Lin Biao is one of the top ten founding marshals of our country and the most famous young general in our army. At the age of 23, he became the commander of the Red Fourth Army and commanded thousands of troops. During the War of Liberation, he led a million Northeast Field Army, fighting south and north, and made indelible contributions to the liberation cause of New China.
In 1971, after Lin Biao's death, although people have mixed reviews of him, the top ten battles he commanded in his life are still regarded as classic battles during the revolutionary war and have been written into military textbooks for future generations to learn from.
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So, what are the top ten classic battles Lin Biao commanded in his life? What enlightenment can we learn from the ten major battles commanded by Lin Biao today?
Today, this episode will tell you about : The Ten Classic Battles Commanded by Lin Biao.
1930 November 5 - January 3, 1931 Longgang Battle
1930 In February 23, Lin Biao, who was only 23 years old, was appointed commander of the Red Fourth Army. In November of the same year, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Hunan warlords Lu Diping to carry out the first encirclement and suppression of the revolutionary base areas of the Central Soviet Area of the Red Army. The Kuomintang and the Red Army met in Longgang on a narrow road, and the battle broke out. This battle can be regarded as Lin Biao's first battle "out of the mountain".
In this battle, the Kuomintang army gathered more than 100,000 people, and our army had a total of more than 40,000 people. Faced with the fierce enemy, Lin Biao ordered the front-line army to avoid its edge, and introduced an elite unit of the Kuomintang general Zhang Huizan to Longgang in the hinterland of the Soviet area, and then divided it and surrounded it, and annihilated it in one fell swoop. According to statistics, the Red Army fought with less and more in this battle. annihilated more than 12,000 people from three brigades of the Kuomintang. Zhang Huizan, a Kuomintang general who was valued by Chiang Kai-shek, was captured by our army.
After winning the Longgang Battle, Chairman Mao specially wrote the poem "Fisherman's Pride" to celebrate: Thousands of mountains are dark, and they call each other in unison, and Zhang Huizan is caught in front! From then on, Lin Biao, Peng Dehuai, Huang Gongluo, and Wu Zhonghao were called the four tiger generals of Jinggangshan.
February 9-March 21, 1933 The ambush in Caotaigang, Huangpi,
, was unwilling to fail. After the first anti-encirclement and suppression battle in 1931, Chiang Kai-shek organized the second and third anti-encirclement and suppression battles, but they were both defeated by Chairman Mao. In 1933, Chairman Mao once lost his military command due to historical reasons. Chiang Kai-shek tried to take advantage of the danger and let his confidant Chen Cheng take charge, assembled a 500,000 army, and deployed the fourth encirclement and suppression.
In the case that Chairman Mao could not be in person, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, Lin Biao and others could only learn from Chairman Mao’s previous military experience, lure the enemy into depth, and form superior forces in part, so as to gradually launch a counterattack against the enemy. Lin Biao personally deployed an ambush at Caotai, Huangpi. After the Kuomintang army entered the ambush circle, he led his troops to attack the isolated Kuomintang army and annihilated a large number of enemy troops.
The victory of this battle created the largest ambush history record since the establishment of the Red Army . Lin Biao won the reputation of "ever-victorious general" in the army. Chiang Kai-shek, who was angry and embarrassed, called Lin Biao a "devil of war."
May 28, 1935 - May 29, 1935 The battle to capture Luding Bridge
October 1934, affected by the failure of the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression, the Red Army in the Central Soviet Area was forced to undergo a strategic transfer. This is the famous " Long March " in history.
In January 1935, our party held a meeting in Zunyi, Guizhou, and the meeting re-established Chairman Mao’s military guidance line. Under the command of Chairman Mao, the Red Army crossed Chishui in January-March 1935, leaving Chiang Kai-shek's army behind hundreds of thousands of troops and advanced towards the Sichuan area.
However, in May 1935, the Red Army was blocked on the south bank by Dadu River, while the Kuomintang army commanded by Xue Yue, behind them was chasing them relentlessly, and the situation was very critical.
Under the guidance of an old man, Chairman Mao ordered Lin Biao to lead a Red Army to capture the Luding Bridge on the Dadu River, and open up a road for the Red Army's large forces.After Lin Biao received the order, the 4th Regiment of the Second Division of the Red Army ordered the 4th Regiment of the Second Division of the Red Army to march to Luding Bridge, forcibly seized the bridge without any advantage in firepower, annihilated the main force of the 38th Regiment of the 14th Army of the Sichuan Army, and set out a road of life to the north for the large Red Army troops behind him.
After the end of this battle, Chairman Mao said with great emotion: This is a turning point that affects the fate of the Red Army's Long March.
1937 September 25, Pingxingguan Victory
12 December 12, 1936, patriotic generals Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng launched a "military rebellion" against Chiang Kai-shek, and the Xi'an Incident broke out. With the mediation of our party, the Xi'an affairs became peacefully resolved. Chiang Kai-shek finally agreed to the anti-Japanese proposition put forward by Zhang Xueliang and our party. The anti-Japanese national united front was established, and the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was officially reached.
On July 7, 1937, Japan launched the Lugou Bridge Incident , and the Anti-Japanese War broke out in full swing. Lin Biao's troops were reorganized into 15th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and were ordered to cross Yellow River and go to Shanxi to participate in the anti-Japanese war. On September 11, 1937, the Japanese army captured the important town of Shanxi, Datong, and advanced southward. Yan Xishan, ordered the Kuomintang army to retreat to the areas of Pingxingguan, Yanmenguan, and blocked the Japanese army. Lin Biao led the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army to set up an ambush on the Pingxingguan line to block the Japanese logistics forces.
On September 25, 1937, the Japanese troops of Shiro's Sakato Expedition passed through Pingxingguan. Our troops who had been ambushing here for a long time gave the Japanese head-on attack. After this battle, nearly 3,000 Japanese troops were annihilated by our army. The victory of the Pingxingguan Battle was . The first great victory of the Chinese army since the full war of resistance was broken.
Unfortunately, Lin Biao, who became famous in this battle, was accidentally injured by a sentry under Yan Xishan in early 1938. He was then sent to the Soviet Union for recuperation and temporarily bid farewell to the front-line battlefield.
12-17, 1946 - April 3, 1947 Three times to Jiangnan, Four Battles of Linjiang
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chiang Kai-shek invited Chairman Mao to Chongqing to participate in the negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. The two sides reached a " Double Ten Agreement" " to promote domestic peace. Unexpectedly, less than a year later, Chiang Kai-shek tore up the Double Ten Agreement and ordered the Kuomintang army to launch a large-scale attack on the Central Plains Liberated Area, and the War of Liberation broke out in full swing.
At the same time, the war of liberation in Northeast region began. Chiang Kai-shek sent the famous Kuomintang general Du Yuming to the Northeast to preside over the battle situation. Du Yuming formulated a strategic policy for Chiang Kai-shek to "attack the south and defend the north, first the south and then the north" in the Northeast. Facing the pressing of the Kuomintang army step by step, Lin Biao led the army to fight everywhere in an orderly manner and slowly retreated, destroying most of the Kuomintang's vitality on the way.
After learning about Du Yuming's "first south and then north" plan, Lin Biao formulated the tactic of "south pulling north, north and south", which made hundreds of thousands of Kuomintang troops run in the northeast plain . After three trips to the south of the Yangtze River and four protecting Linjiang, our army occupied most of the rural areas in the northeast, forming a siege against the Kuomintang troops retreating in the city, and reversed the situation of enemy-to-we in the northeast.
September 12th to November 2nd, 1948 Liaoshen Battle
After experiencing a series of battles such as Menglianggu Battle , Liu and Deng’s army advanced into Dabie Mountains , and three times to Jiangnan and four times to protect Linjiang, the Kuomintang was already on the defensive nationwide. In September 1948, the Liberation War had entered the final moment of strategic decisive battle, and the first battle of strategic decisive battle began with the Northeast battlefield chaired by Lin Biao.
Northeast was an important industrial base in the country at that time, so liberating Northeast was of crucial significance to the national war situation. At the suggestion of Chairman Mao, Lin Biao formulated a strategic policy to attack Jinzhou first and form a closed door and fight dogs against the defenders outside the Northeast Pass. While successfully capturing Jinzhou, Lin Biao ordered the Northeast Field Army to sweep Liao Yaoxiang's Corps and insist on siege of big cities such as Changchun and Shenyang, which ultimately promoted the liberation of the entire Northeast.
After this battle, our army annihilated more than 470,000 Kuomintang troops, the total strength of the Kuomintang troops dropped to 2.9 million, and our army's strength increased to 3 million. This battle commanded by Lin Biao laid the foundation for the comprehensive victory of the War of Liberation in the future.
1948 November 29 - January 31, 1949 Pingjin Battle
After the entire northeastern territory was liberated, Lin Biao led one million Northeast field troops to enter the pass to support the liberation war in other parts of the country. On November 29, 1948, Lin Biao led his army to participate in the siege of Tianjin, a major city in North China. In just 29 hours, our army conquered the big city Tianjin, setting a historic record for our army to liberate the big city.
Subsequently, the Northeast Field Army participated in the siege of Beping , prompting Fu Zuoyi to lead the Kuomintang army to revolt and surrender, and Beping peacefully liberate . After the Battle of Pingjin, our army annihilated a total of 521,000 Kuomintang troops.
September 13th to October 16th, 1949 Hengbao Battle
After going through the three major battles of Liaoshen, Huaihai and Pingjin, our army launched the Crossing the River Battle on April 20, 1949, and finally occupied Nanjing, the capital of the Jiang family dynasty, ending the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang. However, after losing Nanjing, the remnants of the Kuomintang were still resisting stubbornly. Chiang Kai-shek ordered the Gui army, who was known as the "little Zhuge", to take charge and lead the Gui army to block our army's southward advance. At the same time, in order to preserve the vitality of the Gui army, Bai Chongxi carried out "circle tactics" with our army. Lin Biao had to use a column of lonely troops to attract Bai Chongxi's army. Bai Chongxi was indeed trapped, which made our army besiege Bai Chongxi's Gui army in Hengbao area and annihilate it in one fell swoop.
The Hengbao Battle annihilated more than 38,000 enemy troops and recovered 24 county towns, setting the largest victory of our army since the Battle of Crossing the River. also made the Fourth Field Army commanded by Lin Biao a reputation as "fighting from north to south".
11-6 November 6, 1949 - December 14, 1949 Guangxi chasing and annihilation battle
After the end of Hengbao Battle, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi led the remnants of the Gui army to retreat step by step, retreating to the vicinity of Guangxi Province, trying to make the final stubborn resistance, while the Northeast Field Army took advantage of the victory to pursue, tried to annihilate Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi's troops in one fell swoop.
However, when the Northeast Field Army entered Guangxi, the Kuomintang army had lost all morale. A large number of troops all descended in a hurry after hearing the name of the Northeast Field Army. Therefore, our army did not carry out large-scale field battles or sieges in Guangxi.
Northeast Field Army liberated major cities in Guangxi Province such as Liuzhou , Guilin, and Nanning , ensuring the security of my country's coastal areas and creating the necessary conditions for the 1950 Liberation of Hainan Island Battle.
March 5, 1950 - May 1, 1950
Liberated Guangdong and Guangxi in the Northeast Field Army. After Liu and Deng’s army liberated the southwest, the remnants of the Kuomintang were basically swept out of the mainland, leaving only Hainan and Taiwan, two islands trapped by the Kuomintang. Chiang Kai-shek realized the importance of Hainan Island and specially sent Xue Yue, a famous general of the national army who created the "Tianlu Tactics", to guard Hainan Island.
Between Hainan Island and Guangdong and Guangxi, there is a natural barrier between Qiongzhou Strait , and it is not easy to liberate Hainan Island . As soon as comes, our army did not have successful experience in large-scale amphibious landing operations at that time. Secondly, the Qiongzhou Strait itself is easy to defend but difficult to attack. However, considering the important strategic significance of Hainan Island to our country, Lin Biao decided to send Han Xianchu , known as the "Tornado General", to organize Hainan Island Battle .
Han Xianchu realized the importance of the quick decision of the Hainan Island Battle. so in March 1950 formulated an island landing plan. With the cooperation of the Qiongya Column of Hainan Island, our army successfully landed on Hainan Island and defeated Xue Yue’s defense line deployment on Hainan Island in one fell swoop. On May 1, 1950, on May 1st, this special day of Labor Day, our army successfully won the victory of the Hainan Island Battle.
1 June 25, 1950 After the outbreak of the Korean War, The Seventh Fleet of the United States blocked Taiwan Strait . At this time, everyone in the army could not help but admire the foresight of Lin Biao and Han Xianchu who liberated Hainan Island in advance.
or above is the entire inventory of Lin Biao's command of the ten classic battles. Each of these classic battles cannot be separated from his personal outstanding command, but it cannot be separated from the efforts of the Chinese people's soldiers. Let us pay high respect to the heroes of that era!
