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Chapter 487 Two methods of fighting in Lanzhou——

Chapter 487 Two Ways to Battle Lanzhou

"Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, and those who can win because of changes in the enemy are called gods. Therefore, the five elements have no permanent victories, and the four seasons have no permanent positions. The day has short and long, and the moon has life and death." "Sun Tzu's Art of War, Virtual and Real".

In view of the various contradictions among the military forces of the Kuomintang in the Northwest, the Northwest Field Army Command, represented by Boss Peng, formulated a solution to the Northwest issue using both military and political means.

First, use the [-]th Corps of Commander Zhou Shidi to suppress Hu Zongnan's troops.

Second, use the 64th Army of Commander Yang Dezhi of the [-]th Corps to contain the Ma Hongkui Group in Ningxia.

63. Use the forces of Commander Wang Zhen's First Corps, Commander Xu Guangda's Second Corps, and Commander Yang Dezhi's Nineteenth Corps (65rd Army, [-]th Army and troops directly under the Army), a total of eight armies to encircle Lanzhou. Green Horse Army.

The specific deployment is: the first corps is the left corps, taking Wushan, Longxi, and Lintao along the Xilan Highway, crossing the Daxia River to take Xining, cutting off the Qingma Army's retreat from Gansu to Qinghai, and preventing the Qingma Army from running back to their nests.

The Second Corps was the Central Route Army, which went west from Zhuanglang and Lianhua Town, attacked southwest of Lanzhou via Tongwei, and surrounded the Lanzhou defenders.

The No.19 Corps (owed to the 64th Army) is the right-hand army, going south through Delong and Guyuan at the border of Gansu and Ningxia, passing through Xinglong Town, Huining, Dingxi, and attacking east of Lanzhou.

The total strength of the First Field Army is four corps ([-]st, [-]nd, [-]th, and [-]th corps), [-] corps plus some troops directly under it and local armed forces. The army contained the Ma Hongkui Group in Ningxia, and encircled Ma Bufang in Qinghai from three sides with eight main armies.

Yiye's battle plan seems to be seamless, but after careful analysis, there are many uncertain variables in it. Among them, Hu Zongnan's central army has little variable, because the current remnant of Hu Zongnan still has about 10 military forces. The 10th Corps of the People's Liberation Army that they deal with is about [-] people, and the strength of the two armies is about the same.

The so-called power here is almost just a simple comparison of numbers, and the real combat power is very difficult to compare. Hu Zongnan's troops have low morale and scattered hearts. It is not easy to stabilize the current situation, let alone the People's Liberation Army with high fighting will The Eighteenth Corps fought each other, and these high-minded central army officers and soldiers also knew this well, so they believed that hiding in the depths of the Qinling Mountains could still linger on, once they came out of the mountains, they would probably be followed soon The People's Liberation Army eats.

History sometimes coincides strangely. Commander Zhou Shidi of the Eighteenth Corps of the People's Liberation Army and his opponent General Hu Zongnan of the Kuomintang were classmates of Whampoa. They were both first-year students in Whampoa. Fighting each other, I don't know what mood the two of them were at that time, but they really obeyed that sentence, classmates belong to classmates, steel swords against steel swords.

With the strong attack of the [-]th Corps of the People's Liberation Army, Hu Zongnan has crossed the river like a mud bodhisattva, and it is difficult to protect himself. It is impossible to expect them to rescue Lanzhou.

Therefore, the biggest variable in the Battle of Lanzhou was the Ma Hongkui Group in Ningxia. Ma Hongkui's Ningma Army had a total of five armies with nearly 10 troops.

In order to concentrate the absolute superiority of the Northwest Field Army to encircle and wipe out the Qingma Army, Boss Peng mobilized the 63rd Army and 65th Army, the main force of the 64th Corps, to attack Lanzhou. Only the [-]th Corps was responsible for restraining Ningma The [-]th Army of China, with one army against five armies, how to fight the battle?The knowledge here is great.

The task assigned by Yesi to the 64th Army is to contain the Ma Hongkui Group in Ningxia. When the main force of the Northwest Field Army encircles the Qingma Army, the Ningma Army cannot make actions that threaten to attack the Lanzhou army.

Such a task is very difficult. The 64th Army did not participate in the siege of Lanzhou, but the pressure it endured was no less than that of the troops that attacked Lanzhou, because if the Ningma Army did not have any rescue actions, it would have to attack the enemy. It is enough to apply considerable pressure, but once pressure is applied, facing the Ningma Army with five armies, the 64th Army is likely to be surrounded by superior enemies. At that time, the 64th Army will not only fail to complete the task, but also suffer huge loss.

Of course, Mr. Peng and the heads of the field divisions are well aware of the difficulties faced by the troops. At this time, they can see the power of the two solutions, military and political. While maintaining strong pressure on the enemy militarily, the Northwest Field Army also The enemy launched a political offensive. The enemy mentioned here specifically refers to the Ma Hongkui Group in Ningxia. The officers and soldiers of the Northwest Field Army in Qinghai did not even think of making them surrender or adopt any political offensive. The Qingma Army did not even want to surrender. There is too much hatred accumulated between the two armies, and they have to use a life-and-death contest to solve the problem.

The five armies of the Ma Hongkui Group in Ningxia are Ma Guangzong's Eleventh Army, Lu Zhongliang's 81th Army, Ma Quanliang's Helan Army, Ma Dunhou's Tenth Army, and the other is the [-]st Army led by Ma Hongbin's son Ma Chunjing.

The Ning Ma Army has five armies, among which Ma Hongkui can command: the Tenth Army, the Eleventh Army, the 81th Army, and the Helan Army, while the [-]st Army is Ma Hongbin's army. Whether he can obey the command depends on the mood of Ma Hongbin and his son. up.

What the Northwest Field Army has to do is to start with the 81st Army. Although Ma Hongkui and Ma Hongbin are brothers, they are not in harmony. During the period, I once supported Mao Zedong's idea of ​​stopping the civil war and uniting to resist Japan, and had some contacts with the Communists.

Boss Peng knows the mentality of Ma Hongbin and his son very clearly. For this reason, the Northwest Field Army sent special personnel to do the work of the Ma family and his son, and tried their best to fight for the uprising of the 81st Army. The 81st Army is relatively confident. Even if they cannot make up their minds to revolt for the time being, they will not launch an attack on the People's Liberation Army. This is enough.

For another opponent, Ma Hongkui, the strategy of the People's Liberation Army has changed. Ma Hongkui is different from Ma Hongbin. No, although it is difficult to win this guy, he can be swayed within a certain range. Ma Hongkui did not like the Qingma Army in the first place, and coupled with the PLA's political offensive, it is impossible for him to rescue the Qingma Army in Lanzhou. , as long as Ma Hongkui can stand still, the People's Liberation Army has achieved its intention.

To put it simply, the Northwest Field Army must stabilize the Majia Army in Ningxia before launching an attack on the Qingma Army in Lanzhou, fight for one of the troops to revolt, and find a way to keep the other four armies on hold, so as to achieve the goal of concentrating superior forces to encircle the Qingma Army operational intent.

The idea is good, and the strategy is also very good, but it takes a lot of consideration to ask who to complete this task. If you want to sway Ma Hongkui, you have to attack him, so this character must have weight, and he must be able to speak in front of Ma Hongkui. It is best to have a certain friendship.

Finally, Boss Peng finally remembered a person. This person was Fu Zuoyi, the former senior Kuomintang general who rebelled in Beiping.

Fu Zuoyi is Ma Hongkui's brother-in-law, and the two have a very good personal relationship. It must be much better for him to persuade him than others.

In order to stabilize the Ma family army in Ningxia, the Northwest Field Army command organization has done a lot of work, and General Fu Zuoyi also contributed a lot of work. Therefore, General Fu Zuoyi alone played a great role in the process of the liberation war (peaceful uprising in Peking, The surrender of the Suiyuan army, and the indecision of the Majia army in Ningxia all have his credit, not the chapters of this book, but I will explain more).

The military meeting of the First Field Army in Dingxi determined the military policy of solving the Qingma Army by military means, stabilizing the Ningma Army by political means, and using a part of the troops ([-]th Corps) to restrain Hu Zongnan. At the end of the meeting, Boss Peng was in pursuit The troops who made outstanding performance in the battle were praised, and the independent brigade of the Second Army was especially mentioned. Boss Peng said in a deep voice:

"With the power of one brigade, being able to wipe out a brigade and then defeat a division in the pursuit and annihilation operation shows that this army has a tenacious fighting style, a brilliant military mind, and an excellent military strategy. The field army headquarters I hereby propose a commendation order and notify the whole army, Wang Huzi, are you amazing, you have cultivated a good army."

Boss Peng's words made Wang Zhen, the commander of the First Corps, Guo Peng, the commander of the Second Army, and Wang Enmao, the political commissar, all present at the meeting. It was really happy to show their faces.

There were constant discussions at the venue. It was not the first time that Boss Peng praised the independent brigade of the Second Army in public. There is no other unit in the Northwest Field Army that can make Boss Peng so happy. The commanders who came to the meeting were noisy Let Commander Wang introduce his experience, and they will find a way to create such a force in the future.

Commander Wang was happy, and he grinned happily: "Hey, my Wang Huzi's soldiers are all good. Others can't match them. If you want to know experience? That's easy to do. Each man has ten heavy machine guns. Plus [-] rounds of ammunition, and I'll tell you my experience, how about it?"

The whole venue was noisy, and everyone quit, and some commanders said, you, Wang beard, are you still letting people live?What baby experience is so delicate?If more than a dozen armies give you ten heavy machine guns, your second army will not be able to go to the sky?

Commander Wang pretended that he didn't hear other people's dissatisfaction, and withdrew his voice and shouted: "What precious experience? Let me tell you, the [-]th Brigade of the Qingma Army is Ma Bufang's most effective unit. It is known as the iron cavalry in the Qingma Army. If you are not convinced, just think about it, who can come up with a division-level unit and fight so beautifully when fighting alone with the Fourteenth Brigade?"

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