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Chapter 485 The Situation of the Battle of Lanzhou——

Chapter 485 The Battle of Lanzhou

When the People's Liberation Army was victorious and the Kuomintang troops were constantly retreating, Guangxi's Guangxi faction (Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi) received the support of the United States and forced Chiang Kai-shek into the palace. Chiang Kai-shek was forced to go to the field. Some personnel arrangements have been made before.

On December 27, [-], the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang decided to appoint Chen Cheng as the chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government and Chiang Ching-kuo as the chairman of the Provincial Party Committee. All the gold, silver and dollar bills in the warehouse were shipped to Taiwan.

It can be seen from Lao Jiang's decision that he has lost the confidence and courage to fight against the People's Liberation Army on the mainland. He took his cronies and horses to the island of Taiwan, which is isolated overseas, and threw a lot of mess to Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi.

At this moment, there are only a few areas on the mainland that have not been retaken by the People's Liberation Army, and the Great Northwest is one of them. The situation in the Northwest is complicated, and the forces of all parties are intertwined. Currently, there are several armies under the banner of the Kuomintang.

One is Hu Zongnan's troops. Hu Zongnan's more than 30 regular troops fought against the People's Liberation Army for more than two years, and there were less than 10 people left. Under the continuous oppression of the People's Liberation Army's containment troops, Hu Zongnan retreated to the depths of the mountains in the Qinling Mountains.

The second is the troops of the Northwest Military and Political Chief Office, that is, the original old chief Zhang Zhizhong's troops, which can also be regarded as part of the Kuomintang Central Army. Nominally under the command of Ma Bufang, but Ma Bufang also knew in his heart that although he was the military and political officer of the Northwest appointed by the Nationalist Government, he could not command these central troops at all.

The third is the army of the Qinghai Ma Family Army, which is Ma Bufang's direct line army, known as the Qingma Army. This part of the army is currently one of the most resolute in the Communist Party and one of the most fierce confrontation forces with the People's Liberation Army. Its main force has all been withdrawn to the Lanzhou area. It is dangerous to fight to the death with the People's Liberation Army.

The fourth is the army of Ma Jiajun in Ningxia, that is, the army of Ma Hongkui, known as the Ningma Army. The Ningma Army and the Qingma Army in the Guanzhong area failed to fight the People's Liberation Army. Ma Hongkui was disheartened by Ma Bufang's "Pingliang Battle Plan" Ma Bufang no longer had the confidence to fight together, and failed to cooperate well with the Qingma Army in the next few battles. Later, after breaking up with the Qingma Army, he only resisted at a place called Ren Shanhe, and then The main force retreated to Yinchuan.

Finally, let’s talk about Ma Hongbin’s army among the three horses. Although Ma Hongbin is known as one of the three horses and is as famous as Ma Bufang and Ma Hongkui, Ma Hongbin’s strength is far worse than the other two horses. He only has one 81st army in his hand. They are uncles and brothers, and they all started in Ningxia. Therefore, the power of Ma Hongbin among the three horses is generally classified as Ningma among the two horses. However, Ma Hongbin and his uncle and brother Ma Hongkui are not of the same heart, and there is no hatred against the People's Liberation Army in history. , so they are not active in fighting the People's Liberation Army, on the contrary, they still have considerable resistance.

Chiang Kai-shek's original plan was to strictly limit the power of the three horses to Qinghai, Ningxia and Gansu, that is, to limit Ma Bufang's power to Qinghai. Interference, but not out of Qinghai.

Control the forces of Ma Hongkui and Ma Hongbin in the Ningxia area. In Ningxia, the Ma family army can do whatever they want, but the conditions are the same as those of the Qingma army, and the forces cannot go out of Ningxia.

In order to control the two horses or three horses, the Kuomintang government set up the Northwest Military and Political Chief Office in Gansu. The director of the office must be a member of the central military system, and the Sanma family is not allowed to interfere. After the festival was defeated, Zhang Zhizhong, the old chief of the Commissioner's Office, voted again. In desperation, the Kuomintang government gave Ma Bufang the title of military and political chief of the Northwest in order to take advantage of the military power of the two horses, and the post of chairman of the Gansu Provincial Government to Ma Hongkui. .

Erma was overjoyed with the title given by the Kuomintang government. Since he is the military and political chief of the Northwest, he had to set up the administrative center in Lanzhou. Therefore, Ma Bufang transferred the main force of the Qingma Army from Qinghai and Xining to Lanzhou, and planned to use Lanzhou. The decisive battle between natural danger and fortifications and the People's Liberation Army, from the day when the Majia army in Qinghai entered Lanzhou, Gansu also became Ma Bufang's world, and Ma Bufang's power expanded to two provinces, perhaps this is also called power from the gun stalk! ! !

After careful analysis, in the second half of [-], the Kuomintang still had many troops in the Northwest under the banner of the party and the country, and the total force was quite impressive. Simple addition and subtraction, just like Hu Zongnan's Central Army, won the battle with a large number of people.

However, the First Field Army of the People's Liberation Army, composed of two Northwest Corps ([-]st and [-]nd Corps) and North China Corps ([-]th and [-]th Corps), can concentrate all its forces, unite as one, and strike out with an iron fist at any time.

Because of the rapid retreat of Qingma and Ningma and the extremely fast maneuvering speed of the enemy, the Northwest Field Army did not achieve the combat intention of encircling and annihilating both Qingma and Ningma, but the pursuit of various units represented by the Second Army Independent Brigade The annihilating operation seriously frustrated the enemy's spirit, completely severed the connection between the two horses, and created a favorable situation for our army to march into Lanzhou, Xining and Yinchuan.

Several armies under the banner of the Kuomintang fled separately, and the remaining task of the covetous Northwest Field Army was to choose who to attack. In the sultry summer, what shrouded the senior officers of the Northwest Kuomintang was a piercing chill.

When Hu Zongnan retreated to the Qinling Mountains, the Qingma Army returned to Lanzhou, and the Ningma Army returned to Xining, the field army commander Mr. Peng once again held a high-level military meeting.

In Dingxi, at the headquarters of the First Field Army of the People's Liberation Army, dozens of senior commanders above the army level came. Boss Peng, with his sleeves rolled up, was holding a thin tree stick, pointing to the military map on the wall, and giving these commanders What to explain: "Comrades, our opponents ran away in several ways. Our field army's next action plan is the question of who to attack. This issue is also one of the main topics of our meeting today. Please express it I, Peng Dehuai, will always listen to my own opinions and opinions, good or bad."

Mr. Peng is always the deputy commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army and the commander of the Northwest Field Army. He can be said to have a high position and authority, but the commanders who came to the meeting did not have any scruples. Commander.

Commander Wang's usual loud voice rang out during the meeting: "Boss, I think that since we want to fight, we must fight the hardest one. Among the several forces in the Northwest, the hardest one is undoubtedly Ma Bufang from Qinghai. The Qingma Army not only The power is the strongest, and the government is also the most resolute. Only by defeating Ma Bufang can we deter the rest of the reactionary factions. Therefore, if we fight, we will fight the Qingma army. As long as we eat the Majia army in Qinghai, the enemy in the northwest will be defeated. It will be a lot easier to enter Xining."

Commander Wang Zhen's proposal caused constant discussions in the venue, with various opinions. Boss Peng listened carefully, and took out a small notebook from time to time to write down everything he thought would be useful. This method is an old tradition of the People's Liberation Army. It is called Zhuge Lianghui in the most grassroots units. Practice has proved that the collective wisdom is infinite. It is precisely because of these valuable experiences that the People's Liberation Army can gradually grow from weak to strong.

Another commander stood up: "Boss, I agree with Commander Wang. Ma Bufang is not only the most powerful among the enemies in the northwest, but also extremely reactionary. He has a blood feud with us, and there is no possibility of resolving it. The enemy can only solve the problem by completely and cleanly destroying them. My opinion is to concentrate all the main force of our field army and encircle and wipe out the Qingma Army who ran to Lanzhou."

In the end, the opinions of the meeting gradually became unified. Most of the senior commanders of the People's Liberation Army who came to the meeting agreed that the Qingma Army in Lanzhou should be eliminated first.

Boss Peng and several leaders of the field army looked at each other. Boss Peng's frowning brows relaxed, because the opinions of these commanders were also the opinions of their senior leaders of the field army. Peng, who hadn't been excited for a long time, The boss patted the table: "It's really a hero who sees the same thing. That's it. If you fight, you will fight the Qingma army. First eliminate Ma Bufang and Ma Jiyuan, and then deal with Hu Zongnan and Ma Hongkui."

Boss Peng, who made the decision to attack the Qingma Army first, continued to introduce the situation: "According to our information, Ma Bufang and Ma Jiyuan are determined to fight us in Lanzhou, okay, very good, we are not afraid of him defending, just I am afraid that he will run away, as long as they don't run away, it will be a dead end. You see, Lanzhou is backed by the Yellow River. Ma Bufang and others think that the Yellow River is a natural barrier against our People's Liberation Army. It is a natural danger to stop the enemy, as long as we can break through the city defense of Lanzhou, the Yellow River can block their way, and the Qingma Army will die."

When the senior generals of the Northwest Field Army were studying how to deal with Ma Bufang in Lanzhou, the Ma family father and son were not idle. Ma Bufang, who was determined to defend Lanzhou to the death, drew up a "Lanzhou Joint Defense Operation Plan." The core content of the plan was to use the Qingma Army All the main force and the troops under the jurisdiction of the Northwest Chief's Office defended Lanzhou to the death, with Ma Hongkui's Ningma Army and Hu Zongnan's Central Army on the two wings to support, and when the People's Liberation Army and the Qingma Army were exhausted, Ningma and the Central Army would come from both sides. Attack and annihilate the Northwest Communist Army in one fell swoop.

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