In the War of Liberation, although the Kuomintang army suffered many ills, there were still a few outstanding generals in who won the respect of our generals because of their excellent tactics and tactics. Chiang Kai-shek's favorite general Hu Lian is one of them.
"Fox" on the battlefield
After the Liberation War started, under the wise command of Comrade Mao Zedong , the People's Liberation Army troops rely on a good mass base to avoid the edge of the Kuomintang's millions of troops, and insisted on carrying out strategic defensive operations with the Kuomintang reactionary government in the inside.
1947, after judging the war situation between the enemy and us, our field troops left the liberated area to launch an attack on the main Kuomintang troops in the Kuomintang-controlled area . The Liberation War thus entered the strategic offensive stage . Chiang Kai-shek was worried about the situation of the PLA's defensive to offensive, so he immediately sent Hu Lian to lead his reorganized 11th Division to Nanma to fight our army, instructing him to destroy the main force of the PLA commanded by General Su Yu.
Our senior officers and soldiers have long heard of Hu Lian. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Hu Lian led his troops many times to complete the beautiful battle of attacking many , especially in the Battle of Songhu and later the Battle of Shipai Fortress. His extraordinary tactics and tactics and battlefield decision-making capabilities were fully demonstrated, and he gave the Japanese army a heavy blow. is one of the few good generals among the Kuomintang generals, and is called " fox " on the battlefield.
Enemies Road narrow
I heard that the opponent was the "old fox" Hu Lian, Even Chairman Mao had to cheer up twelve points . At this time, the reorganized 11th Division not only had an excellent commander like Hu Lian, but also had just replaced it with a new weapon, and the strong army was far better than our army.
General Su Yu is not afraid at all when facing such a strong enemy.
Su Yu and Hu Lian had some connections in their early years, and it was not an exaggeration to say that they were enemies meeting . Su Yu immediately told Chairman Mao that he had the confidence to defeat Hu Lian and the reorganized 11th Division, and ordered East China Field Army to quickly go to the battlefield to prepare for battle. The battlefield situation at that time was that the enemy defended and we attacked .
Hu Lian has a very experienced experience in commanding defensive operations. When he first arrived in Nanma, he saw at a glance that the terrain here is easy to defend and difficult to attack. So he ordered the troops to quickly build a bunker group , so that the firepower points of the National Army troops were densely spread across the entire defense line formed cross firepower between the bunkers and the bunkers, covering the shooting dead corners, turning the entire battlefield into the " Killing Zone " with the advantageous firepower of the National Army.
East China Field Army After the vanguard entered the battlefield, they immediately encountered the enemy's dense firepower. After paying a heavy price, they only slowly pushed the front line for a short distance.
Su Yu understood that Hu Lian wanted to drag the People's Liberation Army into a position war that was beneficial to the national army. After reporting to Mao Zedong about the situation of the enemy and us and the battlefield, Su Yu summoned his elite troops to concentrate his forces to tear a hole in the defense line of the national army.
Hu Lian's trap
After Mao Zedong and Zhu De, who is also a senior leader of our army, immediately recognized Su Yu's judgment on the battlefield. However, after carefully judging the situation on the battlefield, Mao Zedong suddenly felt that the battle report in front of was a bit weird that was indescribable. Seeing Mao Zedong's thoughtful look, Zhu De felt something was wrong when he read the battle report.
The two looked at each other, and Mao Zedong pointed to the map and said he always felt that something was missing on the battlefield . Zhu De looked at Mao Zedong's finger and suddenly realized that was supposed to be responsible for covering Hu Lian's reorganization of the 11th Division's flank, but Fan Hanjie's troops were missing. There is only the reorganized 11th Division on the entire front. You should know that Hu Lian's troops are Lao Jiang's " Imperial Guard ". Even if they are "selling teammates", they will not be sold on Hu Lian's head.
Mao Zedong immediately called Su Yu urgently, informing him that this was a trap and he wanted to He led his troops to withdraw from the battlefield immediately. Su Yu, who had just received the telegram, was still a little puzzled, but out of trust in Mao Zedong and Zhu De's judgment, the East China Field Army stopped the offensive and withdrew from the Nanma battlefield.
At this time, there was news from the scouts sent by Su Yu that the 5th Army of the Kuomintang was marching towards the Nanma battlefield. In addition, there was another division-level Kuomintang unit that was circumventing the retreat of our East China Field Army. attempted to block our army on the Nanma battlefield .
Su Yu then realized that he almost fell into the trap of the Kuomintang army . Sure enough, less than half a day after the East China Field Army retreated, the enemy's reinforcements had cut off the retreat path of the Nanma battlefield, turning the Nanma battlefield into a cage where is hard to fly .
If Chairman Mao had not seen through the enemy's sinister intentions, the East China Field Army might have been destroyed under the encirclement and annihilation of the enemy, and the cause of liberation in the whole of China would have suffered a heavy blow.
Self-examination Su Yu
East China Field Army withdraws from the enemy's encirclement in time. Su Yu praised Chairman's brilliant mind while also blaming himself for being blinded by the past grievances in the battle, and failing to make a clear judgment.
Mao Zedong comforted him that although Hu Lian was the enemy, he was also an excellent battlefield commander and he must not underestimate this person. Although the East China Field Army did not make progress in the direction of Nanma as planned, this time, escaped from the enemy's trap and saved most of our army's vitality, which was also a victory.
Not to mention Su Yu, Even Mao Zedong and others failed to notice the abnormality on the battlefield before the battle began. Winning and defeat are common in military affairs . I hope Su Yu can let go of his psychological burden, learn from his experience, and defeat his opponents on the battlefield in future battles.
Mao Zedong's evaluation was very pertinent. The performance of the generals and troops of the National Army in Nanma Battle can be called very outstanding . Hu Lian's bunker group tactics countered our army's offensive well, and also successfully used the grudge between Su Yu and himself to restrain the main forces of the East China Field Army on the battlefield of Nanma, and bought enough time for the reinforcements to cut off our army's retreat route.
Fan Hanjie's troops Most of them penetrate deep into the Nanma battlefield while avoiding our army's reconnaissance, which shows that 's troops' discipline and combat effectiveness are extraordinary and are also a difficult opponent.
If it weren't for Mao Zedong and Zhu De's clever tricks and the result of the Nanma Battle would be very different. Mao Zedong's ability to plan and strategize thousands of miles away does prove that he is a once-in-a-lifetime military strategist and command master, and has extremely high attainments in both strategic and tactical levels.
