In "Armageddon" directed by Ghosh, General Du Yuming gives people the feeling that heroes are useless. While reusing General Du, Chairman Jiang always arranged for people who could restrain him to jointly preside over the overall situation. Therefore, General Du often felt that he had more than enough and insufficient strength, and secretly sighed.
For example, in the Battle of Liaoshen (Battle of Jinshen), Chairman Jiang appointed General Du Yuming as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Xuzhou "Suppression General" and the commander of the Second Corps.
As soon as General Wei Lihuang returned from studying abroad, he took over the mess and served as the commander-in-chief of the "suppression of bandits" in the northeast and presided over the local situation. General Wei Lihuang saw the situation clearly and carried out Chairman Chiang's orders with reservations.
At that time, the Northeast Field Army led by Lin Biaolin had completed the encirclement of Jinzhou, and General Du flew from Xuzhou to Shenyang after being ordered to do so. General Wei Lihuang insisted on defending the city, refusing to fight or rescue him. This left General Du helpless.
As a good friend, General Zheng Dongguo once asked General Du, is there any salvation?
General Du said that he didn't know either, maybe if he gave the principal some more time, there would be a way.
Soon, Jinzhou was liberated.
In order to save the face of the chairman of the committee, the joke that General Zheng Dongguo was "martyred with his body" was made.
General Wei Lihuang once advised Hou Jingru not to go to the siege of Jinzhou, and it would be difficult for General Hou to meet with the Liao Corps, and not to do anything futile.
After the defeat at the Liaoshen Campaign, General Wei Lihuang retreated. The chairman of the committee was angry that he did not obey orders, missed the fighter, and intended to be held accountable.
Afterwards, when General Wei Lihuang arrived in Guangzhou with his family, he was stopped by secret agents and had to go to Nanjing to plead guilty. It was not until the end of January 1949, after Chairman Chiang Kai-shek was forced to leave the field, that General Wei Lihuang was released, and taking advantage of the fact that the agents were not paying attention, he took a boat to Shanghai and then arrived in Hong Kong. After the founding of New China, in 1955, General Wei Lihuang returned safely to Guangzhou.
After losing the Battle of Liaoshen, General Du Yuming was commanding the retreat of his troops at Huludao when he was appointed by Chairman Jiang to serve as General Liu Zhi's deputy and command the Battle of Xu Beng (The Battle of Huaihai) to relieve the siege of Huang Baitao.
Liu Zhi was appointed commander-in-chief of xuzhou' "suppression of the general".
As the "Fu General" of the "Five Tiger Generals", General Liu, like General Wei Lihuang, is also a person who sees the situation clearly, and he deliberately gives people the impression that he likes yingge and swallow dances and is lazy in military affairs.
General Liu tempted General Du and said that he was going to be transferred to Bengbu, and that he would take the band and these dancers away, and that people would live to his age, and that was his hobby.
As a student of General Liu at the Whampoa Military Academy, General Du said that his trip was only to assist, and the teacher must not leave. General Liu was relieved and agreed to stay. However, General Liu's strategy for governing the army is similar to that of General Wei Lihuang, seeking no merit but seeking no fault. In the Liaoshen Campaign, General Du Yuming had already learned this. At the Battle of Xu Beng, General Du and General Liu were paired to command, and the effect could be imagined.
General Du Yuming followed Chairman Chiang Kai-shek to the operational headquarters, and Guo Rugui (director of the Third Department of the Ministry of National Defense) read out the plan of the Ministry of National Defense: Huang Baitao's corps would stubbornly hold on to Nianzhuangwei and wait for help; Sun Yuanliang's corps would garrison Xuzhou; Qiu Qingquan and Li Mi's corps would rapidly advance eastward; and with close coordination of land, air, artillery, and combat vehicles, they would break through the enemy forces between Xuzhou and Nianzhuangwei to relieve the encirclement of the Huang Corps.
After the meeting was adjourned, General Du Yuming chatted with Gu Zhutong and asked who made this plan?
General Gu confirmed that this set of combat plans was indeed made by Guo Rujie.
However, this was reviewed by the Ministry of National Defense, and Chairman Jiang also agreed. At present, this set of plans is the best strategy for combat.
If you know the knowledge and experience of General Guo Rujie, you will know that it is not difficult for him to make this battle plan.
General Guo Rugui was a fifth-term student at the Whampoa Military Academy and joined the Communist Party of China in 1928. After losing contact with the organization, he left the party to enter the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer School for further study, and after returning to China, he entered the tenth term of the Army University for further study, graduating with the first place.
Guo Ruzhi knew that after meeting General Chen Cheng, his military talents were brought into play, and he was increasingly valued, and he was promoted to the director of the War Department of the Ministry of National Defense.
When his duties required him, General Guo Rugui often provided Chairman Chiang Kai-shek with battle plans and reports on the war situation, and sometimes accompanied him to various theaters for inspections. After witnessing the twilight of the Kuomintang army, General Guo Rugui got in touch with the party organization in 1945.
This is reminiscent of General Rong in the TV series Rebel. Ji Zhongyuan told Lin Nansheng that General Rong of the Fourth Department of the Ministry of National Defense had long been recruited into the party by him, and General Rong entered a state of silence at the beginning, and after twelve years he woke himself up and passed on the core intelligence of the Huaihai Campaign.
It seems that the character prototype of General Rong in the play is General Guo Rugui.
General Guo Rugui not only penetrated into the intelligence center, provided the party organization with a large amount of top-secret military intelligence, but also led the 72nd Army to revolt.
Chairman Mao said that Zhang Kexia and He Jifeng were a strange force that Vice Chairman Zhou had planted in the Kuomintang army.
Zhang Kexia and He Jifeng led the successful uprising, giving the Battle of Huaihai a good start.
General Du Yuming, in front of General Gu, suspected that Guo Rujie was a communist.
Gu Zongchang felt that it was not enough, Guangting was more worried. Because Guo Ru was a lieutenant general,
He has won the attention of the Ministry of National Defense, and Chairman Jiang also trusts him, and he has no reason to do so.
General Du felt that Guo Rugui was different from other nationalist generals and had visited his home himself. Guo Rujie's house is rented, and the sofa in the house is broken.
As a high-ranking general, he was somewhat incorruptible.
Moreover, he was "clear and fearless" in his eyes, which was something that could not be seen in the eyes of other generals.
Gu Still felt that General Du was worried and said that Mr. Bray was not like this.
General Du said that Guo Rugui was different from Mr. Bray.
Mr. Bray cut off social interaction and gave everything to the chairman. He couldn't see that "Guo Xiao Devil" was such a person.
General Du has his reason for saying this. Because he had a friendship with Mr. Bray, it can be seen from a detail of his visit.
General Du advised Mr. Bray to smoke less, and Mr. Bray laughed and said that the first thing in this world is to persuade people to quit smoking.
Chairman Chiang Kai-shek once said that Mr. Bray was his pen holder, General Du was his gun shaft, and the two could be described as his right and left arms. Therefore, Mr. Bray and General Du have a sense of pity for each other.
Mr. Bray asked, is there anything to be done on the battlefield of Xu Beng?
General Du is actually a person who sees the situation, but he has concerns. On the one hand, I am worried about betraying or losing the trust of the chairman of the committee, and on the other hand, I am afraid of being ridiculed by the world for greed and fearing death. Therefore, General Du said, I know that I can't do it.
These words made Mr. Bray, who has been following Chairman Chiang Kai-shek for twenty years, quite emotional.
Because General Du Yuming suspected that Guo Rugui was a communist, General Du put forward his own proposition for the battle plan of the Ministry of National Defense: Liu Deng's troops in the Central Plains, with only 6 columns, frequently threatened the longhai road front. They should concentrate the main forces of Xuzhou to the west, join the Huang Weibu who is advancing east, and annihilate them in one fell swoop. In this way, Su Yu's generals could be rescued from the army, and then they would march north and join forces with Huang Baitaoli.
General Liu Zhi thought that this move to encircle Wei and save Zhao was a good way, but it was also a dangerous move, what if Huang Baitao couldn't stand it? For the sake of safety, let's follow the plan of the Ministry of Defense.
As a result, General Du's talent was shelved.
Chairman Mao reminded General Su Yu that although Du Yuming had lost the northeast, there was still a way to fight a war. Old rivals are coming, and they should be well entertained.
So the question is, since General Wei Lihuang and General Liu Zhi are tired of war, why did Chairman Jiang let them partner with General Du Yuming to command?
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, General Wei Lihuang commanded the famous Battle of Xinkou (at that time, General Liu Zhi retreated in Hebei), showing excellent command skills.
General Wei Lihuang's wife was Zhu Yunheng, a lady from Zhenjiang who had a similar background and experience to Ms. Song Meiling, both of whom had studied abroad and were devout Christians, and the two had a deep friendship. The two-way "Mrs. Line" allowed General Wei Lihuang to receive chairman Chiang's weight.
General Liu Zhi showed loyalty to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek in the "Jiang-Gui War," the "Jiang-Tang War," and the Great War of the Central Plains. After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, General Liu was awarded the Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun. Therefore, no matter how others impeach him, Chairman Jiang has trust in General Liu.
Therefore, General Du Yuming's talent is only to identify Guo Rugui's identity, and he has also obtained reliable information and clarified Guo Rugui's true identity, but he is suffering from the lack of evidence.
On January 6, 1949, the People's Liberation Army launched a general offensive in the Huaihai Campaign, and General Du Yuming was captured.
It is gratifying that General Du Yuming received preferential treatment in New China, and under the meticulous treatment and care of medical personnel, the kidney stones and other diseases suffered by General Du gradually improved until they were cured. General Du wrote "Overview of the Liaoshen Campaign," "The Beginning and End of the Huaihai Campaign," and "A Brief Account of the Chinese Expeditionary Force's Operations against Japan" and other literary and historical materials.
Remember when Chairman Jiang entrusted General Du to xuzhou to supervise the war, he said that he had personally selected two military doctors?
General Du's illness, which could not be cured at that time, was cured in New China.