During the War of Liberation, Chairman Mao's decision was extremely wise. It scared the Kuomintang's 550,000-strong army into defeat and fled. The leader of the national army, Chiang Kai-shek, , was even more angry and cursed. So in this battle In a battle that will go down in history, what did our chairman do to cause the 550,000 Kuomintang troops to flee in all directions?
The Battle of Liaoshen broke out in 1948. Faced with the emergency situation at that time, Chairman Mao immediately ordered the Northeast Field Army to attack Jinzhou with all his strength. However, the war was imminent, and Lin Shuai, who was in charge of the Northeast Army at the time, hesitated. And why? Jinzhou was a strategic location in the Northeast battlefield at that time. It was located at the choke point from the Northeast to Guan Nei. It can be said that it played an important role in that one man could guard the pass and ten thousand others could not open it. Therefore, for both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, capturing Jinzhou was just a matter of time. It meant that he had the initiative to occupy the battlefield in the entire Northeast, so Jinzhou at that time became a battleground between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. , both wanted to take it for their own use, so after Chiang Kai-shek learned that we were going to attack Jinzhou, he naturally would not let Chairman Mao get his wish, so he ordered the then Northeast Commander Wei Lihuang to evacuate Shenyang immediately , went to meet Fan Hanjie who was guarding Jinzhou City.
After Chiang Kai-shek's order, Wei Lihuang, who was stationed in Shenyang at the time, did not agree because he had received a secret report from the spies. Lin Shuai's headquarters was always on the train and never headed towards Jinzhou. There are signs of movement, so we can infer from this that Lin Shuai really sent troops. The place is actually still Changchun, and everything in front of us is just a cover-up. But is this really the case? In fact, it is not the case. Lin Shuai's approach is actually to deceive others. When the time is right, he will wait for the opportunity to go south and capture Jinzhou City. So what happened in the first place? How did the hesitant Lin Biao change his mind? This is all thanks to our Chairman Mao!
It turns out that when Lin Biao saw Chiang Kai-shek sending troops for reinforcements, he was really hesitant. Today, the National Army Jinzhou City is heavily guarded by hundreds of thousands of National Army troops. If he rashly sends troops to attack the city, then our soldiers will Being besieged by the national army, for the sake of the safety of the soldiers, not only did they not send troops, but they also sent a telegram to the chairman requesting temporary changes. Strategy to attack Changchun, and after receiving Lin Biao's telegram, the chairman immediately launched a fire. Now is the time when the momentum of the entire army is greatly increased. If the two armies are still fighting for a confrontation, if the two armies are still in conflict and the inexplicable order is given to withdraw, the entire army will be destroyed. The morale of the military was unstable. If unfortunately they were ambushed by the enemy, the consequences would be disastrous. Therefore, even if Lin Biao responded sternly, the scene we mentioned at the beginning appeared, where Chairman Mao angrily issued orders to the Northeastern Army.
Seeing that the attack on Jinzhou was about to be launched, Lin Shuai finally made up his mind to attack Jinzhou under the strong persuasion of Liu Yalou and others. However, in the face of the menacing hundreds of thousands of troops from the national army, how could he be able to attack Jinzhou? Where are their support troops standing outside the city? After thinking about it, Lin Shuai secretly dispatched the 4th and 11th columns of the Northeast Field Army, and combined with the 4th, 6th and 8th divisions of the military region to raid Tashan, giving the Kuomintang the illusion of attacking Changchun, and also Just when Wei Lihuang and others agreed that we were going to attack Changchun, Lin Shuai immediately sent Dong Two columns of the North Field Army secretly arrived at the foot of Jinzhou City, which immediately confused Fan Hanjie, who was guarding the city. At the same time, a sharp knife company of the 25th Division of our Northeast Field Army had successfully captured the city in northern Jinzhou. The important area of Baihutun completely cut off the connection between Jinzhou Chengnei and northern reinforcements.
When Fan Hanjie learned that there was only one company of troops here, he was very happy and quickly sent a reinforced battalion to annihilate our army's sharp knife company. He even used aircraft and artillery, and he also signed a military order with Chiang Kai-shek. The entire company can be wiped out in one hour, but because he himself did not figure it out until now Lin Biao's real purpose was to report the war situation to Chiang Kai-shek, saying that Jinzhou did not have many troops and did not need support. Therefore, Wei Lihuang, who should have arrived in Jinzhou long ago, did not send troops. At this time, Fan Hanjie did not expect Yes, he once boasted that the Sharp Sword Company in Haikou would be wiped out in an hour. Eighteen hours had passed, and the soldiers of the Sharp Sword Company were still resisting desperately.
The soldiers were brave and fearless. Under the crazy fire from enemy aircraft and artillery, they successfully repelled their 15 consecutive fierce attacks. In desperation, in order not to leave any regrets in his military career, Fan Hanjie could only More troops were sent to Baihutun from Jinzhou City to annihilate the area. Faced with the continuous reinforcements from the enemy, the resistance of the Sharp Knife Company also became increasingly difficult. It was extremely difficult. In the end, under the huge disparity in strength, the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Company were surrounded by enemy troops. In fact, as long as they abandoned their weapons and surrendered, they could survive. However, as PLA soldiers, they could not survive. They would rather die than be cowards, so they took up their weapons and started to fight back again. In the end, after the battle at Baihutun, only 37 soldiers of the Sharp Knife Company survived, but despite this, they still successfully defended their position.
At the same time, Lin Shuai suddenly began to mobilize troops to attack Jinzhou City. The war was about to break out. After learning the news, Chiang Kai-shek immediately rushed to Shenyang and anxiously discussed the next plan with Wei Lihuang. He believed that Jinzhou's current situation was The war situation is urgent, and I hope Wei Lihuang can send troops to support immediately, but until now, Wei Lihuang is still unwilling to withdraw troops from Shenyang, no matter what, this is the place. He had conquered the world step by step. He really didn't want to bet his only fortune in the Northeast on this adventure. Just when the two were in a stalemate, Fan Hanjie, who had failed in Jinzhou, also came to Shenyang and wanted to Chiang Kai-shek was so angry when he saw that a major general couldn't even take off the head of a small white tiger. He even started to curse. Fortunately, Fan Yingjie came prepared this time, and in the end he was not able to punish Chiang Kai-shek further. he.
Fan Hanjie believes that if he wants to counterattack the current People's Liberation Army, he must unite the forces of Wei Lihuang and Fu Zuoyi and let them send troops to support them, respectively. intercepted our army from the west and north, while he himself led the troops to guard Jinzhou. This formed a state of attack on three sides, which eventually trapped our army. Therefore, on September 10, 1948, the National Army sent hundreds of thousands of reinforcements Came to the Northeast again and And on the next day, all the artillery were mobilized to launch a frantic fire attack on our army. Suddenly the fire burst into the sky and bullets rained down. Faced with such an emergency situation, Lin Shuai remained calm and commanded properly. The artillery company of our army was ordered to use mortars to storm the rear positions of the national army, successfully cutting off the road for their subsequent reinforcements, and finally regaining the Lantau position, laying a solid foundation for the final liberation of Jinzhou.
At this time, Chairman Mao once again sent a telegram to Lin Shuai. While praising them for their great work, he once again emphasized the importance of Jinzhou. Encouraged by Chairman Mao, we organized The momentum of the army increased greatly. Finally, under the command of Lin Shuai, the entire army of 200,000 was assembled, using 300 artillery pieces and 600 mortars of various calibers, and with the blessing of 15 tanks Next, he once again set off for Jinzhou in a mighty way. Following Lin Biao's With an order, fire broke out and thousands of artillery fired. The Kuomintang rebels stationed in Jinzhou City suddenly became a living hell. It took only one day to successfully capture Jinzhou and repel The KMT's total of 550,000 troops not only successfully liberated Jinzhou, but also annihilated more than 100,000 KMT troops in one fell swoop. The Battle of Jinzhou also set a record for the Northeast Field Army to capture a large city in the shortest time in the history of the Liberation War. The Kuomintang is also more afraid of the reputation of our army.
Regarding the success of the Jinzhou War, I have to say that our Chairman Mao’s decision was very wise. If the Chairman at that time had not always insisted on his own opinion, carefully analyzed the current deeds and battles with Lin Shuai, and finally convinced him, how could it have been so easy? What about the 550,000 troops that successfully defeated the Kuomintang? How could we usher in the current victory in the Battle of Jinzhou, and even the final victory in the liberation of the entire Northeast? And it is precisely because of Chairman Mao’s wise decisions on the battlefield that we were able to finally win the victory of the Communist Party and create a heroic and great motherland for us...
