Zhang is a brave anti-Japanese hero and a versatile talent who studied in Peking University. With a good education, calligraphy is a must. From a treasure of Wuling, I can see the Collection of Mr. Cai Songpo's suicide note inscribed by General Zhang to his subordinates during the war of Changde on 1943, and the font is "majestic and beautiful, diluted and pure". He is a rare Confucian general. From the appearance: tall and straight figure, imposing manner, sharp eyes, showing the courage, heroism and coldness of soldiers. ......
Zhang is a rare expert in the national army and a hero of the Anti-Japanese War! Participated in battles such as Songhu, Nanjing, Wuhan, Lanfeng, Changsha, Quzhou, Changde, Hengyang, Shanggao and Xiangxi, and wiped out countless enemies. In the battle of Wanjialing, he fought bloody battles with the Japanese aggressors for five days and five nights, and almost wiped out a Japanese division with his main force. His great contribution in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is indelible. During the War of Liberation, many defeats of the Kuomintang army were muddleheaded, which doomed their failure from the very beginning of strategy and tactics. However, the battle of Menglianggu from May 65438 to May 0947 was a hard battle, and the strategic intentions and tactical plans of both sides were clear. The commanders of both sides are also masters of command, and neither side is an idiot. As far as the overall strength is concerned, at that time, the National Army had 24 reorganization divisions, with a total of 450,000 people, which was100,000 more than the People's Liberation Army in Shandong, and it was well-equipped, with sufficient ammunition, and tanks and planes to help out. However, in the Battle of Menglianggu, the national army was still defeated by the People's Liberation Army, and its elite division, the 74th Division, was completely annihilated.
1947 During April and May, 450,000 Kuomintang troops, under the command of Commander-in-Chief Gu, advanced slowly and steadily to the East China Field Army (270,000 people in nine columns and a local military region) under the command of Chen Yi and Su Yu in Shandong Province, trying to push Chen and Su to Jiaodong seaside, surround them first and then destroy them. In order to break the attack of the national army, avoid the danger of being panic-stricken, and combat the arrogance caused by the occupation of Yan 'an by the national army, Su Yu, who was in charge of the military command of the East China Field Army at that time, planned several troop transfers to seek fighters. Finally, the strategy of "taking the general's head among millions of troops" was decided, that is, the 74th Division, which was the elite and ace of the enemy's annihilation, was completely encircled, so that it could not only shock the other side, but also destroy the enemy's effective strength and tear open the enemy's encirclement.
When the People's Liberation Army besieged the 74th Division of the National Army with five columns, that is, more than 100,000 troops, separated its borders with the 83rd and 25th Divisions of the National Army from left and right with four columns, and blocked its retreat from behind with one column, Zhang, the commander of the 74th Division, soon understood Su Yu's plan to panic in the air. But at this time, although the People's Liberation Army was surrounded, Zhang relied on the 32,000 troops of his 74th Division and the division's rich combat experience. As long as he turns left or right, he can meet the 83rd or 25th National Army Division, because he is only 10 km away from these two divisions. Once they meet one of them, the danger will be lifted, and the PLA under Su Yu's command will not be so easy to panic in the 74th Division. What's more, most of the 450,000 troops of the National Army are around 100 kilometers and will come at any time.
However, Zhang, who was loyal to the party and the country and devoted himself to the army, did not leave soon. In the face of danger, instead, he made the decision of "playing along", pulled his troops to the nearby foothills of Meng Lianggu, and took the initiative to surround himself with the People's Liberation Army, making his 74th Division a "bait". While the PLA/KLOC-0,000,000 troops surrounded him, more than 400,000 national troops around him had the opportunity to surround the PLA from the outside. Zhang believes that hundreds of thousands of national armies around are only 10 km away, but they are far more than 100 km. They only drive to Meng Lianggu for half a day or a day at most. With the strong military strength of the 74th Division and the dangerous mountains, it is not a problem for Zhang to stay here for a day or two. He believed that his 74th Division would not only clear the way, but also achieve the effect of "central flowering" as long as the national armies from all directions surrounded him, and make the national armies create a miracle of victory in Meng Lianggu, which surrounded Chen Su's East China Field Army.
In fact, when Zhang drove the troops in, the commanders of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party suddenly understood the great changes in the nature and significance of the campaign.
Chiang Kai-shek immediately knew Zhang's intention, saw the opportunity to annihilate the East China Field Army under the command of Chen Yi and Su Yu (because the national army usually wanted to fight a decisive battle with the People's Liberation Army, but often could not find the main force of the People's Liberation Army), and quickly flew to Xuzhou, personally urging Gu to quickly command the troops of various countries to fight against the encirclement and suppression of the People's Liberation Army.
And Chen Yi, Su Yu? I wanted to annihilate the 74th Division in the movement, but I didn't expect Zhang to take the initiative to be besieged. He also went to Meng Lianggu, ready to ask for help.
The danger coincides with the fighter plane.
In front of the East China Field Army, there are only two outcomes at once: either destroy the 74th Division at once, or get stuck by the 74th Division and be hit hard by more than 400,000 national troops around.
Under the present situation, although the East China Field Army has an absolute strength advantage over Zhang's 74th Division, from the perspective of the whole Lu war situation, more than 400,000 troops are gaining fighter advantage.
The battle with Zhang started at 7: 00 pm on May 65438, 2003. After two days of life-and-death fighting on June 5438+04 and June 5438+05, although several hills on one side were captured, Zhang's main force still stuck to the main peak and the fighting was still extremely fierce. In Meng Lianggu, Fiona Fang, with an area of only 1.5 square kilometers, thousands of bloody bodies lie. The casualties of the PLA columns attacking the mountain are also quite large (the PLA suffered a total of casualties12,000 people in this campaign), and it is difficult to replenish ammunition. In addition, the situation that neighboring countries have moved closer to Meng Lianggu has also made morale very tense. Therefore, some commanders of the headquarters and subordinate columns of the East China Field Army asked: If we can't attack for a long time, that's the case. Do you have to retreat from Meng Lianggu reluctantly in order to ensure that the army will not fall into the encirclement of neighboring countries?
Su Yu, who is in command of the front command post, naturally understands the seriousness of the current situation: both the possibility of winning and the possibility of losing are close to the critical line of the probability of winning or losing. At this time, the only factor that can make the battle situation biased towards victory or defeat is the morale of both sides, and the most important thing is the confidence and command efficiency of the commander in the decisive battle.
Then, Su Yu ordered: No one can retreat! (Chen Yi also announced the three major battlefield disciplines of "dismissal, investigation and beheading" and investigated the responsibility for dereliction of duty.) Strictly ordered all columns to attack Meng Lianggu within 24 hours and annihilate the 74 th Division; How many casualties are there in each column? After the battle, we will make sure to make up the organizational system. At the same time, it broke the tradition that the PLA only fought big battles at night (hiding enemy planes and tanks) and continued to attack during the day on 16, until it completely captured the main peak at 3 pm on 16 and killed Zhang (suicide? )。
What about the national army that marched into Meng Lianggu? Zhang Junchang can't expect to be pulled. Only on the afternoon of 16, when the 74th division was destroyed and Zhang was killed, there was no trace of any other national army except that the commander of the 83rd division of the National Army symbolically sent a man with a walkie-talkie to hide in a nearby cave and lied to Zhang about "coming to rescue". Zhang inferred from common sense that as long as he persisted for a day or two, the neighboring countries might come in anyway, and he did persist for nearly three days. Sadly, however, even on the third day, he didn't arrive, let alone the gift from the distant national army. That is, the 83rd and 25th divisions of the "comrades-in-arms" who were close at hand (less than 5km) did not arrive, which gave the PLA not only time to attack the main force of the 74th division of Meng Lianggu's total annihilation, but also time to return after withdrawing from the battlefield, because the number of people who annihilated the enemy was not enough to count 32,000 (the number of soldiers in the 74th division). Then, the people's liberation army retreated in a mighty and leisurely manner.