In fact, before the start of the battle of , the Kuomintang army was already in a disadvantageous situation. Although the national army had an absolute advantage in terms of total troop investment of 800,000 to 600,000, it was difficult to decide who should command this decisive battle. At the beginning, Lao Jiang was preparing to let Bai Chongxi take on this heavy burden. During the Liberation War, many famous generals of the National Army were defeated in a very embarrassing manner when fighting with the People's Liberation Army and did not show their due level. In comparison, Bai Chongxi's performance was much better. After the middle of the world advanced into the Dabie Mountains, he was ordered to lead his troops to siege.
Bai Chongxi used various means together, creating great difficulties for Nakano. In the end, the 120,000 troops of Nakanoya were forced to move out after only half a year in the Dabie Mountains, and more than half of the troops were lost. Such a heavy loss is the only time in Nakano's history. From this we can see that Bai Chongxi's name as Zhuge is not a false reputation. Bai Chongxi's highlight performance left a very deep impression on Chiang Kai-shek. Although the Guangxi regime has repeatedly opposed Chiang Kai-shek in history, Chiang Kai-shek decided to leave past grudges and let Bai Chongxi serve as the commander-in-chief of the National Army in the Battle of Huaihai.
At the beginning, Bai Chongxi agreed that commanding nearly one million troops to fight was almost an irresistible temptation for any general who commanded the army. But when Chiang Kai-shek urged him to take office, Bai Chongxi suddenly changed his mind and slandered Chiang Kai-shek. One of the main reasons why Bai Chongxi reneged on his repentance was that he was worried that he could not command Lao Chiang’s direct generals, such as Qiu Qingquan and . Bai Chongxi refused to take office, and Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to push Liu Zhi to the front.
During the War of Liberation, Liu Zhi's performance was a disaster. The main reason why Chiang Kai-shek pushed him to the forefront was that Liu Zhi was a veteran and had been an instructor at Whampoa Military Academy and could save the situation. On the other hand, Chiang Kai-shek knew that Liu Zhi was not capable, so he transferred Du Yuming from Huludao to serve as his helper. However, as soon as Du Yuming arrived at Xuzhou , Huang Baitao's Corps was surrounded by Huaye in the Nianzhuang area because of Liu Zhi's blind command. As soon as the Huaihai Campaign began, the Kuomintang army was in an extremely unfavorable situation on the battlefield.
At that time, Du Yuming suggested that Huang Baitao be allowed to persist in Nianzhuang for more than ten days, restrain the main force of Huaye, and lead the main force of Xuzhou National Army and Huang Wei's Corps to attack the central and central areas. After solving the central areas, he turned around and dealt with Huang Baitao to deal with Huaye. In hindsight, Du Yuming's move was very vicious. Although there were 120,000 troops in the middle and wilderness at that time, they had not recovered their energy. There was a lack of heavy weapon , and it was impossible to block the attack of Du Yuming's group and Huang Wei's group. Once the middle and wilderness lose, the Chinese wilderness will be in a very difficult situation.
But Liu Zhi rejected Du Yuming's suggestion. He believed that Huang Baitao could only last for 7 days at most, and within these 7 days, Du Yuming could not solve the problem of Nakano. Facts have proved that Liu Zhi's command ability and prediction ability are far inferior to Du Yuming. Huang Baitao has been in Nianzhuang for more than ten days. Although the entire army was eventually wiped out, Huaye also paid a huge price, killing and killing tens of thousands of people. After the destruction of Huang Baitao's corps, Huang Wei's corps was also trapped in the middle and field siege in Shuangduiji.
Now it seems that it is a miracle that the middle and wilderness can surround Huang Wei's corps, because according to common sense, if you want to surround your opponent on the battlefield, your troops must be at least several times more than the opponent. But at that time, the total strength of the Nakanoya was 120,000, and the total strength of the Huang Wei Corps was 120,000, and the firepower of the Nakanoya was far inferior to that of the opponent. So in this case, how did Nakano trap Huang Wei's Corps in Shuangduiji? It was relying on the geotechnical operation. More than 100,000 soldiers in the middle field dug countless traffic trenches and traffic trenches around Shuangduiji, and used trenches to separate the 120,000 troops of Huang Wei's Corps into several large pieces, and they siege them.
The battle situation has developed to this extent. Du Yuming knew that the situation was hopeless. In order to preserve the vitality, he decided to abandon Huang Baitao's Corps and lead the main force to retreat from Xuzhou.At first, Chiang Kai-shek agreed, but when Du Yuming was about to escape from the Huaihai battlefield, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly changed his mind and dropped a package on Du Yuming with a plane, containing a handwritten letter from him. In the letter, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Du Yuming to return to rescue Huang Wei . Du Yuming had no choice but to lead his troops back, but when he reached Chenguanzhuang, he was surrounded by Su Yu.
Du Yuming led his troops to break through several times, but was beaten back by Huaye. In the end, 300,000 troops were surrounded by Huaye in a narrow area of only 5 kilometers north and south and only 10 kilometers east and west centered on Chenguanzhuang. After Du Yuming's group was surrounded, Chiang Kai-shek would send planes to airdrop food and bombs every day, but the 300,000 army had to eat, and the little food dropped by the air was just a drop in the bucket. Moreover, as the encirclement continued to shrink, a lot of the food dropped to Du Yuming's group also fell on Huaye's position.
It was the severe winter at that time, and the surrounded national army in Chenguanzhuang had no food in their stomachs, and they had to be frozen in the cold wind, and their morale was extremely low. Chen Yi Marshal personally wrote a letter of persuasion to Du Yuming, pointing out that as long as they put down their weapons, they would be treated preferentially. In order to find a way out for his 300,000 soldiers, Du Yuming planned to surrender to Huaye. However, when soliciting the opinions of several commanders of his subordinates, he was strongly rejected by Qiu Qingquan, who claimed to fight to the end. At that time, among the three corpses under Du Yuming, Qiu Qingquan's corps had the strongest strength. He did not agree to surrender, and Du Yuming did not dare to force the order.
Su Yu learned that the national army in Chenguanzhuang was unwilling to put down his weapons, and immediately ordered: siege them for another 20 days! There are two main reasons for doing this. The first reason is that Dongye had not completely surrounded Fu Zuoyi's group at that time. If Du Yuming's group was solved at this time, it would probably stimulate Fu Zuoyi. He was very likely to lead his troops to escape from the sea, which was very unfavorable for future operations. Another reason is that Du Yuming's group still has a certain combat effectiveness at this time. If the troops attacked strongly, the casualties of the troops would increase. If they were besieged for another 20 days, the national army in Chenguanzhuang would probably not even have the strength to walk. If they attacked at that time, the casualties would be greatly reduced.
Facts have proved that Su Yu's command has indeed had a good effect. In order to compete for a limited amount of food, the national army in Chenguanzhuang often fought and even shot and injured people. The soldiers of the National Army who could not grab food were so hungry that they could not bear it and actually started to chew on the bark of the tree to satisfy their hunger. Seeing that the time had come, Su Yu immediately ordered the general attack. Many of the Chinese soldiers in the encirclement were so hungry that they were shaking when walking, and could not stop Huaye's fierce attack. They were soon defeated, Du Yuming was captured, and Qiu Qingquan was shot dead while running away. The Huaihai Battle came to an end, and Chiang Kai-shek's elite troops were almost completely lost. Soon after, he stepped down from the country under the pressure of the Guangxi clan.
