On October 7, 1948, Dongye decided to launch the Jinzhou Battle , siege the city with six columns, 2 columns blocking the enemy in the direction of Tashan, and 3 columns blocking the enemy in the direction of Heishan. If our army captures Jinzhou , it can cut off the land passages of hundreds of thousands of national troops on the Northeast battlefield in one fell swoop, creating a situation of "closing the door and beating the dog". Jinzhou defender Fan Hanjie knew that relying solely on his own troops could not stop the fierce attack of the six columns of Dongye. In order to protect Jinzhou, he hurriedly asked for help from Jiang Jiang.
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月0月0月0月0月0月0月0月0月0月0月0月0月0月0月0月0月0月0月0月0月0月0月0月0月0月0月0 In order to rescue Fan Hanjie, he ordered Hou Jingru's Corps and Liao Yaoxiang's Corps to advance east and west, preparing to fight to the east field under Jinzhou City. Among these two reinforcements, Hou Jingru's regiment was closest to Jinzhou. As long as you cross Tashan, you can reach the bottom of Jinzhou. However, Liao Yaoxiang's Corps had to set out from Shenyang and marched for hundreds of miles to reach Jinzhou. After receiving the order from Chiang Kai-shek to ask Liao Yaoxiang's Corps to leave Shenyang, Wei Lihuang was very resistant because Liao Yaoxiang's Corps was the absolute main force to guard Shenyang. Once the corps was eaten by Dongye, Shenyang would definitely not be able to defend it.
But he couldn't resist the repeated strict orders and urges from Chiang Kai-shek, so Wei Lihuang had to agree to Liao Yaoxiang's army going out to Shenyang to rescue Jinzhou. Among the senior generals of the National Army, Liao Yaoxiang is still very good at . He graduated from the sixth period of Huangpu. During the Anti-Japanese War, he followed the Chinese Expeditionary Force abroad to fight. He served as the commander of the New 6th Army. He fought against the Japanese army several times on the battlefield in Myanmar, and his performance was remarkable. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Liao Yaoxiang followed Du Yuming to fight our army in the Northeast. During the Shaling battle, 26 regiments of the Northeast Democratic Alliance failed to defeat one regiment of the New 6th Army, and also paid the price of more than 2,000 casualties.
After this battle, the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army regarded the New 6th Army as its number one enemy and shouted the slogan "You must eat cabbage before you eat, and you must fight the New 6th Army when you fight." Although Higashino regards the New 6th Army as his main opponent, since the New 6th Army is fully equipped with American equipment, its firepower is very fierce, and most of the soldiers are veterans baptized by the War of Resistance Against Japan, they have strong combat power. In addition, Liao Yaoxiang is also very good at commanding operations. Therefore, before the Jinzhou Battle, Higashino rarely gained advantage when fighting with the New 6th Army.
After Liao Yaoxiang led a 100,000 army out of Shenyang this time, he did not go straight to Jinzhou. Shenyang is hundreds of miles away from Jinzhou, and it is very likely to be blocked by the People's Liberation Army on the way. Liao Yaoxiang knew very well that even if he attacked and advanced continuously, it would take a lot of time to arrive in Jinzhou. At that time, Jinzhou might have been captured by the People's Liberation Army long ago. This is what is often said that far water cannot save the near fire. So how can we save Fan Hanjie? Liao Yaoxiang stood in front of the map for a long time, and finally he set his sights on Zhangwu .
Although Zhangwu is just a small county town, his strategic position is very important for the hundreds of thousands of troops in Dongye. Why do you say that? At that time, if Dongye wanted to transport logistics supplies from Jilin to Jinzhou front line, Zhangwu was the only place to go. Once Zhangwu is lost, Dongye's logistics supplies will be cut off, and hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line will fall into a dilemma of shortage of food and ammunition. It has to be said that Liao Yaoxiang's vision is indeed unique. He could see the importance of Zhangwu at a glance and decisively ordered the New Third Army to capture Zhangwu.
After Lin Biao learned of the news of Zhangwu's loss, he immediately ordered the 5th and 6th Columns to launch a counterattack. However, Liao Yaoxiang's corps had a population of 100,000, as well as aircraft, tanks and heavy artillery , so the counterattack of the 5th and 6th columns failed. As soon as Zhangwu was lost, Dongye's logistics supplies were cut off, and the supply of food and ammunition from hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line became an urgent problem. Without food and ammunition, no matter how powerful the troops are, they will not be able to win a battle. Just when Lin Biao was worried about this, Huang Kecheng solved the problem for him.
Among our senior generals, Huang Kecheng has a high strategic vision. Shortly after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he proposed to the Central Military Commission to seize the Northeast. Soon after, he led tens of thousands of people to the Northeast, the Third Division of the New Fourth Army, and Zeng Klin sent a report to Yan'an that the Northeast was full of weapons, so many troops did not carry weapons when they entered the country.But Huang Kecheng was meticulous and not only allowed the troops to carry weapons, but also brought cotton coats. It was later proved that Huang Kecheng was indeed unique in vision, because after Lin Biao entered the Northeast, he found that the situation was far less optimistic than Zeng Kelin said.
There are many arsenals left by the Japanese army in the northeast, but the Soviet army did not give us any. Therefore, for a long time, Lin Biao faced the dilemma of lack of guns and bullets. It was not until Huang Kecheng led tens of thousands of fully armed troops to the Northeast that Lin Biao breathed a sigh of relief. Later, Huang Kecheng served as deputy commander and logistics commander of the Northeast Democratic Alliance, secretary of the Hebei-Chare and Reliao Branch and political commissar of the Hebei-Chare and Reliao Military Region. He always advocated preparations for both hands, and for this purpose he specially used manpower and material resources to open up a backup route to the logistics supply west of Tongliao and Dongye.
At that time, many people did not understand Huang Kecheng's move. However, when Zhangwu was captured by Liao Yaoxiang, the spare supply line reserved by Huang Kecheng for Dongye immediately played a huge role. The huge migrant workers support the front line continuously transported military supplies such as grain and ammunition to the Jinzhou front line through this backup route. Therefore, although Liao Yaoxiang captured Zhangwu, he failed to truly cut off Dongye's logistics supplies. If it weren't for the alternate route left by Huang Kecheng, it's hard to say whether the Jinzhou battle could still be fought so smoothly. This is Huang Kecheng's uniqueness, and this is also an important reason why he ranked third among the top ten generals when he was awarded the title in 1955.
