

Like the first column, the fourth column has the old foundation as the old Red Army - Shaanxi Northern Red Army . The third brigade of the police was predecessored by the 27th Red Army and the Independent Second Division, and the first brigade of the police was composed of the old Red Army in northern Shaanxi + local guerrillas in the 718th Regiment of the 359th Brigade of the 120th Division. It can be said that these two security brigades almost cover the Shaanxi Northern Red Army troops left behind in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region.

Although there are many bloodlines of the Red Army, it has been left in Shaanxi and Gansu for a long time during the War of Resistance Against Japan and has not experienced much war, so its combat capabilities are not as outstanding as those of the first, second and sixth columns, and are even slightly inferior to the third columns that participated in the War of Resistance Against Japan. But they performed well. Yan'an Defense Battle , together with the New Fourth Brigade, the Education Brigade and the 358th Brigade, the Advantageous National Army. Follow the second column to attack Huanglong, defeat Baishui first, and then seize Hancheng again.

assisted the first column in the battle of Yiwa, cooperated with the main force of the field army to encircle and annihilate the 29th Army, kill, wound and capture more than 2,000 enemies.

However, then, the shortcomings of the Fourth Column's inability to field battles were revealed. During the Longdong Battle of Xifu, the Fourth Column was ordered to help Feng to the front line of Qinghua Town to fight against the Pei Changhui Corps who aided Baoji in the Western aid. Pei Chang would be more good at using troops. In view of the characteristics of the four columns' average defense, he concentrated his superior troops to break the firepower, resulting in the four columns retreating without support and retreating to Qishan . After this battle, the Fourth Column was criticized by General Peng. Four people knew shame and then braved. In the spring offensive in 1948, they fought fiercely with Hu Zongnan's main force without taking a step back.

Finally, it is the Sixth Column, and the commander of the Sixth Column, Luo Yuanfa.

is different from other troops. The New Fourth Brigade and the Teaching Brigade under the Sixth Column were transferred from each base area. In 1944, in order to prevent Hu Zongnan from attacking the border areas and ensure the safety of the seven major groups, the central government transferred a large number of troops from Hebei, Shandong and Henan, Shanxi and Chaji, Taihang and Taiyue. Among them, the troops of Hebei Shandong and Henan and Shanxi were the first and second brigades, and the Taihang Taiyue troops were the new 4th brigades. Later, the first and second teachers were trained to draw four regiments to the Northeast, and the other troops were merged into the teaching brigade.

Since the teaching brigade and the new fourth brigade basic cadres are based on the main force, they quickly became the main force of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Joint Defense Force and even the Northwest Field Army. In the Yan'an defense battle, the teaching brigade guarded the Nanniwan line and blocked 15 brigades with four thousand people for more than 140,000 Kuomintang troops for seven days and seven nights. It was the last troops withdrawn from Yan'an City.

After three battles and three victories, attacking Longdong and Yiwa victory all participated. They were two small tigers in General Peng's sleeve. After being combined into the Sixth Column, they immediately attacked Xifu.

However, the luck was not good. Xiye was attacked by the Ma family army and Pei Changhui Corps. The Sixth Column was cut off by the Ma family army's 100 brigades in half. The teaching brigade was besieged by the 82nd Division in Tunzi Town. The situation was very critical. When the commander of the Yuechang Brigade of the New Fourth Journey heard that the teaching brigade was surrounded, he immediately ordered the troops who were eating to gather urgently and run and attack from 30 miles away. The two brothers fought bravely. The reinforcements of the first column came, and defeated the Ma family army's plan to encircle and annihilate the teaching brigade and the Sixth Column Command. Because the Sixth Column successfully attracted the main force of the Ma family army, the Yeshi, who was trapped in the encirclement, successfully broke through.

To sum up, the author believes that the commander of the column with the strongest command ability in Nishino, Luo Yuanfa and He Bingyan are the first, Wang Zhen is slightly inferior, Xu Guangda is second, and Wang Shitai is more controversial.