The beacon of youth

The calm on the northwest battlefield lasted until the beginning of [-]. Both the Kuomintang and the Communist armies were adding wounds to their bodies, recharging their energy for another battle.

During this period, the good news for the Japanese is one after another. Following the Liaoshen Campaign of the Northeast Field Army, the East China Field Army and the Central Plains Field Army won the Huaihai Campaign. Before the Huaihai Campaign was completely over, the Northeast Field Army Under the orders of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Committee, regardless of fatigue, the original two-month rest plan after the big battle was abandoned, but entered the customs within half a month after the battle, and the Battle of Pingjin began.

A large force of more than one million and 10 people, under the guidance of tanks and various chariots, drove towards the pass like a torrent, and the Northeast Field Army marched forward in multiple columns. The scale is too large, so big that the vanguard corps at the front surrounded the 35th Corps, the housekeeper of the Kuomintang Fu Zuoyi Group, in Zhangjiakou, and the tail was still in Shenyang City. (The distance from Shanhaiguan to Shenyang is more than 420 kilometers)

Chen Changjie, the commander of the Kuomintang army guarding Tianjin, is a main combat faction. He believes that his city defense fortifications are strong, and he has carried out large-scale reinforcements on the basis of the original Japanese construction.

Since this Chen Changjie is very arrogant, the People's Liberation Army has decided to use Tianjin as an operation. ** The order given to the Northeast Field Army is to take Tianjin within three days. It took only 22 hours. As a result, the PLA used five main columns (34 divisions, 600 people) and more than 29 heavy artillery pieces to liberate Tianjin in only 13 hours. Police Commander Chen Changjie.

The Battle of Pingjin lasted 64 days and wiped out more than 52 Kuomintang troops. So far, after the three major battles, the elite forces of the Kuomintang army have been completely lost, and the Jiang Dynasty is in a precarious state.

On January [-], [-], Mao Zedong issued a New Year's message of "carrying out the revolution to the end", while Chiang Kai-shek's New Year's Day announcement was to conduct so-called peace negotiations with the Communists.

From these two speeches with completely different meanings, it can be seen that fundamental changes have taken place in Chinese history, the Kuomintang is about to withdraw from the stage of history, and the Communists who have worked hard for 28 years will soon become the masters of the new era.

The changes in history first started on the battlefield. From 200 to 150 at the turn of winter and spring, the Chinese People's Liberation Army invested more than 100 million troops and launched the large-scale Liaoshen, Huaihai and Pingjin campaigns , and wiped out more than [-] million Kuomintang troops. Since then, the Kuomintang has only left more than [-] million combat troops, and its morale and discipline have been lax. The moment is dangerous.

In Xi'an, the Kuomintang appeasement chief's office, the commander-in-chief Hu Zongnan's mood is as gray as the gloomy sky, and there are more than 800 million soldiers, well-equipped and well-equipped, and there are Americans as backers. American weapons and dollars are available, but so what?It failed like this in less than three years.

why is that?Why did it become like this?After thinking for a long time, Hu Zongnan summed up several reasons. The biggest mistake of the Communist Party was a strategic mistake. At the beginning of the war, he only cared for the city and seized the territory. , so the generals in front desperately attacked or defended the city, so that the PLA took advantage of the loopholes and was defeated one by one.

The People's Liberation Army, on the other hand, is based on fighting protracted wars. It does not seek quick victories. The goal is to accumulate small victories into big victories and exchange time for space. In order to achieve this goal, the Communists can give up everything. At the beginning of the war, they gave up more than 100 cities for the Kuomintang army to occupy, including their own holy land Yan'an. In fact, Hu Zongnan is no stranger to it. This is what the Eighth Route Army troops did when dealing with little devils. Now the People's Liberation Army uses this method to deal with the Kuomintang Party. It is still easy to use.

Having figured this out, Hu Zongnan seemed to have suddenly realized something, since ** people can make great strides forward and retreat, why can't I, Hu, also make my ** stride back.

After some comparison and deliberation, Hu Zongnan seemed to have suddenly realized that his head was brightened. For the current plan, he had to retreat first, and the first priority was to preserve his strength.

Hu Zongnan changed his arrogance from the past, and now he doesn't have the capital to be arrogant. Everything on the battlefield is based on strength. He withdrew all his troops to Xi'an and Xianyang, trying to preserve his strength and fight again.

However, with Hu Zongnan's withdrawal, the temporary calm on the Northwest battlefield was broken. In the Northwest, apart from Hu Zongnan's Central Army, the most powerful force was the KMT's 'Three Horses' group, and the three horses group was the most powerful, ** The most resolute is the Ma Bufang Group in Qinghai, known as 'Qingma'.

At this time, Ma Bufang was also worried, and kept scolding Hu Zongnan in his official residence. This big idiot, the regular army of three 10,000+ can't do anything to the more than 2 Tuba Road. From more than 2 people at the beginning to 10,000+ people, and Commander Hu's three 10,000+ troops have shrunk to less than 20. No matter how big the conflict between himself and Hu Zongnan is, it will never evolve into a conflict between the enemy and ourselves.** Talent is his real enemy, and his troops occupied the Longdong area. As soon as Hu Zongnan's troops retreated, his Ma's army was directly exposed to the eyes of the ** Northwest Field Army.

After thinking for a while, Ma Bufang finally made up his mind. It is better to unite with Hu Zongnan now than to let the People's Liberation Army defeat each other. Don't look at the riots of the Communists in other battlefields. They don't have the strength and ability in the Northwest. As long as my Qingma Army and Hu Zongnan unite, there is a possibility to wipe out the Northwest Communist Army. Humph, the Northwest still belongs to me, and even Chairman Jiang will think that I, Ma Bufang, are the Northwest pillar of the Kuomintang .

It is not wrong to say that Ma Bufang had this idea. The Northwest Field Army was indeed very weak and fragile when it was first established. In the Northwest, any Kuomintang military group is much stronger than the Northwest Field Army. If these Kuomintang generals Just joining together is really enough for the Northwest Field Army to drink a pot, and now Ma Bufang really regrets it.

The past can only be the past, and there is no place to buy regret medicine. When the Northwest Field Army was first established, no one took it seriously. There were only more than 2 people. There are more than 30 Central Army, nearly 20 Qingma Army, and 10,000+ other Second Horse Army. Any one of them can wipe out the People's Liberation Army in the Northwest.

But the Northwest Field Army led by the Communists was like the unbeatable Xiaoqiang. Not only was it not wiped out, but it became stronger as it fought, and finally became the confidant of these Kuomintang military generals.

The development of the Northwest Field Army also benefited from the contradictions between these Kuomintang military generals. There were contradictions between the Central Army and the local warlords, and there were also contradictions between the local warlords such as Sanma. Tenaciously survived in the cracks.

Ma Bufang, who made up his mind, took the initiative to contact Hu Zongnan, which made the worried Hu Zongnan happy. Oh, it’s time for this local warlord to figure it out. In the past, when he was asked to deal with the People’s Liberation Army, he was always pushy. My old Hu was eaten. , The death of you, a local warlord, is not far away.

The total strength of the Qingma Army is 18 to 20. Although the weapons and equipment are far inferior to Hu Zongnan's Central Army, the cohesion of the troops is much stronger than that of the Central Army. This is one of the reasons why the two armies look down on each other. , The Central Army looks down on the rusticity of the Ma Jiajun, and the Ma Jiajun looks down on the uselessness of the Central Army who dare not fight the People's Liberation Army.

After bargaining, the two Kuomintang armies, which looked down on each other a little bit, were finally united under the pressure of the People's Liberation Army. This situation is what the Northwest Field Army does not want to see.

The ruthless Ma Bufang spared no expense and asked his troops to quickly support Hu Zongnan. With the support of the Qingma Army, Hu Zongnan's strength was much stronger than the Northwest Field Army in a short period of time.

With strong strength, Hu Zongnan certainly wanted to make some achievements. The courageous Commander Hu cheered up and once again issued an order to attack the People's Liberation Army.

The vanguard of the Qingma Army is the 258th Cavalry Division. This division has four cavalry regiments with a total strength of more than 1. The division commander is Ma Desheng, a direct descendant of Ma Bufang.

To say that this Ma Desheng is still very good at life, although he is Ma Bufang's direct general, he did not only obey Ma Bufang's orders and ignore the Central Army like other generals. After accepting Ma Bufang's order, he went to the official residence of Hu Zongnan in Xi'an to ask for instructions.

Ma Desheng's actions made Hu Zongnan very comfortable. Is this the way to be a general? Since people respect me a foot, I will respect them a foot. Hu Zongnan summoned this young horse army in his magistrate's office. The teacher not only put on a banquet, but also invited his wife out to accompany him.

After the banquet, Hu Zongnan let another plane take off from Xi'an Airport, and he, the famous general, went to inspect the battlefield with Ma Desheng in person.

This gave Ma Desheng enough face. Hu Zongnan's approach made the division commander of Ma's army very grateful. On the plane, he told Hu Zongnan that he must fight hard and live up to the love of the commander.